Help with my dry beans!
#61
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
I have noticed that there are 2 different kind of pinto beans now. There are the light colored ones and the dark ones. The dark ones do not cook well at all. I bought a bag of them and cooked them on the stove all day just to have hard beans by dinner time. So it could just be the beans themselves.
#62
I watched a cooking show on TV -- they said to soak the beans in water...with 2 TBSP of salt for every pound of beans. Then rinse and use fresh water to cook them. I tried it and they were the best and fastest cooked beans I've ever made.
#63
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Way cross, Georgia
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Now I'm hungry for beans!
Crazy question, but i'm going to ask anyway since the topic is beans.. is there any tips on how to make them less "gaseous"
I heard somewhere to put a pinch or so of baking soda or powder in the pot while cooking, but would rather have input from more knowledgeable folks before I try that. =)
Thanks for all the great tips~!~
Crazy question, but i'm going to ask anyway since the topic is beans.. is there any tips on how to make them less "gaseous"
I heard somewhere to put a pinch or so of baking soda or powder in the pot while cooking, but would rather have input from more knowledgeable folks before I try that. =)
Thanks for all the great tips~!~
#65
My son just recently told me that an Italian gentleman told him that his way of taking thee "gasseeness" out of beans is to cook a very small potato along with the beans.
I'm guessing that the potato absorbs the gas. I have not tried this yet, but I will add one to my next pot of beans.
I'm guessing that the potato absorbs the gas. I have not tried this yet, but I will add one to my next pot of beans.
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