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.
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.
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.
Beano works.