tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post1164157226322103596..comments2024-03-28T15:15:32.175+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Mogettes de VendéeKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-31141944164944811172018-05-29T20:48:19.023+02:002018-05-29T20:48:19.023+02:00Canned beans are good, but dried beans cooked from...Canned beans are good, but dried beans cooked from scratch are better.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74493726854438832172018-05-29T20:03:03.604+02:002018-05-29T20:03:03.604+02:00Good questions. The mineral water we use is natura...Good questions. The mineral water we use is naturally <i>pétillante</i> but also <i>renforcée au gaz de la source (en Auvergne)</i> — i'm not sure what that means exactly.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-42411752169904196482018-05-29T19:51:11.425+02:002018-05-29T19:51:11.425+02:00They're good. We had some for lunch today with...They're good. We had some for lunch today with smoked chicken.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-66719899050686236662018-05-29T19:49:46.300+02:002018-05-29T19:49:46.300+02:00Yes, fairly often. But I also bought an induction ...Yes, fairly often. But I also bought an induction "hotplate" that I use a lot for cooking things like beans that only take a couple of hours.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-59554695783876251592018-05-29T15:22:05.747+02:002018-05-29T15:22:05.747+02:00It wasn't until I cooked garbanzo beans from d...It wasn't until I cooked garbanzo beans from dried that I realized how tasty they could be - much different from canned. So I bought a 25 lb. sack of them - so much cheaper too!sillygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971787430517830586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34154276126705109572018-05-29T15:18:44.905+02:002018-05-29T15:18:44.905+02:00I wish you could too. Thank you for that thought!....I wish you could too. Thank you for that thought!....But it's so perishable! I think amazon sells something like this, but I don't quite trust buying it that way.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17502325928250807652018-05-29T15:18:20.665+02:002018-05-29T15:18:20.665+02:00That is so amazing to me! I would never, ever have...That is so amazing to me! I would never, ever have thought that the water would have affected the tenderness of the bean (or the bean skin). Of course, it makes sense, though.<br /><br />I have one question: Does it matter if the sparkling water is naturally <i>gazeuse</i>, or artificially made that way (like club soda or seltzer)? And, since there are different minerals in waters from different <i>sources</i>, what about that effect on the beans?Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55318636321096675512018-05-29T14:34:22.124+02:002018-05-29T14:34:22.124+02:00The beans look perfectly cooked.The beans look perfectly cooked.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-45698904714419469112018-05-29T13:46:20.414+02:002018-05-29T13:46:20.414+02:00do you use the slow cooker much?do you use the slow cooker much?melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337254308066184912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57377535049786282652018-05-29T10:46:20.134+02:002018-05-29T10:46:20.134+02:00I wish I could send you some boudin noir...I wish I could send you some boudin noir...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9388655324823144412018-05-29T07:35:58.577+02:002018-05-29T07:35:58.577+02:00I will have to remember this tip as our water is r...I will have to remember this tip as our water is rather hard. OTH, I have read that people who drink hard water have fewer heart attacks. Who knows whether this is true! But it sounds good. I love blood sausage and we can almost never find it anymore. There used to be a Hungarian butcher in Cleveland who made and sold it, but he is retired now.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.com