On 2010-05-29, john hamilton > wrote:

> what would be a minimum time to soak them today, to be able to cook them
> this evening? Thanks for advice

Soaking dried beans is a waste of time. It's totally unnecessary and
physically changes the relative texture between the bean skin and the
inner pulp. Unless you actually like a soft pulp in a tough skin,
just boil the damn things and be done with it.

nb