canned=cooked

As it turns out canned chickpeas cannot, under any circumstance, for any reason under the sun on this wide green earth, by anyone ever throughout all of history, ever, ever, ever be substituted for dried and then soaked chickpeas. Yup, I learned that the hard way.

....that may be a slight exaggeration. But it is important to know that the difference between canned chickpeas in water and dried chickpeas that have simply been soaked overnight in water, is that canned chickpeas have also been cooked while dried chickpeas are still raw. While soaking dried chickpeas does make them softer like canned chickpeas, they are still not the same. Take note, kids.