I don’t know how I got this onto my feeds, but they are interesting.
Apparently, I’ve been doing it wrong all these years. Soak them, cool them slow. I tried it her way with some black eyed peas and it worked great. One of the things she got me on is that dried beans last a long time, but not forever. Got me wondering about the conditions of my stash of beans. Turned out, those ones were OK, turns out.
I probably should eat more beans. But then, there’s that unfortunate side effect. Fortunately, Bertha here has some remedies:
She has funny metaphors for being gassy. Makes sense. So my next try was redbeans and rice.
Man, that was good. The trick for me is having a small helping as a side. So no big bowl of redbeans. I have a recipe, but it’s for a quick cooker. I’ll rewrite it for this, since I didn’t use cajun seasoning either.
She has like three channels. This one cracked me up:
Gotta watch your stank as an older woman. I sent that one to the Girl.
Most of the older women I pass in the park have a strong smell – usually laundry soap, baby powder, or fabric softener.
Just sayin’
I’ve watched several of those videos. I’m just not getting how to make it work for me. If you figger out a pressure cooker recipe I’ve got an Instapot and it’s pretty good to use. I have a hard time getting rice to not be a glob of sticky mess.
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The pressure cooker recipe is here: https://inspectedbypat.com/2020/11/24/wednesday-cooking-red-beans-rice/
Rice is easy. Don’t use a instapot for that, it’s useless from what I found. If it’s sticky, it wasn’t rinsed, you used too much water, or it didn’t cook enough.
First, pick the rice. Short or medium grain may be stickier. Long grain and jasmine is less so. The ratio is typically 1:2, one cup rice/2 cups water. You can go 1.75 cups of water per cup of rice. Rinse the rice. You can use a pot or strainer, but rinse it until most or all of the starch is off of it. Put the rice and water in a pan, add butter or oil (1 tbs/2 cups or so) and salt. cook it until it starts to bubble then, put the burner on low, cover the pot, and let it sit for 18-20 minutes. Then it’s done. If you do it right, it’ll be fluffy and loose and there won’t be much of a cleanup to do. Alternatively, rinse the rise and use a rice cooker.
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