How do you cook dried beans fart-free, without the nasty side effects?

Serve the beans with rice to get rid of the gas.

If you find it out, let me know. I've tried everything with no success whatsoever. And I LOOOOVE black beans with pieces of pork ribs cooked within.

LOL! I eat this mix everyday, I can assure it does not work.

why not just enjoy the farts?

Tried soaking and my tummy was so upset at work. Had to hold it in. Ouch :(

I've heard adding a cut potato will help. Can't say that I've tried it myself though.

Baking soda in the soak and boil

But then you will get rid of a good portion of the iron contained in the beans...

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Last Edited by Westsail on 04/09/2016 12:14 AM

I farted at work once by accident. It didn't go over so well. Not funny. Good thing a couple people sit around me so people were not 100% sure who farted. But everyone was looking at everyone else trying to spot the culprit. I just played along a got away with it that time. Don't want to risk the next time

it helps to soak them for 24 hours or more to start the sprouting process which produces vitamins and changes the protein content.

how long did you soak.. if you are bean sensitive it might need 48 hours.

Would a baking soak and slow cooker method work as well?? I've been using the slow cooker.

Some sites say use cold water, some say hot water, some say use salt, some say don't use salt....oh, dear, so confused

Other than soak the beans for 12+ hours and slow cook them in a dutch oven, I don't know what you can do.

Put a cork in it.

aren't you all ice road truckers over there? don't know why you would have more than one person in the truck!! oh onless youre talking about the camera man!! it all makes sense!!!

Think I soaked them about 12 hours

My mom had three guys in the house and always used baking soda in the soak. Worked pretty well.

Lol!! Years ago I worked with a guy that ate beans all of the time, we called him Gassy Dave. I never thought he heard us until he signed a birthday card to me "From your gassy friend, Dave". Haha! Loved that guy... except for, well, you know, the farts. ;)

well he never said he wanted iron, he just wants cheap food and no farts!!! surely there must be some cheap food in canadia, how about living on poutine?

Cook them with carrots. I thought it was just one of those things people say until I tried it. Supposedly the carrot soaks up the sugars. You're to discard the carrots after cooking though.

I just cut a carrot in half and toss it into the bean pot.

Last Edited by OCD Chaos Theorist on 04/09/2016 12:21 AM

You peel some carrots cut them in big chunks . Cook them with the beans and then throw them out .

My great uncle, who knew and dated one of the famous Andrews sisters, swore by soaking them overnight first...he was in world war two, and would be around one hundred, if he'd had lived longer...

What kind of beans are you wanting to cook?

Oh dear, just read on another site the debate about the vitamins and minerals being soaked out if you pre-soak. One comment was from a "bean expert" (what ever that is, probably a nutritionist or something like similar) who was 100% sure no nutrients are soaked out if you pre-soak. Again, confused

Julius Caesar would be over 2000 years old if he didn't get stabbed in the rotunda and then lived longer!!!

Pinto or white beans. Anything that provides nutrition and is cheap. Food is really expensive now. 2lb bag of apples cost freaking $7.50 Canadian. Mind you they are organic, but still, outrageous considering they were $4.00 not too long ago

You seem to be doing things right. Getting used to beans and starches takes some time on a regular basis. Some peoples guts take a little longer to get used to it all. It's shocking to the system to eat healthy.

If they cook up soft, you shouldnt be farting. Cook them a little longer. You should be able to mash one with your tongue against the roof of your mouth. If they never get that soft they are old. Throw them away and buy from a different store.

Chop raw onion to eat with pinto beans.

Cook beans with garlic and onion and aome vegetables. Uae ginger for checkpeas or indian spiced beans. They help your digestion.

Eat yoghurt and drink kefir.

Eat raw vegetables before you eat beans. The enzymes in the vegetablea will help you digest.

Give yourself time to adjust.

Little lentils are easier to digest than big beans.

Start slow. Have a quarter cup of cooked beans with your meal and work up to having a bowl of beans for breakfast. Its a really good breakfast.

you can't get used to it! your body can't digest some parts of the beans. so those parts go to your large intestine where bacteria eat them and convert them into gas!

there is no way you can digest that stuff no matter how long you eat beans!

if he could afford yogurt and kefir and raw vegetables he wouldn't be eating beans!! he's eating beans because they are cheap. so if you want him to eat other food it has to be cheaper than beans!!

is frozen food cheap in Canada? It should be right!!!