Have you ever soaked your own beans?

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

I've always disregarded any recipe instructing me to 'soak the dried beans overnight'. Who's got time for that sort of faffing about when canned beans work so well and so... instantly?

Well I recently tried a Nigel Slater sausage and chickpea job, and decided to experiment with doing it 'properly' with the dreid chickpeas and the soaking and the hours of boiling... the result was a revelation. Texture, flavour, magnifique!

My advice to you all: can the cans and invest in sacks of dried beans. Maybe I mean legumes? Who can say?

being a tightwad, is the sheer volume of beans a dried pack gives once re-hydrated - makes 'em dirt cheap. It won't be long before you go off them. Too sort of floury and they may look different but all taste exactly the same ...FACT!

[Sir C]

being a tightwad, is the sheer volume of beans a dried pack gives once re-hydrated - makes 'em dirt cheap. It won't be long before you go off them. Too sort of floury and they may look different but all taste exactly the same ...FACT!

I like flageolet beans best. Are flageolet beans good from dried, h?

[Burney]

I like flageolet beans best. Are flageolet beans good from dried, h?

Do you want my bean fritter recipe?

[Sir C]

Do you want my bean fritter recipe?

Why, yes. Yes, I do, thank you.

Does it start, 'First, soak your beans'?

[Burney]

Why, yes. Yes, I do, thank you.

Does it start, 'First, soak your beans'?

Absolutely not. Mash your canned beans. Fry onions, red pepper and chopped green beans until soft. Add these and sweetcorn to the mashed beans. Add enough chickpea flour (Chana - available in most supermarkets) to bind. Season and add onion powder and smoked paprika. Fry until crisp on both sides. Serve.

[Sir C]

Absolutely not. Mash your canned beans. Fry onions, red pepper and chopped green beans until soft. Add these and sweetcorn to the mashed beans. Add enough chickpea flour (Chana - available in most supermarkets) Season and add onion powder and smoked paprika. Fry until crisp on both sides. Serve.

So this is a *gulp* vegan dish?

[IUFG]

So this is a *gulp* vegan dish?

to be fair, it does sound a little bit

[Burney]

So this is a *gulp* vegan dish?

I hadn't thought of it as such, but yes. Having said that, last night I had them as a side dish with lamb chops.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Absolutely not. Mash your canned beans. Fry onions, red pepper and chopped green beans until soft. Add these and sweetcorn to the mashed beans. Add enough chickpea flour (Chana - available in most supermarkets) Season and add onion powder and smoked paprika. Fry until crisp on both sides. Serve.

Ooh I can't wait to try this now I've grown rather disaffected with Waitrose bean burgers. I will, of course, use soaked beans not being a lazy cont like you.

how thick should they be b?

[Burney]

Ooh I can't wait to try this now I've grown rather disaffected with Waitrose bean burgers. I will, of course, use soaked beans not being a lazy cont like you.

how thick should they be b?

I had them about three quarters of an inch thick, h, but it's up to you.