You get my drift. 50 pounds of dried beans for less than $40. Soaked and cooked, each pound equals three pounds.
I Use chick peas in salads all the time....along with some kind of cheese, eggs, cucumbers, etc. Sometimes...black beans. I rinse the beans to get rid of some of the salt.
That is a great deal—well done!, and I know beans can be combined in all kinds of delicious soups. So I get that part of your drift, but I’m really trying to figure out whether they are just chickpeas, or some other kind of beans, mixed beans, whatever.