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dryheat3today at 3:04 AM2 repliesview on HN

I consume legumes daily and found that using baking soda completely eliminated gaseous emissions from them. For lentils, I soak 20 g in water with 1/4 tsp baking soda for a hour. Then discard the liquid before cooking. For refried black beans I first bring 65 g of beans to simmer then add 1/4 tsp baking soda and stir briskly.

Once I implemented this protocol I found that onions and prunes were also causing gas. Seems any stone fruit gives me gas because this also happens with apricots. I haven’t found a way to fix the stone fruit. But the onions can be fixed by heating them with lime juice before consuming.

Hope that helps.


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soperjtoday at 3:07 AM

You're almost pickling them in citrus at that point.

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BikiniPrincetoday at 3:14 AM

Do you notice any flavor profile changes?

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