just joe wrote:
> >>
> >> 8 minutes??? I pressure cook beans for about 45 minutes and sometimes
> >> they still need a few more minutes. But then, I live at almost 7000'
> >> elevation so cooking times are longer here.
> >>
> >> 8 minutes isn't going to do a thing for 'em...
> >
> > I do 20 minutes for well soaked beans.
> > --
>
>
> do you need teeth?
> 8 minutes for well soaked reds and 6 for soaked little blacks
>
> otherwise they blow up and turn to mush. all of the reccies in the
> instruction book and others are twice the time needed for a good pot of
> beans.
>
> joe
> petersburg (50' above sea level) alaska

Now I'm confused.
8 minutes in a pressure cooker was my original thought, then someone
said 45 minutes. Another said 20.

I can't stand any food cooked into mush. I don't like exploded beans.
I like to chew my food.
Maybe I should disregard this thread.