white bean chili....

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For all beans I toss a bit of konbu sometimes spelled kombu in the pot. It

takes care of the gas situation. It's a dried seaweed sold at Whole Foods and

Asian markets and it adds a naturally good flavor, little bit of salt to the

taste so you can cut down on adding additional salt. Cones in flat dried

pieces......Donna

 

msbauju <msbauju wrote:

That might be an " it depends " . I live at high altitude, and I find I

even have to soak lentils for them to get completely cooked in the

crockpot--even with a full day's cooking.

 

There is another reason you might want to soak beans--the substances

in beans that cause intestinal gas are water soluable, and so some

portion of them are removed by soaking and discarding the rinse

water. This works particularly well with lentils.

 

Kidney beans have their own issues that you need to be aware of:

 

Bean poisoning

The syndrome is usually caused by the ingestion of raw, soaked kidney

beans, either alone or in salads or casseroles. Several outbreaks

have been associated with " slow cookers "

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap43.html

 

Red Kidney Bean poisoning

Poisoning from improperly cooked kidney beans

http://www.foodreference.com/html/artredkidneybeanpoisoning.html

 

, Donna

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> > No you don't have to soak [beans].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

This Donna adds kombu (kelp) also, but it doesn't alleviate the gas

situation. Does make the beans taste better, though.

Donna

 

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Donna wrote:

 

>For all beans I toss a bit of konbu sometimes spelled kombu in the pot. It

takes care of the gas situation. It's a dried seaweed sold at Whole Foods and

Asian markets and it adds a naturally good flavor, little bit of salt to the

taste so you can cut down on adding additional salt. Cones in flat dried

pieces......Donna

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Gosh, it does taste great and really helps my family with the gas problem but

everyone is different. My Mom is sick with tummy pains for days if she eats

tofu..........

Have you tried a few sprigs of epazote? You only need 1-2 leaves. It's like

bay leaves. Not good for you if you use a lot. It's popular in Mexican cooking

here in Calif. I have a plant that grows wild if I don't cut it down. Came off

a little sprig I just stuck in the ground.

 

Donna Faith K-Brooks <thnkfree wrote:

This Donna adds kombu (kelp) also, but it doesn't alleviate the gas

situation. Does make the beans taste better, though.

Donna

 

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and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the

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Donna wrote:

 

>For all beans I toss a bit of konbu sometimes spelled kombu in the pot. It

takes care of the gas situation. It's a dried seaweed sold at Whole Foods and

Asian markets and it adds a naturally good flavor, little bit of salt to the

taste so you can cut down on adding additional salt. Cones in flat dried

pieces......Donna

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