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Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:06 pm
by duncs500
You can be fairly efficient with an induction hob, but if you're cooking them quick like that you might as well use the microwave (which I normally do too). They are better if cooked at a bit more of a leisurely pace, but who has time for that kind of decadence...
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:07 pm
by V8Granite
Beans are food for children.
Dave!
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:09 pm
by 16vCento
integrale_evo wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 6:54 pm
A specific plastic bean pot with lid in the microwave. Ain’t nobody got time for a the hob.
This.
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:27 pm
by Beany
V8Granite wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:07 pm
Beans are food for children.
Dave!
Alright, calm down old man.
I am eternally youthful in heart and mind (if not body) and as such, I'm fine with beans.
(also, microwave)
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:38 pm
by Matty
mik wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 6:03 pm
Hob! Only animals would use a micro
You're surrounded by animals.
Also... #TeamMicrowave - however the Heinz Beans plastic pots are too saucy for me. Bean/Sauce ratio is far worse than tinned.
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 8:22 pm
by Zonda_
Branston beans here, changed from Heinz around 5 years ago. Sainsburys own are horrid. How much do M&S sting you for them?
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:04 pm
by 16vCento
Zonda_ wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 8:22 pm
Branston beans here, changed from Heinz around 5 years ago. Sainsburys own are horrid. How much do M&S sting you for them?
IIRC they're 50p a tin, a glorious bargain.
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:11 pm
by mik
Matty wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:38 pm
mik wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 6:03 pm
Hob! Only animals would use a micro
You're surrounded by animals.
So it would appear.
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:27 pm
by dinny_g
Anyone who microwaves their beans has a special 8th level of hell awaiting them.
Condemned for eternity to eat beans with the consistency of water, where the sauce is hotter than hell but the beans themselves are cold and half of every spoonful spills on your leg
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 10:11 pm
by Zonda_
16vCento wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:04 pm
Zonda_ wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 8:22 pm
Branston beans here, changed from Heinz around 5 years ago. Sainsburys own are horrid. How much do M&S sting you for them?
IIRC they're 50p a tin, a glorious bargain.
Wow that is cheap!
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 10:13 pm
by Zonda_
dinny_g wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:27 pm
Anyone who microwaves their beans has a special 8th level of hell awaiting them.
Condemned for eternity to eat beans with the consistency of water, where the sauce is hotter than hell but the beans themselves are cold and half of every spoonful spills on your leg
I think you need a new microwave and what the hell are you doing eating them with a spoon?
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:20 am
by dinny_g
There’s no toast in hell…
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:37 am
by integrale_evo
dinny_g wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:27 pm
Anyone who microwaves their beans has a special 8th level of hell awaiting them.
Condemned for eternity to eat beans with the consistency of water, where the sauce is hotter than hell but the beans themselves are cold and half of every spoonful spills on your leg
One minute zap, stir, one minute zap, stir, leave to sit 30 seconds. Done. Heated through nicely.
If you’re having to do them on the hob to boil off excess water there was too much water in the first place.
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:56 am
by 240PP
In the microwave for me. We’re talking about baked beans, this is not an a la carte thread.
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:09 am
by mik
Baked beans are too delicate for stirring. You fold them over carefully in the pot, like you are gently rolling over a beautiful lady in your bed. With the electric blanket on full.
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:12 am
by V8Granite
mik wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:11 pm
Matty wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:38 pm
mik wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 6:03 pm
Hob! Only animals would use a micro
You're surrounded by animals.
So it would appear.
They probably boil sausages and heat bacon on an iron.
Dave!
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:14 am
by duncs500
The best beans are probably the ones that have been heating in a pot for a while in a greasy spoon. Softens the beans, tightens up the matrix... it's what they were designed for.
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:47 am
by jamcg
Just wait until you see people doing full breakfasts in air fryers and slow cookers, with beans in a ramakin
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:57 am
by Beany
V8Granite wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:12 am
mik wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:11 pm
Matty wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:38 pm
You're surrounded by animals.
So it would appear.
They probably boil sausages and heat bacon on an iron.
Dave!
What absolulte rot.
Everyone knows that you use hair straighteners for bacon
Re: Bean Test
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 12:06 pm
by IanF