There are two schools of thought as to whether dried beans should be soaked in water for a while before cooking. When you cook beans, the first part of what happens is the beans rehydrate themselves by drawing in water. The pre-soak or no pre-soak debate centres on whether it matters if this happens in…
Beans
Brining Beans
There’s an ongoing conversation in the cooking world about whether to simmer dried beans in salted or unsalted water. Conventional wisdom has said that dried beans simmered with salt in the water won’t soften well. But experiments done by Russ Parsons of the Los Angeles Times (results published in same newspaper on 29 January 2003)…
Cheesy Beans & Nachos Recipe
Set a platter of these out at a party, and stand back.