On Nov 6, 11:43*am, sf > wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 09:30:02 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
>
> > wrote:
> > On Nov 6, 11:08*am, Omelet > wrote:
> > > In article
>
> > > Hm. *I find Northern Beans to have a smooth creamy texture.
> > > That might be what you dislike?
>
> > The stench. *They smell completely different from every other beans.
>
> You can tell Great Northern beans just by the smell? *No bean smells
> very good until something else is added to the cooking water, IMO.
>
Great Northerns? Definitely. I have no idea what the unique compound
is, but nothing else smells like them to me.
Funny, but they are also called "white kidney" beans, and I like the
smell of regular red kidney beans.

--Bryan