Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hscfvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!wjh12!hscfvax!ewj From: ewj@hscfvax.UUCP (850039@P.Fuller) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Draining soaked beans Message-ID: <127@hscfvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 09:33:03 EDT Article-I.D.: hscfvax.127 Posted: Sat Jul 13 09:33:03 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Jul-85 02:08:21 EDT References: <11450@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University Lines: 7 Soaking beans reduces the cooking time. Pressure cooking can accomplish the same thing (of course, certain beans like split peas and lima beans should never be pressure cooked). Folk wisdom recommends discarding the soaking water as a way to eliminate the elements in the beans that cause flatulence. Minerals may be lost but the benefits of eliminating gas may outweigh the loss of some nutrients.