need to remove lentil scum.

jw 1111 said:

hi, when i boil beans and lentils i get lots of scum floating on the top
(especially with red split lentils i get masses of it).

with frozen green beans and red split lentils i am sure they are clean
because of their processing they have been through, but what to do with

this

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scum. need it be removed?

maybe there are even certain nutrients in it? any advice please?

Yeah, why not try learning about capitalization and punctuation? You come
off as *really* ignorant.

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jw 1111 said:

hi, when i boil beans and lentils i get lots of scum floating on the top
(especially with red split lentils i get masses of it).

with frozen green beans and red split lentils i am sure they are clean
because of their processing they have been through, but what to do with this
scum. need it be removed?

maybe there are even certain nutrients in it? any advice please?
thanks.

Try washing the lentils and beans before you cook them. Some of the
impurities will be washed away.

I have a small metal sieve, with which I scoop away the scum that
always forms during cooking. As far as I know, you will not lose any
nutrients.

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jw 1111 said:

hi, when i boil beans and lentils i get lots of scum floating on the top
(especially with red split lentils i get masses of it).

with frozen green beans and red split lentils i am sure they are clean
because of their processing they have been through, but what to do with
this scum. need it be removed?

maybe there are even certain nutrients in it? any advice please?
thanks.

Try washing the lentils and beans before you cook them. Some of the
impurities will be washed away.

I have a small metal sieve, with which I scoop away the scum that always
forms during cooking. As far as I know, you will not lose any nutrients.

When I make lentils, the scum comes to the top, I scoop it away. THEN, I add
the tumeric; otherwise, I am diluting the amount of tumeric in my lentils.
The same concept would go for any powdered ingredient.
Dee Dee

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hi, when i boil beans and lentils i get lots of scum floating on the
top (especially with red split lentils i get masses of it).

with frozen green beans and red split lentils i am sure they are clean
because of their processing they have been through, but what to do
with this scum. need it be removed?

maybe there are even certain nutrients in it? any advice please?
thanks.

Soak the beans beforehand and then rinse them in a collander. That will
help a bit with any 'stuff' on the beans. I don't know how long to soak
them, maybe an hour or 2 unless you're going to soak them overnight which I
do sometimes. While cooking, just skim the scum off.

Michael

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jw 1111 said:

hi, when i boil beans and lentils i get lots of scum floating on the
top (especially with red split lentils i get masses of it).

with frozen green beans and red split lentils i am sure they are
clean because of their processing they have been through, but what
to do with this scum. need it be removed?

maybe there are even certain nutrients in it? any advice please?
thanks.

Try washing the lentils and beans before you cook them. Some of the
impurities will be washed away.

I have a small metal sieve, with which I scoop away the scum that
always forms during cooking. As far as I know, you will not lose any
nutrients.

When I make lentils, the scum comes to the top, I scoop it away. THEN,
I add the tumeric; otherwise, I am diluting the amount of tumeric in
my lentils. The same concept would go for any powdered ingredient.
Dee Dee

Thanks Dee Dee. I forgot to mention that in my previous response. I also
season after scumming.

Michael

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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

I forgot to mention that in my previous response.
I also season after scumming.

Hehe, we really didn't need to know that much.

Is lentil scum a neologism for troll?

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jw 1111 said:

hi, when i boil beans and lentils i get lots of scum floating on the top
(especially with red split lentils i get masses of it).

with frozen green beans and red split lentils i am sure they are clean
because of their processing they have been through, but what to do with

this

Quoted message said:

scum. need it be removed?

maybe there are even certain nutrients in it? any advice please?

Yeah, why not try learning about capitalization and punctuation? You come
off as *really* ignorant.

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Greg

thank you. actually i am ignorant. but doing a google search on your
address and seeing the amount of time you spend on trivia i feel you might
qualify for a close second.

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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

"jw 1111" <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote in
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Quoted message said:

hi, when i boil beans and lentils i get lots of scum floating on the
top (especially with red split lentils i get masses of it).

with frozen green beans and red split lentils i am sure they are clean
because of their processing they have been through, but what to do
with this scum. need it be removed?

maybe there are even certain nutrients in it? any advice please?
thanks.

Soak the beans beforehand and then rinse them in a collander. That will
help a bit with any 'stuff' on the beans. I don't know how long to soak
them, maybe an hour or 2 unless you're going to soak them overnight which I
do sometimes. While cooking, just skim the scum off.

Lentils require less than an hour to cook, they should not be soaked,
if soaked they'll become mush when cooked. Lentils should not be
boiled, a very low simmer is sufficient. It's the boiling that
produces that scum, the harder the boil the greater the quantity of
scum. There's never a reason to boil any legumes, always lower the
heat to a low simmer just *before* coming to a boil.

Sheldon

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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

"jw 1111" <[email hidden]> looking for trouble wrote
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hi, when i boil beans and lentils i get lots of scum floating on
the top (especially with red split lentils i get masses of it).

with frozen green beans and red split lentils i am sure they are
clean because of their processing they have been through, but what
to do with this scum. need it be removed?

maybe there are even certain nutrients in it? any advice please?
thanks.

Soak the beans beforehand and then rinse them in a collander. That
will help a bit with any 'stuff' on the beans. I don't know how long
to soak them, maybe an hour or 2 unless you're going to soak them
overnight which I do sometimes. While cooking, just skim the scum
off.

Lentils require less than an hour to cook, they should not be soaked,
if soaked they'll become mush when cooked. Lentils should not be
boiled, a very low simmer is sufficient. It's the boiling that
produces that scum, the harder the boil the greater the quantity of
scum. There's never a reason to boil any legumes, always lower the
heat to a low simmer just *before* coming to a boil.

Sheldon

It's been so long since I've made beans I don't remember which get soaked
and which don't. I think she was more worried about contaminants on the
beans than anything. Thanks for the info. I do know to simmer beans on
low. I do soak Navy Beans overnight sometimes when I'm making good old ham
'n beans.

Michael

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