On May 29, 5:17*am, notbob > wrote:
> 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.

How do you soak and cook black beans?
>
> nb