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If the box of brownie mix says to add a tablespoon of flour for elevations over 3500 feet, do you add 2 tablespoons because you're up twice as high? Welcome to the great high-altitude cooking debate!
Everyone has a different take on how to modify recipes for cooking at high altitude. Generally speaking, it takes longer to cook many things, particularly if they are boiled (the boiling point here is only around 195 degrees F), and cooked items can go haywire.
Solutions include everything from using a pressure cooker, to adding flour, reducing sugar, adding/cutting liquids, and on and on. The public library is a great source of cookbooks that deal with the issue. Yes, you can cook beans here-- in a pressure cooker.
Folks who like to can their own foods should be aware that the Cooperative Extension service in Gunnison offers very helpful information through their web site about canning at high altitudes, including how to adjust processing times and when to use a pressure
canner. Visit them at www.gunnison.colostate.edu for canning and other food safety information.
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