Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jill McQuown Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Must be Soup Weather :) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:37:25 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: <78sb5l-d6r.ln1@anthive.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:37:28 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="824201ee140eac527a58c9c113a99ab3"; logging-data="1240178"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18tXCPYFaAEiJW5CjWmE+v/qWHna498ngM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:lDpqzdWbdslb5dWnCmP44gMOfGQ= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250112-2, 1/12/2025), Outbound message Bytes: 3505 On 1/12/2025 10:03 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > On 2025-01-12, Janet wrote: >> In article , chamilton5280 >> @invalid.com says... >>> >>> On 2025-01-12, songbird 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. > All I know is the bean soup cooked beautifully and I'm not sick after having a bowl of 15 bean soup for dinner last night. Songbird theorizing about potential toxins/illness from cooking dried red kidney beans in a crock pot is a waste of my time. Then again, he can't seem to use a crock pot without cracking the crock. Jill