Gary wrote:

> On 3/14/2021 5:33 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> > On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 3:50:10 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
> > > on some Brown Rice and homemade "Baked Beans" or sweet hot beans
> > > cooked al dente! And it is DELICIOUS!
> > >
> > >
> > > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> >
> > And it was SO DELICIOUS! :-) I love the Beans being al dente, not
> > mushy like Canned Beans are!
>
> Although I like pasta al dente occasionally. (can't do that with
> fresh pasta), al dente beans are nasty to me. Just under cooked beans
> with a fancy description.

Actually, Al Dente means literally 'to the tooth' and in translation,
'to your liking'. If you considered them underdone, then to you they
would not be 'al dente'. I think I got that right?