[Sca-cooks] Dried Beans that WON'T COOK!!!

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Well, but they aren't dried beans anymore, they've absorbed some water
over
> the last 36 hours of cooking, just not enough.  The soda made more
> difference than anything.  I think in the future if I have some beans that
> have been sitting a while I will try soaking them overnight with a
generous
> pinch of baking soda in the water.  Then maybe a smaller pinch in the
> cooking water.
> I've finally turned this pot off, they aren't going anywhere, and I'm
tired
> of wasting energy on them.  Pooey.
> Christianna

Soaking beans with baking soda is also one technique for defarting them.
Really does work.

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Seelye-King" <kingstaste at mindspring.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 1:46 AM
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] Dried Beans that WON'T COOK!!!


>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Stefan li Rous
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 1:19 AM
> To: SCA-Cooks SCA-Cooks maillist
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Dried Beans that WON'T COOK!!!
>
>
> Margaret commented:
> > I've had black beans, white beans, pinto beans, and northern beans (all
> > at different times) that were too old and never got past the crunchy
> > stage.
> > If you'v been cooking them that long, and they are as old as you say
> > they are, throw them out and start over.
> Do they make artificial beans like do artificial fruit? :-)
> If these aren't going to soften, I wonder if they can be kept to be
> used as "pie beans" to be used to keep an unfilled pie shell from
> bulging up?
>
> Stefan
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