Cooking Soy Beans

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?QIUDU 22 November 2011 Cooking Soy Beans

A bowl of soy beans are eaten for breakfast, which replaces eggs for me. About a 20 day supply is prepared at one time, and kept in the refrigerator. I ingest slightly less than 100 pounds per year and buy in 55 pound bags of non modified beans.

Method: Wash several times, boil for about 15 minutes, wash again. Place in beans in colander which is insert for pressure cooker. Oil gasket area of pressure cooker to prevent gasket sticking. Boil without rocker for about ten minutes to remove air. Add rocker and cook for about two hours at 15 PSI.Remove when cooked and place in a pot, use any water left in cooker, and add more water for blending.Add some molasses to suit taste, and boil for about ten minutes to mix. Blend and pour into jars and store in the refrigerator. A litre and one half of dried soy beans is sufficient for one person for about 20 days, eating a bowl full daily.

[Crickleymal]

You can cut the boiling time down considerably by soaking them overnight. I found that 15 minutes boiling at 15 psi was plenty when I used to eat soya beans regularly.

Or am I missing something.

[Durgan]

You can cut the boiling time down considerably by soaking them overnight. I found that 15 minutes boiling at 15 psi was plenty when I used to eat soya beans regularly.

Or am I missing something.

You are probably right, but soy beans don't absorb water readily. The method I use means the supply is ready in a few hours. All the other beans are cooked the same way. All dried beans have to be well cooked, so I err on the side of the longer cooking time.

[Crickleymal]

True but you're using an awful lot more energy. Soaking doesn't use any or if you want to speed it up a little boil the water before you soak them.

[Durgan]

True but you're using an awful lot more energy. Soaking doesn't use any or if you want to speed it up a little boil the water before you soak them.

I got the money and have little interest in saving a few pennies on gas. Energy consumption utilizing cooking is not an issue. Certainly it would not affect my use of energy. Canada has the tarsands, which pollutes and consumes energy almost equal to that of 30 million population.