Soaking Beans Overnight
Why do beans have to be soaked overnight? If you soak them during the daytime, can they tell the difference?
———- from Toye Durege of Seattle, WA
Soak a bean while the sun shines and you risk creating what the AEC calls a DBP, or Dense Bean Pile, a non nuclear cousin to the infamous reaction that happens when our friend the atom has one too many cups of joe. Yes, instead of a pot of swollen beans, you’ll end up with a quivering blob the size of your refrigerator, one that could level any lab or kitchen foolish enough to risk DBI, or Daylight Bean Immersion. Do us all a favor and follow the instructions, OK?
Soak a bean while the sun shines and you risk creating what the AEC calls a DBP, or Dense Bean Pile, a non nuclear cousin to the infamous reaction that happens when our friend the atom has one too many cups of joe. Yes, instead of a pot of swollen beans, you’ll end up with a quivering blob the size of your refrigerator, one that could level any lab or kitchen foolish enough to risk DBI, or Daylight Bean Immersion. Do us all a favor and follow the instructions, OK? 