Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> Can navy beans go bad between being made into soup on Sunday and being
> eaten on Tuesday? The soup has been refrigerated the whole time during the
> interim.
>
> The reason I ask is, I had a bowl of leftover soup today. Tonight, my
> waist measurement has to be approaching 80 inches, and Crash tells me I'm
> burping methane. It ain't pretty.
>
> Is it likely the soup, or should I be looking elsewhere for the cause of
> this? Whatever it is, I don't want a repeat of tonight's performance.
>
> Thanks,
> Carol, having "Goodyear" tattooed on her belly

Probably the beans. The starches are breaking down into sugars.
(Pfffftoot!)

-L.