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A thread for all things bean related
> why should I eat BEANS?

Beans are typically the cheapest source of bulk protein, have a better nutritional value than other comparable sources of carbohydrates like rice, pasta, noodles etc.
BEANS are easy to store if you have limited space, and a long shelf life.
> BEANs give me gas

There are several separate issues that contribute to this, but all are avoidable. Canned BEANS are cooked at too high a temperature, and leech starch into the liquid. Discarding the liquid in canned BEANS is always recommended and rehydrating your own BEANS is preferable (more on this later). Another major cause of gas is poor digestive health, BEANS are both the problem and the solution in this regard because fibre and slow to digest food will improve your gut health over time.
> Which BEANS are best

Kidney BEANS are probably the most nutritious type which are widely available and particularly important for vegans who need dietary iron.
> How do I cook BEANS

Canned beans are already cooked, so you just have to drain the liquid and reheat them. Some are suitable for cold salads.
Dry beans and lentils need to be rehydrated, the time this takes depends on how large the BEAN or lentil is. Kidney BEANS and other large beans should be rehydrated overnight.
If you change the water the BEANS are rehydrating in, it will remove more of the starch and this will result in BEANS that are easier to digest.
Do not worry if the BEANS stay in the water for longer than is needed, smaller lentils however don't like being kept in water too long.
Once rehydrated BEANS need to be boiled hard to destroy the toxins in them, eating raw BEANS can make you sick, especially kidney bean. Rehydrating ensures the BEAN cooks through evenly and reduces cooking time.
Pressure cookers are the best option, radically reducing the cooking time even when making large batches, boiling in a pot is also fine just ensure the pot is actually boiling not just simmering
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Note that I rolled the blenched noodles and carrot in paper towel to reduce the moisture before adding them to the mix.

To roll them we soak the rice paper sheets in a tray until they are pliable. Add them or by one as you use them because rice sheets fall apart if over soaked. 

Don't let the mix be any wider than a Frankfurt, because it's raw and has to cook through before the roll burns.
If you fold the ends in first it helps, and it helps to make the rolls quiet long. They should be water tight as the rice sheet dries out a bit. Don't stack them or they'll stick together.

To fry them a deep fryer works best, a pot is awkward, a wok is good.
Remember the oil will rise the more rolls you add. This tends to be a very smokey business so try on the barbeque or over a 40gal drum fire.

Slide each roll in one by one, cook in batches, don't be scared if there a bit of black on the outside as the paper can bubble. Resist the urge to turn them or the middle won't cook. 
If they stick together don't try to seperate them,  flip them all in one go and they'll seperate after they've cooked. 
Drop the cooked rolls onto paper towel to drain excess oil. 

You will find them kind of oily, chewy, smokey, sour, much like a hanoi gutter fire.
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 >>/53/
But what if... you fed the bugs to the eels... then eat the eels and feed their eel-remains to the iguanas... and then feed the iguana tails to the bugs..?
There must be a net-positive cycle in there somewhere, even if it involves extra steps and/or organisms like seaweed or shellfish.
Your brussel sprouts sound delicious btw.

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60 million internet points to the marine biologist anon who can train dolphins and octopus to harvest food from the ocean for us.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7g3wWgbYtMI
And 6 million internet points to the anon who can harvest calamari without killing squid or octopus.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/04/japan-makes-squid-farming-breakthrough-as-wild-catches-plummet

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Curse whoever enslaves dolphins, we've done enough damage on the land. 
Also the old testament specifically forbids eating the limb of a living animal, to cut the limbs from an animal that can regrow them is a total abomination.




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