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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Must be Soup Weather :)
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:03:20 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-01-12, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
> In article <vm045a$13lb1$2@dont-email.me>, chamilton5280
> @invalid.com says...
>> 
>> On 2025-01-12, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
>> > ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:28:03 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> It's chilly here in southern South Carolina.  40F/4C right now and windy
>> >>> so it feels colder.  It won't get much warmer than that today.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'll be making a large pot of 15 Bean Soup (Hurst's HamBeens) using
>> >>> diced ham (as opposed to ham hocks, sausage or a ham bone).  I'm using
>> >>> the crock pot/slow cooker for this.
>> >>> ***************
>> >>>
>> >>> Yes, I'll bake a skillet of cornbread to go with it. :)
>> >>>
>> >>> Jill
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> I've yet to ever make any sort of beans in the crockpot.
>> >
>> >   if the crockpot doesn't get hot enough you could be
>> > getting more toxins than you should.  certain ones in
>> > some kinds of beans (red beans, but some others too)
>> > make it important enough to make sure they get a good
>> > boil.  at higher elevations this may be a significant
>> > challenge.
>> 
>> Modern crockpots get pretty hot.  
>
>   Do they boil?
>
>    Red kidney beans need to be boiled for 10 minutes to 
> destroy toxins..
>
> https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/05/how-to-avoid-
> poisoning-from-red-beans/
>
>   "Slow cookers should not be used to cook the beans or 
> dishes that contain them. Studies of casseroles cooked in 
> slow cookers revealed that the food only reached internal 
> temperatures of 75 degrees C (167 degrees F) or less."

It depends on the slow cooker.  High might range between
170 and 280 F.  I'd test my own in the unlikely event I
wanted to cook dry beans.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton