Bean There...Done That. Everything Beans!

Debby said:
I think that the more often you eat beans and lentils and such, the less problems you have. Maybe it takes a certain sort of gut flora (or is that gut fauna ?) to deal with all that fibre? Could that explain the average persons difficulties with beans do you think?
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We eat a lot of beans and I eat high fibre. Not saying I never fart. :rolleyes: But when we were gone for two months eating Thai food that did not have beans, we noticed an....umm..increase after eating beans. :eek:nthego:
 

jujube said:
In the words of the immortal somebody......

Beans, beans, the musical fruit,
the more you eat, the more you toot.
The more you toot, the better you feel.
So let's eat beans for every meal!
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Or the other one....

Beans, beans good for the heart
the more you eat the more you fart.
The more you fart the better you feel.
Let's have beans for every meal.

And we're supposed to be mature adults. :playful: LOL.
 
I love beans and lentils. My brother makes the classic New England style baked beans - delish!

I've always wondered about the Brit favorite "Beans on Toast". Well, sure you can just throw some beans on a piece of toast but is there a really proper way to do it? Is there a certain type or brand of beans or bread you should use? Do you butter the toast? How about sandwich style? This could get really complicated and I need you Brits to clarify, please. :confused:
 

I'm a bean eater from way back. One of my favorites is channa daal, not too spicy with onions and tomato. Great with basmati rice or naan & yogurt. If you soak your beans for a long time (overnight) before cooking, it reduces gas. Ginger also helps.
 
Glinda said:
I love beans and lentils. My brother makes the classic New England style baked beans - delish!

I've always wondered about the Brit favorite "Beans on Toast". Well, sure you can just throw some beans on a piece of toast but is there a really proper way to do it? Is there a certain type or brand of beans or bread you should use? Do you butter the toast? How about sandwich style? This could get really complicated and I need you Brits to clarify, please. :confused:
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I'll never understand beans on toast. It's just some beans in tomato sauce on a slice of toasted white bread as far as I can tell, I don't think it's buttered. No thanks. A full Scottish or English breakfast includes the same kind of beans and I like them then.
 
Cookie said:
I'm a bean eater from way back. One of my favorites is channa daal, not too spicy with onions and tomato. Great with basmati rice or naan & yogurt. If you soak your beans for a long time (overnight) before cooking, it reduces gas. Ginger also helps.
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My hubby soaks beans overnight but still cooks them in the pressure cooker before adding them to a dish. I sometimes make a veggie soup and always add some kind of lentils to it.
 
Ameriscot said:
My hubby soaks beans overnight but still cooks them in the pressure cooker before adding them to a dish. I sometimes make a veggie soup and always add some kind of lentils to it.
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He's definitely doing it right, AS. Chick peas and some beans seem to take forever to cook without a pressure cooker. I admit I'll use canned chick peas and kidney beans and still find them needing more cooking. I like the yellowy orange split lentils that cook super fast and come out very creamy, and nice when lightly spiced and and eaten with chappatis.
 
Cookie said:
He's definitely doing it right, AS. Chick peas and some beans seem to take forever to cook without a pressure cooker. I admit I'll use canned chick peas and kidney beans and still find them needing more cooking. I like the yellowy orange split lentils that cook super fast and come out very creamy, and nice when lightly spiced and and eaten with chappatis.
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Ours are always dried, in fact he just came home with a 2 kg bag of chickpeas. But I did buy a tin of chickpeas last week to put in a pasta salad - mostly because I'm too lazy and don't even know how to use the pressure cooker. :D

We eat some type of veggie curry or chili almost every night, just different veggies, protein, sause, spices, etc. Easy one pot dinners with basmati rice.

Lentils are usually in soups for us. Love chappatis and naan bread but I'm almost always counting calories. :(
 
Glinda said:
I love beans and lentils. My brother makes the classic New England style baked beans - delish!

I've always wondered about the Brit favorite "Beans on Toast". Well, sure you can just throw some beans on a piece of toast but is there a really proper way to do it? Is there a certain type or brand of beans or bread you should use? Do you butter the toast? How about sandwich style? This could get really complicated and I need you Brits to clarify, please. :confused:
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Here's a serving of Beans On Toast!:)
 
I had beans on toast today at lunch time! Heinz beans are the best, beans in tomato sauce heated with a small pat of butter, and served on top of a slice of buttered toast. Yum.
 
Glinda said:
I love beans and lentils. My brother makes the classic New England style baked beans - delish!

I've always wondered about the Brit favorite "Beans on Toast". Well, sure you can just throw some beans on a piece of toast but is there a really proper way to do it? Is there a certain type or brand of beans or bread you should use? Do you butter the toast? How about sandwich style? This could get really complicated and I need you Brits to clarify, please. :confused:
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It really is just a matter of opening a can of beans heating them up, and throwing them on a slice of toasted bread... it's just a matter of personal taste whether you butter the bread ( I always do)..or what type of bread you use,..I always use freshly baked white bread for beans on toast ( I use wholemeal for mostly everything else) , then I grate a tiny amount of mozzarella or sometimes Stilton cheese..and just eat it like that. I always used to eat Heinz baked beans..all the supermarket own brand beans are horrid...but now I prefer Branston Baked beans they taste far less sweet than Heinz and the sauce is thicker.

My husband eats baked beans cold straight out of the tin...he doesn't eat bread at all now but when he did he would just heat the beans up stir in some Worcester sauce and some hot pepper sauce, and serve them up on a couple of toasted white freshly baked thick slices of bread..
 
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I once opened a can of Bush's Baked Beans. As I picked it up off the counter, the bottom fell off, dumping the beans on the floor. Apparently, the bottom wasn't sealed properly (or at all) and the vacuum was the only thing holding the bottom on. What a mess. I emailed the company, giving them the numbers off the can and they sent me coupons for five cans. That was handled well, I thought.
 
Back in the 90's a boyfriend and I loved to eat at Mexican restaurants. Once we brought my son and while BF was in the bathroom our meals came. I took out a bottle of Beano and put some on his beans, son and I giggling. A waiter was watching us suspiciously but didn't say anything. Probably thought we were poisoning him! :D
 

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