Posted on 02/10/2022 5:57:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
It’s just to hold the tamale together while cooking.
I’m having a hard time believing that spices cut down on the bean magic. Anybody heard of this?
I’m also not convinced that you can prepare beans so they don’t produce gas. I had heard this claimed so often that I figured there must be something to it, but then I read an article, I think by Kenji Lopez-Alt over at Serious Eats, where they tested various preparation methods and carefully observed the results and found them to be equally musical.
Definitely throw it away.
My understanding is beans contain an abundance of a complex sugar that we can not taste nor digest. But the bacteria in our lower gut loves it and guess what’s the byproduct?
That’s why soaking overnight in water helps. The sugar culprit is water soluble and is drawn out by soaking. Rinsing canned beans helps the same way.
Beans contain some indigestible sugars. Cooking well and some spices may produce enzymes that help digest these sugars, but not completely. It is what it is.
Beans and rice and cornbread. Sometimes with Worcestershire sauce. Maybe a sliced up onion on the side.
If this isn’t good eating, the problem is you.
You throw away the corn husk. Think of a tamale as an old Mexican breakfast bar. The husk is the wrapper. You can put a few in your pouch and eat em when you are out on your travel or your hunt.
Apparently in post WWII Japan starvation was an immediate danger as we moved in to occupy. We send massive amounts of beans to a nation that had no history of them.
The women said they were thankful, but were mortified and embarrassed that the beans made them “so rude”.
You can eat pretty good on food stamps.
Yeah, you can make fartless beans. Soak em overnight, dump the water, and then cook em slow. Also Beano really works. Also your system gets used to them if you eat them often.
The merriment occurs when some city girl eats her twice a year bowl of beans.
Two words:
Pasta
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Right, it’s the complex sugars that do it but I’m not convinced that soaking has much effect. I used to always soak my beans, but since reading that article I’ve experimented with skipping it and I can’t tell much difference.
Free cervezas for anyone who knows the origin of that pic.
I agree that it’s not a perfect solution. But, I’m convinced it helps. There will always be some significant amount of sugar retained even after soaking.
Regarding the issue at hand, I see a big difference in the consequences of beans I have soaked, well rinsed and cook at home verses those served at various local Mexican restaurants.
I’ve tried every method of de-gassing beans I’ve ever heard of and none of them has made any difference for me.
I still love ‘em though.
Eat them, enjoy them and spend the next two days alone. My first husband could blow the back door off the house.
LOL
Well, I’ve spent the last 15 years alone so I might as well enjoy myself “musically.”
And you can add some pineapple to your beans....which later on will result in Hawaiian music....very nice.
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