On 2012-05-10, gtr > wrote:

> last time around. The skins were so tough after a nights bath, and
> vastly more cooking time than intended. My wife thinks the beans were
> old. I'll hope that was the problem.

It's not.

I've mentioned this no more than a thousand times. If you want light,
delicate, diaphanous bean skins that almost disappear, put the dry
beans directly into boiling water and cook them thoroughly
straightaway without pre-soaking. Don't pre-soak them, don't pressure
cook them, don't use Beano, don't add salt, DON'T DO ANY GOTTDAMN THING!
Jes put bone-dry beans in already boiling water and boil the damn
things till they are done. Is that too hard to understand!?

Chrystonacrutch! ....there's not a bean skin on this friggin' planet
as thick as some of the ppl in this newsgroup. 8|

nb

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