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Cook At Home

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Internet nerds teaching fellow nerds how to cook at home, and make higher-quality food than garbage in a wrapper or a box they're currently wasting money on. In our age of hyperinflation, shrinkflation, and general economic collapse, knowing how to cook at home is more vital than ever.

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[–] satanmat 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We’ve got an instant pot, and cook dry beans 2x / week… don’t need the baking soda, if you do them for a bit longer — 32 minutes for small (like black beans) and 40 for garbanzo beans.

And yeah. A IP or any pressure cooker makes a huge difference for us not having to soak them first

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'll try that next time for sure. My last batch of fava beans got too soft, so I just blended em to thicken the curry, but I like the texture better when they're whole.

[–] satanmat 2 points 8 months ago

I’m not saying there’s a trick, but I’ve heard other people having issues if you don’t use enough water.

2x water to beans works for me.

Rinse the beans, to get any dust and crud off … if there’s an inch of beans then fill it so that an inch of water on top of that