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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 9/15/2017 1:05 PM, wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 19:14:54 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
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>>> On Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 7:47:21 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> All I know is
>>>> dried beans need to be soaked first. Quick soak or overnight, per
>>>> package directions.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I NEVER soak my dried beans and neither did my mother.
>>
>> I cooked enough dried beans to feed the entire US Navy and never
>> soaked... they'd cook all night in a steam jacketed kettle at a very
>> low setting.
>>
> Of course you did. But people don't have those things in their homes.
> Pre-soak is recommended for some beans. It says so right on the bag.

I've never seen it recommended but it is an option.

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