cooking lentils & beans ~ hard water

[Guest guest]

Hi Linda. i also have trouble at times with beans

and lentils. i know i have very hard minerally water....

bet that is the reason. i will try the bottled water

advice for lentils next time.

 

With beans i don't have as much trouble if i do

the no-soak boil three times method before adding

any salt or seasoning. Here is what works for me:

 

1. Rinse and sort beans. Place in a stock pot and

cover with water.

 

2. Bring to a boil. Let cook on rolling boil for 10

full minutes. Turn off burner and cover pot. Time

them for 1 hour.

 

3. drain, rinse, repeat 2 more times. Then add salt

or add to whatever recipe making.

[i have had no troubles with gas either since i started

cooking beans this way.]

 

Also some folks on our list swear by their pressure-cookers

for quick effective cooking of beans.

 

~ pt ~

 

Circe is indeed the goddess who lured sailors to her island

and then turned them into swine. However, she did finally

relent and give them directions to get home. No doubt this

was the genesis of men being afraid to stop for directions.

~ Lauren Collins

~~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~> , " 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.