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wrote:

:>>As I was soaking a pot of pinto beans, I wondered...is this
:>>really necessary? Is there any real reason to soak beans before
:>>cooking them?
:>>
:> If you just cook them (*most* of them), they will be mush before
:> they are done, severely over-cooked.

: Could you be more profoundly ignorant of culinary matters?

: Rhetorical question...

: If they're mush, they're overdone. Why didn't you stop cooking them
: before they reached that condition? How can they be mush and *not* be
: done? You make even less sense about beans than about your silly vegan
: prattle...

Mr. is the one showing his profound ignorance of culinary
matters here.

The OUTSIDE portion of the beans turn to mush before the insides have even
softened. That's how they can be mush but not done! Bob's obviously
meager brain tissue apparently can't comprehend this. This is a problem
when cooking dried beans at high altitudes or when using old beans.
Presoaking will help the situation.