dried chickpeas

Chickpeas (aka Garbanzo beans) are one of those foods that I eat in cycles: a bunch and then a break. Right now I'm eating a bunch (and have a potful on the stove), besides being tasty they are very high in protein. A few years ago I heard that dried chickpeas are so much better than canned (which isn't surprising since that's true of all dried beans) and since then I've looked for them. The healthy food and local grocers I frequent didn't carry them, nor the mass grocers, and then one sunny day at the farmers market I saw bins of dried beans. I bought a pound and haven't seen them at the market since, but luckily I found them at another grocer (Fred Meyer). Their prep is similar to other dried beans and they aren't slimy as the canned ones tend to be. I've been eating them cold, sprinkled with chili powder.