Interesting. Our water is somewhat hard and acidic. (It actually works out to a nice, “sweet” taste, but is also corrosive.)
I guess I’ll just try even longer. And check for varnish - hahaha. Maybe the beans “cure” with age or were in a hot truck over a weekend?
Thanks!
Off to church, now...
I almost feel like I’ve been re-born! Yay! Today is going to be close to 60 degrees, so it’s ‘Clean out the Greenhouse’ Day! So excited.
Our upcoming weather (with a few exceptions) looks absolutely wonderful! We’ll be hitting the 60’s and 70’s with just a few below-freezing nighttime temps and a little rain on the way, too.
Beau and his pals are having a rather poor ‘sap run’ this spring. There will be enough for it to be worthwhile to process, but the combination of a very dry fall and NO snow cover to speak of all winter means a deeper than normal frost line - it’s down at least 50 feet this time around - and is slow to break up making the trees reluctant to run much. We have TWO good producers in the house yard, but those he’s tapped in the woods aren’t doing jack.
And this, Kids, is why you listen and learn from your Elders about ‘lean years’ and prepare accordingly. ;)
26 ‘The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream. 27 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.’
Genesis 41:26-27