Dried beans

[Mrs Ava]

Advice pretty please.  ;D  I have half a kilner jar of various dried beans, but they smell a tad musty.  Should I bin them, or soak them overnight, and bung them in the clear chicken soup I inted to make tomorrow?

[Mrs Ava]

[Curryandchips]

Well having been brought up in a household where nothing was wasted if it was edible, I would soak them, rinsing well, then boil and taste ... if satisfactory then add to the chicken stock. But then I have a stomach of cast iron ...

[supersprout]

Hmm, would depend how musty e-j (sniff sniff)
If not too musty I might put in cold water, bring to boil 5 mins, strain and rinse with cold water, then sniff again :)
Would be a pity to spoil a lovely clear chicken soup tho' :P
If too musty to chance it, would you use them as 'blind' baking beans for pastry (after a wash)?
If baked, innards for bean bags?
If none of the above, compost? ;D

[tim]

Emma - if you know that they're less than a year old - & have been kept dry - eat them!

But yes - do the taste/smell thing!

[Mrs Ava]

Actually, on re-sniffing, they really aren't that bad.  Maybe it was just me!  They are all firm, no wrinklies or odd bits but they are probably a little over a year old...but I can't remember.  What's the worse that can happen?  Dodgy soup??

[rosebud]

Big belly ache and the DELBOYS, EJ go for it i would give them a short boil. let us know what you decided.

[katynewbie]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

DELBOYS!!!!!!!!!!!! Weeping with laughter here!!

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