Black Bean Soup

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OK...............so I'm getting ready to make Dr. Weil's black bean soup recipe.  First I have to pick the bad beans and other foreign objects out, then rinse and soak the beans for 8 hours.  What does a bad bean look like?   Foreign objects, like what?  And who packs these beans??????

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