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As part of learning to be a vegan, I have been improving my basic cooking skills. As part of improving those skills, I have been investigating staple dry goods as a starting point: grains, legumes, and the like.

My conclusions so far:

Rolled oats are victorious.
Brown rice is satisfactory (the trick: turn the heat way down).
Black beans and pinto beans are full of fail.

Not that beans aren't tasty, and in a sense they are very easy to prepare. But soaking for 8 hours and then cooking for 2 more is far too methodical for my compulsion-based cooking and scheduling habits. I max out at an hour, which is about what brown rice takes, since that's about the time interval required to lazily prepare the accompanying components of a dish.

So oats, rice, lentils, and possibly amaranth have a place in my culinary future. But from here on out, my beans will be canned.

Date: 2007-06-25 06:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] etotheipi.livejournal.com
I have the same bean problem. I have tons of dry beans, but I never eat them because I am not organized enough.

Date: 2007-06-25 07:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redglasses.livejournal.com
Canned beans are just beans that someone else has soaked for you.

Someone would probably make the case that soaking the beans yourself means fresher beans, but I would make the case that they're not enough fresher for me to care.

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