Q&A for How to Prepare Black Turtle Beans

They are very similar, except that black turtle beans tend to be smaller. They will essentially have the same taste and texture, however.

I'm figuring since it first said to use 1 cup of beans to 4 cups of water to soak, they are talking about 1 cup of beans.

Some say to put the beans in water, get it to boil and then discard that water. Drain off the beans, put them back in the pot, pour in warm water and proceed with the recipe, whatever the recipe was.

Cold water. Beans (black turtle beans, white beans, lima beans etc.) in general are somewhat tricky when it comes to water temperature. When preparing beans for cooking always use cold water. When you start cooking never add up cold water to warm or boiling beans because cold water could significantly prolong the time of cooking. When you set the beans for cooking though it's safe to use cold water.