On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 15:30:18 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> wrote:

>On Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 5:25:08 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 17:46:33 -0400, songbird >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >KenK wrote:
>> >> Every couple of weeks I make some bean soup in my old Rival crockpot. About
>> >> 6 - 8 hours on high, a few more hours until supper time on low. I soak the
>> >> nothern beans overnight.
>> >>
>> >> If I forget to soak them, can I still make the soup by adding extra water
>> >> as needed since they cook so long? I'm too lazy to try it. Anyone?
>> >
>> > i never soak beans, just bring them to a boil and
>> >then simmer them until done is how i do it.
>>
>> I soak them shorter or longer and in various ways, depending on time
>> and planning. But I'm still not sure if it makes a difference in terms
>> of how easy the beans are to digest. Now that we're used to them,
>> which took a few weeks, they're always ok. And the flavour's always
>> good.
>
>I put my beans in their soak water in the refrigerator for the first time recently and it did not suck.

I'm beginning to think that you can't do much wrong except seriously
undercook them.