"A.C." > wrote in message
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>
> Jill Delgado wrote:
>
>> Another trick is to NOT add salt to beans as they cook...it makes
>> them tough.
>>
>
> i've been cooking beans for a long time and i've found this to be
> completely
> untrue. salting beans while they cook seasons the beans throughout. you
> can't get that taste into beans from salting afterwards. i've never had
> any
> problem with toughness either.
>
>

You are right - it is untrue. See http://www.pgacon.com/KitchenMyths.htm

Peter Aitken