The older the beans, the longer it takes to soften them up for cooking. I
have never heard of any type of dried beans commonly used for human
consumption containing any poisons. Soaking to get rid of poisons sounds
like an old wives tale. Perhaps you should get a new girlfriend, this one
seems to be full of faecal mater.

Farmer John


"Michael Archon Sequoia Nielsen" > wrote in
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> Yesterday early beofre noon I realized that I had forgotten to soak brown
> beans overnight so they soaked for 7 hours before I cooked them. I've
> haerd it is not just for tenderness but for extracting poison. Is 7 hours
> enough? My girlfirend had pain (retractions) in the interstines later in
> the evening. We are thinking it is the beans.