Comments on: Eating Well On $1 A Day: Day 22 – Disaster!

By: emily

emily — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:34:13 +0000

Deborah: I believe that’s just kidney beans…any other kind should be fine.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:53:52 +0000

Be careful of not soaking beans and then cooking them in the crock pot. I read somewhere that beans can have a “poisonous” element to them if they are not soaked. Then they have to be cooked at a high temperature to make them safe. The crock pots don’t get them to the high temperature. (I have cooked them in a crock pot before I read this, though. I don’t think I will again, just to be sure they are okay.)

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:22:48 +0000

I just remembered this trick that is supposed to help with burned beans:
Fill the pan with water to cover the beans. Take two raw potatoes, quarter them and put them in the pot with the beans. Leave them in for about 10-15 minutes then throw them away. Supposedly, they will absorb most of the bad taste. I haven’t tried this in eons so I hope I’m remembering correctly and it works for you.

By: Maxine

Maxine — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:26:47 +0000

I know you sure was sad to see the beans have to go. I think anyone that has cooked beans a few times have had this happen at least once.
So what do you actually have left?

By: admin

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:53:01 +0000

I barely knew what a skillet was when I started Unfortunately, due to my travel schedule and rarely being in one place, I do not although I’m sure many of the places I stay do if I knew what I was looking for…

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Mon, 24 May 2010 01:28:25 +0000

Some days you just want to pull the covers back over your head and forget it happened. Tomorrow will be better!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:36:41 +0000

Do you happen to have a crockpot? That’s a pretty easy way to cook beans, even without soaking them.