Kathleen wrote:
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> Arri London wrote:
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> >
> > Van Chocstraw wrote:
> >
> >>Why does my favorite bean, the kidney bean, come is such a bland, clear,
> >>tasteless sauce? Why don't they make them with the same molasses sauce
> >>as regular baked beans?
> >
> >
> >
> > Your tinned beans aren't in a sauce; it's the starch they give off plus
> > the salt and water in which they were cooked. Drain them, rinse them and
> > make a dish with them.
>
> Exactly. That's not a sauce, it's more like an exudate. Bean slime.
> It's not poisonous but it's nothing I'd consume deliberately. Dump 'em
> out in a colander and give them a good rinse.


Very posh word that is...'exudate' But correct. Even if the tinned
ones weren't slimy, they are usually horribly salty for our tastes so
need a rinse in any event.