Comments on: Never Again the Beans

Comment on Never Again the Beans by: Anonymous

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000

can some one tell me how to cook borlotti beans??? please!
or any other kind of beans! in an indian style, so i can have then with chapattis!
lol, thank you!
B
biloo_01@hotmail.com

Comment on Never Again the Beans by: ejm

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000

Anasazi beans… oooh… what are those?? I just googled and see that they look a little bit like borlottis. But maybe more beautiful. I can well imagine the temptation!

Delushiful. Wonderful! I like it! I’m sure that it will be in the next edition of Websters!

-Elizabeth

Comment on Never Again the Beans by: Barbara Fisher

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000

I agree with you, Elizabeth–curried black eyed peas are delushiful. (Yes, I made that word up. I get more eccentric as I deal with stress.)

I would make fuhl with different beans, probably dried lima beans–the really big, kinda dry ones. I just hate playing with favas just that much. I spent waaaay too many hours playing with them in culinary school to love them now.

On the other hand, I saw some lovely looking anasazi beans at the store last night, but Zak smacked my hand when I reached for them.

Comment on Never Again the Beans by: ejm

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000

I wondered if the green lentils might be puy lentils - in the photo on the internet, they looked much greener than the puy lentils we get.

Black-eyed peas are wonderful made into a curry and served with chapatis.

And fava beans are a must for fuhl! (although I agree that they can be a bit of a drag because they tend to be so tough) And true, one can make a reasonable fuhl with just about any dried bean. I didn't know that they could present problems to those with G6PD deficiency (I confess I've never heard of this disorder.) The only thing that I do with dried beans, especially favas, is be very careful to remove any discoloured beans and any beans that float when put in water.

Christina, you have us beat hands down with the rice. We only have three kinds! Basmati, Thai and arborio.

-Elizabeth

Comment on Never Again the Beans by: Barbara Fisher

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000

Christina–you beat me on the varieties of rice–I only have ten! (Though, in truth, I only cook three of them with any frequency.)

I will post pictures and recipes from the Bean Night experiments. I will attempt to leave discussion of the atmospheric disturbances out of the discussion as I go, though in truth, I will try out various methods that are meant to reduce the gaseous emissions inherent to bean digestion. These techniques include pre-soaks (where you discard the soaking water), the use of asefoetida and the use of espazote and not eating the cooking water.

However, Beano will be distributed all around at serving time, thus probably rendering the experimentations useless.

Ladi–I had not heard that about fava beans. How interesting–the chefs in culinary school were very good about telling us the various good and bad research reports on food as they came up, but of that I’ve heard nothing.

Nice to know that NeeWee and I have good reasons to dislike fava beans other than the fact that we were always oppressed by having to peel the little buggers.