Comments on: Will Yellow Beans Become the Next Superfood?

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 22:24:52 +0000

In reply to Gringo Chris. One team of a few people making cross-pollinations, testing cooking time, and choosing the types that cook fast might be "the simplest possible solution" and cheaper in grant $$$ than 100,000,000 people buying Instantpots

By: Ornob

Ornob — Tue, 21 May 2024 20:51:32 +0000

Yes

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 08:38:42 +0000

Just bought some Mayocoba beans recently from Rancho Gordo – delicious! As a lifelong bean lover, in previous decades I cooked beans in a regular pressure cooker and now use an Instant Pot. Once a week I soak and cook a big pot of beans that I eat during the week in a variety of recipes. Easy, inexpensive, and enjoyable way to prepare delicious meals.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:08:03 +0000

In reply to Meredith. Selective breeding of plants is not GMO. GMO is when changes have been made to the genome, typically using high-tech engineering, in an attempt to alter the characteristics. What they are doing with these plants is only replanting seed from those plants that show the traits that they like.

By: Emily Baron Cadloff

Emily Baron Cadloff — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:07:19 +0000

In reply to Anne. Thanks for letting us know! We've updated the story to show the correct figures.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:21:05 +0000

The dietary guidelines are for 1.5 cups COOKED beans. A general rule of thumb is that 1 pound of dried beans is the equivalent of 6 cups cooked. At 1.5 cups COOKED per week, a person should consume 1 pound of beans every four weeks, or 13 (not 39) pounds per year.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 07:38:30 +0000

In reply to joel. Exactly! No GMO beans for me. And I certainly hope that Rancho Gordo doesn't go for these either.

By: Pat Cappelli

Pat Cappelli — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:36:39 +0000

Use a pressure cooker, it takes less than half an hour to cook dried beans to perfection. India, the middle east, and many other countries have always used a pressure cooker. No need to make monster beans.

By: Gringo Chris

Gringo Chris — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:15:50 +0000

Dios mio, I eat beans every day, and I live in rural Mexico where canned beans do not exist on store shelves. The authors of this, the scientists involved, and anyone who has ever burned a bean [Full disclosure: I totally qualify on the author, scientist, and burned a bean variables.] All of you, just Google “Instantpot” and order one. They’re cheap. It’s a computerized pressure cooker, stew maker, sauteer, etc. etc. and I have never burned a thing since I yielded and bought one. No, it won’t work without electricity, which I have done on the USFS and a remote California ranch for most of my 71 year life, but if you are reading this you are not offgrid anyway. Always start with the simplest possible solution before you throw all that grant money and effort away.
Gringo Chris, Ph.D. in a “hard science”

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:01:22 +0000

I love the Peruvian beans. I live in central FL and earlier this year, Wal-Mart was carrying them in dried form. Bought 3 or 4 pounds and stored them in canning jars to keep them safe. Last couple times when I was in local store, they were not in stock. Disappointed, I really enjoy them.