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Lines:
Never bothered with ramen. Actual pasta was cheaper and easier to work with.
Also last night I tried out a new recipe (this one) and while making it I was super excited, like man this is gonna be delicious....but it sucked. Why did it suck? Because the beans were hard. The package said you could either let the beans soak overnight (which I forgot to do) or boil them for a few minutes and then let them soak for an hour. I did the latter. It did not work. I was so angry and disappointed. I guess that's what I get for using dried beans for the first time?
For reference, I was picky as a kid, so I have only started eating beans within the past few years and other than using canned white beans for chili, I've never cooked with them. I've learned my lesson. Always soak dried beans overnight.
Papersatan:
So the 'cook a few minutes and then soak' is a good alternative to soaking, but the beans still have to be cooked after that. Soaking, in cold water or by boiling and resting, brings the beans back to the (approximate) texture they were fresh and raw. Boiling them again for about an hour will actually cook them and give them the texture of canned beans.
What I do is cook a boar load of bean and then keep them in the freezer. It is cheaper than cans and more convenient, I always found I wanted 1/2 a can or 3/4 of a can in my cooking and I never used the rest in time.
pwhodges:
If I need 1/2 a can in my cooking, I just put the whole can in; it never seems to do any harm :)
Lines:
--- Quote from: Papersatan on 19 Dec 2012, 08:21 ---So the 'cook a few minutes and then soak' is a good alternative to soaking, but the beans still have to be cooked after that. Soaking, in cold water or by boiling and resting, brings the beans back to the (approximate) texture they were fresh and raw. Boiling them again for about an hour will actually cook them and give them the texture of canned beans.
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Directions did not say this (I am too literal when it comes to directions when it's something I've never cooked) and honestly I feel really stupid for not cooking them again. >_< Oh well. I have some left over taco filling in the fridge, so I'll just boil it as is and see what happens. (I'll add more onion and spices or whatever. I hated wasting all the tacos I made.)
Carl-E:
My grandmother used to do what she called "schrecking" the beans (Schreck is Yiddish for fear, she said it meant "scaring" them). She'd bring the dried beans to a boil for a while, then add a bunch of really cold water, and bring them back to a boil again for a while - sounds a lot like the boiling-cooling-boiling cycle you're describing.
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