Guest guest Posted December 23, 2009 Report Posted December 23, 2009 Hi all I am preparing a recipe using dried kidney beans to eat on Boxing Day, but as the recipe gives quantities for 6-8 people I thought I would freeze the left-overs. I was wondering though, given the issues around poisoning from improperly cooked Kidney beans, if it was okay to freeze them? Many thanks -- P Save paper - do you really need to print this email? Save electricity - do you really need to send this email? Save your own energy - do you really need to read this email? Quote
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2009 Report Posted December 23, 2009 Tony, As I understand it, Kidney beans are only *poisonous* when eaten *raw* . They should *not* be sprouted. They should be soaked overnight and boiled until soft. All beans should be sorted and cleaned, rinsed before cooking. I do not cook beans in the same water that they have been soaked. All beans, if not eaten the first day should be refrigerated and eaten or frozen by the 3 rd. day. Deanna in Colorado *************************************************** Tony Davis <studiot wrote (...I was wondering though, given the issues around poisoning from > improperly cooked Kidney beans, if it was okay to freeze them?...) Quote
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2009 Report Posted December 23, 2009 I would like to say thank you for these questions and answers -- I never would have known that there are hazards in kidney beans. Cindi Quote
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2009 Report Posted December 23, 2009 Thanks for the info Deanna, now I can make the Chilli today for eating on Saturday. The rest of the family will be eating regular chilli, and I am hoping they will be tempted to trying the vegan alternative, wouldn't be a great advert if they ended up in A & E afterwards!! On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 13:10 +0000, genny_y2k wrote: > Tony, > As I understand it, Kidney beans are only *poisonous* when eaten *raw* . They should *not* be sprouted. > They should be soaked overnight and boiled until soft. All beans should be sorted and cleaned, rinsed before cooking. > I do not cook beans in the same water that they have been soaked. > All beans, if not eaten the first day should be refrigerated and eaten or frozen by the 3 rd. day. > Deanna in Colorado > *************************************************** > Tony Davis <studiot wrote > (...I was wondering though, given the issues around poisoning from > > improperly cooked Kidney beans, if it was okay to freeze them?...) > --- > > Quote
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2009 Report Posted December 23, 2009 Tony, I hope tey will at least try your chili. Vegetarian chili is delicious Donna Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another. Dalai Lama --- On Wed, 12/23/09, Anthony Davis <studiot wrote: Anthony Davis <studiot Re: [veg_grp] Re: Red Kidney Beans Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 8:01 AM Thanks for the info Deanna, now I can make the Chilli today for eating on Saturday. The rest of the family will be eating regular chilli, and I am hoping they will be tempted to trying the vegan alternative, wouldn't be a great advert if they ended up in A & E afterwards!! Quote
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2009 Report Posted December 23, 2009 The recommendation over here is that kidney beans should be boiled rapidly for a minimum of 15 minutes, then you can cook them how you want. In fact that is the recommendation on all packets of beans that I buy here. Lots of people in the group don't seem to bother but I feel it's better to be safe than sorry! I freeze them when cooked and there has never been a problem with that. Christie in Edinburgh On Behalf Of genny_y2k 23 December 2009 13:10 [veg_grp] Re: Red Kidney Beans Tony, As I understand it, Kidney beans are only *poisonous* when eaten *raw* . They should *not* be sprouted. They should be soaked overnight and boiled until soft. All beans should be sorted and cleaned, rinsed before cooking. I do not cook beans in the same water that they have been soaked. All beans, if not eaten the first day should be refrigerated and eaten or frozen by the 3 rd. day. Deanna in Colorado *************************************************** Tony Davis <studiot wrote (...I was wondering though, given the issues around poisoning from > improperly cooked Kidney beans, if it was okay to freeze them?...) Quote
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2009 Report Posted December 23, 2009 Normally speaking I think of directions kind of as " well, if you want to do it this way, that's good... " and sometimes I don't follow them, but do it a different or fast way. So glad you're mentioning this! Cindi ________________________________ Christie <christie0131 Wed, December 23, 2009 11:52:53 AM RE: [veg_grp] Re: Red Kidney Beans  The recommendation over here is that kidney beans should be boiled rapidly for a minimum of 15 minutes, then you can cook them how you want. In fact that is the recommendation on all packets of beans that I buy here. Lots of people in the group don't seem to bother but I feel it's better to be safe than sorry! I freeze them when cooked and there has never been a problem with that. Christie in Edinburgh [] On Behalf Of genny_y2k 23 December 2009 13:10 [veg_grp] Re: Red Kidney Beans Tony, As I understand it, Kidney beans are only *poisonous* when eaten *raw* . They should *not* be sprouted. They should be soaked overnight and boiled until soft. All beans should be sorted and cleaned, rinsed before cooking. I do not cook beans in the same water that they have been soaked. All beans, if not eaten the first day should be refrigerated and eaten or frozen by the 3 rd. day. Deanna in Colorado ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* *** Tony Davis <studiot > wrote (...I was wondering though, given the issues around poisoning from > improperly cooked Kidney beans, if it was okay to freeze them?...) Quote
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2009 Report Posted December 23, 2009 On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 10:18 -0800, Cindi Waters wrote: > Normally speaking I think of directions kind of as " well, if you want to do it this way, that's good... " and sometimes I don't follow them, but do it a different or fast way. So glad you're mentioning this! Cindi > > Me too, but I vaguely remembered some talk a while ago about problems caused by cooking kidney beans in slow-cookers, so I thought I had better check first! Quote
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2009 Report Posted December 24, 2009 I put them into freezer bags with a little bit of the water they were cooked in, then get as much air out as I can and freeze them mike Quote
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