Thread: Dried Beans
View Single Post
  #32 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Brooklyn1 Brooklyn1 is offline
external usenet poster
  
Posts: 10,546
Default Dried Beans
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:59:48 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:23:44 +0000 (UTC),
>(Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:17:28 +1000, "Farm1" >
>>
>> > But with lentils it makes a huge difference in cooking time depending on
>> > whether you are cooking green or red lentils so a blanket 20 minute doesn't
>> > apply with them.
>>
>> I find the following:
>>
>> French Green -- 18 minutes
>> "Red" (actually they are orange) -- 22-25 minutes
>> Brown -- 25 minutes but longer is okay, they do not seem to
>> overcook easily
>>
>When I say "bean", I'm talking about real beans - not lentils.

Lentils are real beans.
Reply With QuoteReply With Quote