"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
...
> Alan Connor wrote:
>
> > On 16 Sep 2004 14:46:19 -0700, Erica >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Hey,
> >>
> >>As I was soaking a pot of pinto beans, I wondered...is this
> >>really necessary? Is there any real reason to soak beans before
> >>cooking them?
> >>
> > If you just cook them (*most* of them), they will be mush before
> > they are done, severely over-cooked.
>
> Could you be more profoundly ignorant of culinary matters?
>


I bet he is working on it!

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