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Default Dried Beans -- Minimum reasonable soaking time

Omelet > wrote:

> (Steve Pope) wrote:


>> Omelet > wrote:


>>>I just use a pressure cooker for 20 minutes. No soaking required...


>> That certainly seems reasonable.


>> I don't own, and never have used, a pressure cooker, and
>> don't necessarily have space for an additional item of that
>> size... so I'm unlikely to ever explore using one.


>> Tangentially I do want to add that using a heavy pot does seem to
>> improve bean cooking results -- it least to more even cooking.


>Then there are always crockpots.
>
>Walk-away ease. :-)


I also don't own, and have never used a crockpot.

I'm gadget adverse. But I do realise these apparati are useful.

Steve