Chickpeas will get into pre-sprouting state. Chickpeas need more cooking than most beans. It seems phytic acid is reduced just by soaking and without water being discarded. Most beans will be good and soft in 30 minutes or less if they have been soaked 12-24 hours
All people getting food stamps should be forced to attend a bean cooking class I see more bean eating as the economy goes downhill g On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Ode Coyote <odecoy...@windstream.net>wrote: > > > Soaking the beans sprouts them and sprouts are mo bettah veggies. > The water is gassy and if not changed, will rot the beans as they sprout. > If that water is toxic to the beans....? > > Soaking them isn't anything like cooking them. > I've eaten many a small bean plant from thinning the garden and don't > recall any gas from it. > > ode > > > >
