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I was at the grocery store in Portland and saw a bag of dried beans for $2.50.
It made me think about how my grandma used to make a huge pot of bean soup every Sunday for pennies. She'd add a ham bone, some onions, and carrots from her garden, and that would feed us for days. Now I see people buying those little microwave cups of beans for like three bucks each. I grabbed the bag and a cheap onion, and I'm gonna try her old recipe this weekend. Anyone have a good trick for getting the beans to soften up without soaking them overnight?
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elizabeth2206mo ago
Add a pinch of baking soda to the cooking water.
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elizabeth_jackson6mo ago
It's wild how many kitchen HACKS are just basic chemistry we forgot.
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burns.richard5mo ago
Tried that trick once and my beans turned out way too mushy for my liking.
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