I have been asked a couple of times about how to defart beans. Those of you who already know can skip this entry and go chuckle to yourselves. Those of you who don't, read on and prepare to be bored.
Probably most of us make our dishes using canned beans. Pintos, kidney beans, Great Northerns - they take a long time from scratch. You have to wash the dry bean, sort them through, soak them overnight....it's a long, dull process. Sometimes I do it anyway, but for one person - it's kind of silly. Even when done from scratch, though, you have potential farts.
So, if you have a can of beans in the house, go open it and dump the beans into a colander. Do you see any bubbles? Rinse tap water over the beans - see bubbles form? Those are potential farts. Yes, oh yes, they are! If you dump the beans and the water they are packed in into a dish for a meal, you will get farts.
Now, if you continue to run water over the beans in the colander until the water it was packed in is washed away and no more bubbles form, your beans are defarted.
Exciting, isn't it? Now you can make an informed decision next time you make home made chili or another dish with beans. To fart, or to defart? That will be the question!
(I make a whole bean dip using 6-7 cans of different beans, two cans of corn, a cut up onion, and a large jar of salsa. Lots of cans to recycle, but you can freeze it up in portions for later, because it makes a lot. It also goes well on top of corn chips, mozzarella, and any cut up veggies, then into the microwave for a minute until the cheese is melted. Voila! Instant fresh nachos!)
9 comments:
You bet Lady!! I want to know how you defart beans! Tell you that before I even read the rest of your entry. lmbo I cook my from scratch!! lol Hmmmm I do everything but soak the beans and there are still FARTS in there!! lol My Granny use to say to rinse the beans in a pan several times and pick up the beans from the last rinse water because the dirt is in the bottom. lol I will have to soak them the next time over night and see if that helps. :-) Have a great day. Janie
WOW!! I never knew that! Have a good weekend.
Missie
I'll never look at beans again without thinking of this post.
Now, I like to soak my dry beans....after cooking them for five minutes.
Drain em, add more water and cook.
Defarting...........I love it!!
I rinse all our canned beans anyway; it's an easy way to remove a lot of the sodium that is added to beans when they are processed.
Defarture, great new word and one I will remember from this entry.
So, I bought a can of refried beans for tomorrow. What do you with those nasty things? Any way to make those defartable? Normally, I would make my own refried beans. But, time is limited and I just didn't care!
Monica
To "defart" beans ( a term that I shall henceforth associate with your entry today) would not be to my advantage as I use the normally loud (but sometimes silent and deadly) reports to wind my watch (which has been difficult lately as it is battery powered).
Jimmy
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That would really take away all the fun now wouldn't it? The kids would have to cancel the contests and everything, LOL! :-)
Thank you! I have the stinkest man I've ever been with living with me. Any chance I can get to defart him is greatly appreciated (winks). (Hugs) INdigo
I've noticed when I cook pinto beans in the crock pot on low all night and half the day they are fartless. Just descovered this by accident. Paula
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