Soaking them too long, probably.
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No, it is not good. Some beans such as the commonly eaten, red kidney bean are quite toxic when eaten uncooked. Cooking the beans removes the toxic substance found in most beans.
Many dried beans must be soaked overnight in cold water prior to cooking. After soaking, the beans can be cooked in boiling water. If the beans fall apart, you are cooking them too long.
Yes, you are supposed to drain the water and fill with fresh water to cook the beans in.
the soaked bean will be larger than the dry unsoaked been because it abosrorbs water and expands.
Soaked seed will have a head start.
Nothing... It can b avoided by soaking them before cooking for about 6 hrs though...
If clean and rinsed they are probably no better or worse than cooked beans. But there are few beans that do well raw, and soaked beans will not taste as good or have as pleasant a consistency as cooked beans will. Some raw beans cause gastric upset, and most simply taste awful. Generally speaking, and the current fad for raw foods notwithstanding, foods have been cooked over the years for good reasons. If nothing else, it ensures that they are bacteria-free.
They can be frozzen for as long as you want in a good tep. frezzer
Traditionally beans are soaked to lessen the amount of time it takes to cook them. Unsoaked beans merely have to be cooked longer to desired tenderness (usually an hour longer).
Lima beans absorb water because they are dried so when you put it in water it rehydrate