On Thu 30 Jun 2005 04:37:16p, Janet Bostwick wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> "Kate Connally" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Penny Lane wrote:
>>>
>>> When adding canned beans to a recipe, do you always drain? I never
>>> have, just dumped. I think I just read that on the Bean Board or one
>>> of the links mentioned in the thread about dried beans. Appreciate
>>> comments as to why/why not. Thanks, P
>>
>> Always! Can't stand the horrid slime they're
>> packed in! However I have started using all the
>> juice in the canned corn when I am making soups
>> and stews. Why throw out the flavor in the juice?
>> But it's not slimy like the bean juice.
>> Kate
> I don't think they are 'packed' in anything. Canned foods are cooked in
> the can, so what is in there is the cooking liquid--water and salt.
> Janet

That may be true, but the resulting liquid of some beans is like mucilage.
ACK!

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