Bruschetta without spinach stock

6 x thick slices rustic country-style or possibly sourdough bread 4 clv garlic 1/4 c. best available extra virgin extra virgin olive oil     salt , to taste  [...]

    Italians are great bread-eaters. Bruschetta are thin slices of bread, broiled     and rubbed with a clove of cut garlic--the original garlic bread. 1 loaf[...]

1/4 lb dry cannelloni (Tuscan white beans) or possibly     other small white beans     such as baby Lima or possibly Great Northern -     picked over 1 x bay[...]