Rancho Gordo beans are great! Yellow Eyes ftw.
Those episodes are really fun and always result in me eating more beans!
Cultures around the world have been sprouting and fermenting forever, but most people have forgotten it.
I highly recommend anything he works on.
Source: vegan who eats beans with 75+% of meals
What causes this? Gut microbiome adapting? Doesn't that imply there should be some probiotic-type supplement you can take to seed these bacteria and keep them alive even when not eating beans?
But on a more serious note, does that actually work, even if just a bit?
Milks, butters, and cheeses are a high value food source for people who burn massive amounts of calories to keep their bodies warm.
having discovered the lactase supplement has finally given me some peace of mind :)
Unscientifically, it feels like your gut microbiome adjusts to it after a while!
Made me laugh : )
Soak and rinse, but the soak water should be boiling when the dry beans go in.
Alkaline. Sodium Carbonate (baking soda) or calcium hydroxide (lime) work. Throw away the cooking water. This has to be done carefully, as too much of either can give the food a mineral taste and/or dissolve the beans entirely.
Fermentation also works. Lactic acid (like kimchee or pickles) helps a little. Koji (either added or grown on the beans themselves) helps a lot. Both will have a big impact on the flavor and what the beans will be good for in the end.
In many parts of Africa the ultimate solution is to peal the skins off the beans. This removes all digestive issues with bean consumption but it's a lot of work.
Another solution is to uses the microbe Aspergillus by consuming Miso paste with the beans which help break down indigestible polysaccharides.
rand846633•1h ago
For the impatient: they found no common cooking technique that helped significantly reduce - as they call it the “fartyness” of the beans..
vpShane•1h ago