lentils again

[Guest guest]

Ahh, the lentils are being so difficult. I put everything in the

crockpot at 8:30 A.M. yesterday. The recipe said cook on Low for 8

hours. At 4:30, they were crunchy. At 6:30, they were crunchy and I

mean CRUNCHY. Hubby added a little water and turned it up to High

and at 8:30 I checked them, still crunchy. So I turned it off and

hoped that soaking overnight might help. But they are exactly the

same as they were last night! bummer!

 

Shelly

 

, " Linda C "

<muggle311@n...> wrote:

>

> Shelly

> that cookbook is awesome I own that one. I was reading about your

altitude

> and yes that does play a bit as I am at 3000 feet and can have a

bit of

> trouble at times. I also have extremely and I mean extremely hard

water so

> if I use bottled water they cook easier.

> My husband used to laugh and call it a bean-a-thon when I tried to

make

> chili sometimes it took literally days for them to cook! I now

soak them for

> at least 24 hours then cook them for a very very long time or just

put them

> in a casserole dish in the oven that seems to work best. Still

takes 6

> hours for pintos.

> Lentils take longer here than when I lived in the valley.

> You will love that cookbook I just ordered a couple more from

> ECookbooks.com great place for cookbooks and great prices too.

> I got the meat and potatoes vegetarian by Robin Robertson and Cafe

Flora the

> vegetarian restaurant from Seattle their cookbook. I can hardly

wait.

> Let us know how you like those lentils.

> Linda

>

[Guest guest]

> Ahh, the lentils are being so difficult. I put everything in the

> crockpot at 8:30 A.M. yesterday. The recipe said cook on Low for 8

> hours. At 4:30, they were crunchy. At 6:30, they were crunchy and I

> mean CRUNCHY. Hubby added a little water and turned it up to High

> and at 8:30 I checked them, still crunchy. So I turned it off and

> hoped that soaking overnight might help. But they are exactly the

> same as they were last night! bummer!

 

 

Shelly - maybe you need to try a pressure cooker? I dunno why your

lentils are being so stubborn!