Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper? Part 2

[redhen]

Baked ham with glaze and pineapples, Mashed potatos, peas, brown sugar/honey glazed carrots, cole slaw, rolls.

 

[cknmom]

Shredded beef tacos, mexican rice-I was making black beans, but they did not soften!! This has happened four times in the last five months!! I have been cooking dried beans for over 30 years and have not ever had this problem!

So no beans with dinner; unless we go to town before then and I buy a can of beans

Last night we had leftover stew with a biscuit topping baked in the oven.

Friday night was chili-ghetti with leftover chili and parmesean cheese.

Monica

Pringle- I LOVE pea soup!!!

But I am the only one in the house who likes it, so I do not make it often. I have a ham stew that I make using the bone and last of the ham.

 

[Backyard Buddies]

Monica - Do you have a pressure cooker? You can get those beans softened in no time in your PC.

Tonight's dinner - lasagna, salad, and garlic bread.

 

[pringle]

Omg I just had a bowl of it and the fresh made bread

.I am very happy right now!

 

[TammyTX]

Quote:
Maybe you have hard water??

http://missvickie.com/howto/beans/bakingsoda.htm

Try to avoid hard water to cook beans. If you consistently have problems cooking beans to the desired tenderness within specified cooking times, you may have hard water. Hard water contains lots of minerals and it causes a chalky white or gray spots or residue on the inside of your cookware whenever you boil water. This is caused by high concentrations of minerals, like calcium and magnesium, which interferes with chemical and physical changes that are supposed to occur in beans during soaking and cooking and destroys the nutrient value. The same rule applies to not adding ingredients like molasses during cooking because it is high in calcium.

How much of a problem this is depends on how hard your water is. In some rare cases beans simply won't cook, and if you're having a great deal of trouble getting dried beans to cook properly, buy purified bottled drinking water – not distilled water – for soaking and cooking beans.

 

[FarmerDenise]

I picked a buch of zucchini. I'll be sauteeing them with peppers, onions and garlic and serving them with macaroni and cheese and a slice of ham. I'm just craving a heavy dose of vegies tonight. SO made the mac and chees earlier today for lunch.

 

[Backyard Buddies]

I'm jealous! I think my zukes are done now.

But, that just means I can start prepping the garden for the winter veggies!

Dinner tonight was chicken and rice soup, salad, and garlic cheese bread.

 

[cknmom]

BB&tammytx- We have a well and the water is not hard. It's funny that you mention a pressure cooker. I told my husband that maybe I need to get one and my beans will be fine. I was born and lived in Denver for a few years and remember my momhaving a lot of problems with beans. My husband reminded me that yes we are at a higher altitude than Denver, but I have been cooking beans here with no problem for 4 yrs. It has just been in the last few months. We are going down to my dad's later this week to clear out the freezer and pantry of things he won't use. My mom cooked so much and he won't be cooking hardly at all. I will see if she still had her pressure cooker when she passed. I know that she had offered me one years ago, so I don't know if there is one there or not.

Last night was roast beast with mashed potatoes, broccoli, and gravy.

Tonight is country pork ribs, rice, and corn.

Monica

 

[thechickenchick]

Last night was a Chicken Pot Pie from my MIL. I have no ideas for tonight yet, my mind is blank today!

 

[Backyard Buddies]

That may solve your problem, Monica. I hope so, anyway. The key with my PC is that you have to let the steam escape naturally. Otherwise the beans don't hold their shape.

Another reason beans can be harder is if they're older.

Dinner tonight will be easy out of necessity. . . Sloppy Joes and buttered corn.