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Julie Bove[_2_]

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> 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.

Well they're a legume. I'm not sure that they're a bean. But I'm not sure
that they're not either. And I really don't care.