Beans....never heard this before

18 years ago

Yep, the garbanzo beans that I put on to soak at lunch are talking to me....a snapping or popping kind of sound. While I was just now working in the kitchen, I heard the odd sound coming from the counter where the beans were in a stainless steel bowl soaking beside the sink. Sort of sounded like a piece of cellophane or plastic bag as it settles, very faint. So I shook the bowl and held it closer to my ears and dang! the faint snapping noise is coming from the dried beans.

What is that? Has anyone else ever heard it?

Teresa

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wizardnm
18 years ago
Teresa, they're just talkin' to ya probably they have been thirsty for a long time.
My Rice Krispies talk to me. I have regular conversations with Snap!, Crackle! and Pop!

Nancy
michaelmaxp
18 years ago
We all know that beans talk to us but typically a few hours after the meal.

The word garbanzo is an old Romanian term that roughly translates into "Little beans that have converstations with the cook". Some people call them chickpeas because "women have been known to talk to beans when their boorish husbands won't talk to them".

Of course I've lied about everythig except the first sentence... please forgive me

michaelp
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lpinkmountain
18 years ago
Interestingly, this came up on the Vegetarian Forum.

I have never made chickpeas from dried beans, I always just open a can!

Here is a link that might be useful: Why do soaking chickpeas click?
jessyf
18 years ago
We all know that beans talk to us but typically a few hours after the meal.

Michael darling you took the words right out of my......mouth.
teresa_nc7
Original Author
18 years ago
I ask this question to my Pressure Cooker Yahoo Group and one answer is that the sound is the beans splitting while soaking. No bubbles appeared in my soaking beans, but the popping sounds got a little louder after soaking 4-6 hours.

Garbanzo beans may be more prone to fermentation if they soak too long and one person said she soaked her G. beans in the fridge. Mine soaked for 8 hours before I cooked them. I was planning to cook them under pressure, but my cooker manual did not have them listed and said specifically not to cook any beans other than the ones listed in the manual. So, I cooked them in the pressure cooker pot with the lid partly cocked open. After 30 minutes they were done.

I was surprised that they tasted really good to me! I usually use G. beans to make hummus, but found a recipe for falafel I wanted to try. The beans I cooked tasted much better than those out of a can. Guess I can never go back now! I plan to freeze some of the beans I cooked last night.

Teresa