bean cuisine, by Anita Sands Hernandez, the secrets of cooking gas free beans-- trick to cooking beans which WILL NOT create bowel gas, how to cook beans the right way and RECIPES for BEANS useful for times of ECONOMIC DEPRESSION, INFLATION

PLANET IN RECESSION? BEEF PRICES SKY HIGH? How do we feed our faces when meat is 6$ a lb or maybe in the case of fish, veal, lamb, double that? Eat CHICKEN ALL THE TIME? Yeah, if you love ARSENIC. and POLLOS are fed their own FEATHERS which gives YOU plugged follicles, baldness and KERATIN SKIN BLEMISHES and white heads. (The cheap farmers feed chickens a ground up meal made of POULTRY FEATHERS still. ) There HAS to be something safer and more interesting than chicken. Well, how about beans, ending up costing a quarter a COOKED POUND. Or even FREE BEANS? If you have a sunny plot of earth outside, you can do rows of beans. They need string or wire, sticks to hold them up off the ground, but they make a very pretty picture out there. Enrich your soil with home made compost and you will get big ole high mineral beans. It doesn't take more than a few handfuls to make dinner for two because they swell up when you soak them overnight.

So, how do delicious dinners like PROVENCAL BEANS with ham chunks sound to you? ON SALE Ham is about a dollar an lb at Easter. Buy a few hams, simmer these smaller ham chunks to rid them of their chemicals, salt and nitrates, then freeze in easy pop out bags; add a thawed chunk to your beans which are almost l00% cooked, for a last, short simmer. Thanksgiving week, KROGER stores, America's biggest chain, sells you HAM for 31c an lb after HOLIDAY, also after XMAS, NEW YEARS and TURKEY for 47c an lb THAT one was in 2017. Make a dozen different bean stews, freeze them. OR when you make beans, thaw a chunk of meat.

How does MEXICAN BEAN TACOS with turkey or ham strike you? Slathered in SALSA VERDE de tomatillo, cilantro, jalapeno? Or BEANS NEW DELHI STYLE lightly curried on a bed of basmati RICE. Or New England Beans with molasses and dollops of barbecue sauce cooked in? Again some pork chunks.

Pinto beans are popular around the globe and are densely packed with nutrients that can result in a number of health benefits. Pinto beans are a variety of the common bean and have been cultivated for more than 5,000 years in some parts of the world. Popularly included in Mexican cuisine within burritos and chili con carne, these are the most widely consumed beans in North America. These beans are more versatile than other varieties, as they can be eaten whole or cooked, mashed, and refried. While they do come in five different varieties, they are very similar in terms of nutrient density and appearance.

When it comes to nutrition, pinto beans contain approximately 140 calories per 100 grams, as well as 9 grams of both protein and dietary fiber. There is a very small amount of fat in these beans, but very high levels of B vitamins, as well as moderate amounts of magnesium (14% of DV), sodium (16%), phosphorous (21%), vitamin A, vitamin C, zinc (10%), iron (16%), potassium (9%), and calcium (5%). This nutrient profile may change if the beans are young or mature, cooked, boiled, salted or unsalted, but these are the basic nutrients.

There are many benefits to eating pinto beans, including their ability to lower the risk of diabetes and breast cancer, as well as detoxify the body, among others.

These conditions are MUCH TO BE DESIRED and the dishes sound tasty but you have never gone for beans much before, right? Why? Well
A.) you weren't poor enough and
B.) beans are social suicide. Or have been til now.

There's an ART to COOKING DRIED BEANS one well known to the third world. I have googled up some TIPS FOR PREVENTING GAS in the intestines. This simple method trains the delinquent bean to have a healthy life.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=87

Two things help: Brining the soak water (not cooking water), stretches the skin loose and prevents bean skin breaking and inside getting mushy when you want creamy inside! An elastic but FIRM SKIN OUTSIDE is necessary but also a fully soft bean inside. Rinse after an overnight soak, getting salt off. Then, LOW TEMPERATURES during an unsalted simmer, comes next. Last, SALT only when cooking is over, last minute.Those are the tricks, remember them.

Dried beans are easy to prepare. They have, however, gained a reputation for being hard to digest and are known to cause a little flatulence or "gas." To help eliminate this problem, try cooking dried beans like this: Soak dried beans overnight in highly salted water which you will discard when you rinse the beans before cooking. Soak all night or at least for five hours. (This isn't necessary for dried peas or lentils.)

Discard the water, rinse well, add fresh water, simmer, low flame for half hour
NO SALT and discard the water. Rinse beans thoroughly until water runs clear.
Cover with fresh water and cook until tender. NO SALT. This method
will help prevent "gas," which is caused by complex carbohydrates
(raffinose sugars) that are not broken down in digestion. When they ferment
in the large intestine, they produce carbon dioxide, hydrogen and a little
hydrogen sulfide, that can cause gas.

If you want to include more beans in your diet, but increase your "comfort
zone" with them, you should: Start slowly by eating beans only a couple of
times a week at first. This helps your body adjust to digesting them.
Drink lots of fluids to help the digestive system handle the increased
dietary fiber. Soak and cook thoroughly to eliminate the raffinose sugars that
make beans hard to digest.

Other helpful hints for cooking beans are to add one tablespoon of oil to
beans to keep the foam down while cooking. If your recipe calls for
tomatoes, lemon juice, vinegar or other acidic foods, add these items after
beans are tender. The presence of acid keeps beans from softening too much
and busting thru their skins.

Also, contrary to advice you may have heard, DO NOT use baking soda when
cooking beans. It robs them of their nutritional value.

USA WEEKEND MAGAZINE:
Soak and rinse beans several times to remove gas-producing sugars, USDA
researchers advise. Always change the water before cooking.

Adding garlic and ginger, dried or fresh, to a cooking pot of beans can
reduce the beans' gas-producing properties, according to research in India.

Supermarket anti-gas products, in pill or powder such as Beano and BeSure,
can help.

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY:
Beans are full of starch including some that do not digest easily.
Digesting this starch can produce gas, giving rise to the rhyme Beans,
beans, the musical fruit.... There are several ways to quiet this music so
you can enjoy the health benefits of beans.

Gradually increase the amount of beans you eat, so your digestive system
can adjust.

Soak beans overnight then discard the soaking water. Some, but not all, of
the hard-to-digest carbohydrates dissolve into the water and are then
poured off.

This quick method also helps reduce gas: Cover beans with water. Bring to a
boil for 2-3 minutes. TURN OFF FIRE.
Let set at least one hour, but preferably four hours.
The longer beans soak, the more gas-causing substances are removed.

So what do they call that element in the bean that gives gas?
So far it is unnamed. Want to give it a name? THE POOT FACTOR?
FARTOLE?

HEARTY BEAN STEW:
SAUTE bacon or pork pieces in lite oil, pick out, use paper
towel to get animal fat off pan. Replace with olive oil.
Saute onions, garlic, grated interior of ginger root, not skin,
Olive oil always, (no canola or corn as it has omega 6 which will kill ya)
Add drained beans, mash, slowly add some bean liquid.
Til it's smushy.

SERVE in Heated corn tortillas which ou turn over the FIRE, stack in a
cloth napkin. That's for quesadillas or tacos. Cheese is optional
and should be melted into the beans or into the tortilla,either method
is fine.

MAKE THE FAMOUS SALSA VERDE. 6 tomatillos husked, cut up simmered, 4 min
in water with cleaned jalapenos. Fry onions, garlic, add the tomatillo
mash, cilantro by the fistful. Salt/Pepper.

Let everyone ladle their salsa verde onto the bean tacos. or INSIDE
rather.
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BEAN SALAD-
Canned red kidney beans,
cut up hardboiled eggs,
minced onion, chopped celery, chopped bell pepper
mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. If a picnic, no mayo. Salad dressing is fine.
excellent recipe from one of my Moosewood
cookbooks [low fat favorites]:
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5 cups peeled cubed sweet potatoes
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp canola or other vegetable oil (or butter)
3 1/2 cups diced onions
4 large garlic cloves, minced or pressed
1 tbsp minced fresh green chile
4 tsp ground cumin
4 tsp ground coriander
4 1/2 cups cooked black beans (three 15-oz. cans drained)
2/3 cup lightly packed cilantro leaves
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp salt
8 eight-inch flour tortillas
Fresh tomato salsa

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Boil potatoes in salt and water until tender, about 10 min.

Warm oil in skillet and add the onions, garlic and chile. Cover and cook
on medium heat until onions are tender, about 7 min.

Add the cumin and coriander and cook 2-3 minutes longer stirring
frequently. Remove and set aside.

In food processor, combine black beans, cilantro, lemon juice, salt and
cooked sweet potatoes and puree until smooth. Mix
in with cooked onions and spices.

Oil or butter baking dish. Spoon filling [about 2/3 - 3/4 cup] on each
tortilla, roll it up, place seam down in the baking dish.

3 CUPS DICED TOMATOES
1 SMALL FRESH GREEN CHILE, MINCED, SEEDS REMOVED FOR A MILDER "HOT"
1 tbsp fresh lemon or lime juice
1 to 2 tbsp minced cilantro
salt and ground black pepper

NOW, on your marks get set, go, BEAN EXPERIMENT!
Later, the bean masters experiment with beans frozen for six mos.
see if there are bean changes. How about beans stored for a year on shelf?
Give us your research! We need BEAN TACTICS
to get us thru what WALL STREET DID TO AMERICA
http://www.masterjules.net/meltdownwebpage.htm

You can go with HINDU flavor, adding cumin, curry powder to beans,
then serving on hot basmati rice. Dollop of chopped mint/ dill/yogurt. YUM!

Most important thing is, BEANS ARE FILLING and take away desire for costly meat!
Nobody feels deprived!

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