SC - Tough Beans?

[Par Leijonhufvud]

On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Christine A Seelye-King wrote:

> 	This was something my late husband used to say, and I never understood
> it.  If your beans are 'tough', then they aren't cooked enough.  If you
> don't salt the water as the beans are soaking it up, you will never get
> the salt into the beans, just in the fluid surrounding it.  So, how do
> you end up with tough beans?  Sounds more like "tough noogies" to me.  

My guess is that is is due to osmotic pressure. Anyone?

/UlfR

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