Comments on: Marrow Bean Soup with Pale Vegetables

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:28:39 +0000

You can also get them online through North Bay Trading Company, a family-owned biz in northern Wisconsin.

By: Joshua Hampton (Cooking Classes San Diego)

Joshua Hampton (Cooking Classes San Diego) — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:22:56 +0000

Any bean that tastes like bacon is alright in my book, so I'm curious and I want to try this recipe. I'll definitely have to make room for these marrow beans in my budget.

By: Marcia Ballard

Marcia Ballard — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:36:02 +0000

This sounds great but with shipping the beans are almost $40.00! That is too harsh on my budget, though I think I'd be in favor of any bean that tastes like BACON! Yum! That raises the price of the meal considerably!

By: Anna Ramos

Anna Ramos — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:46:29 +0000

I couldn't help but notice that folate is critical for women of reproductive soup! 😉 --wonder what else goes into this reproductive soup! 😀

By: bob raymond

bob raymond — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:46:03 +0000

I tried to e-mail you off-site but your message said to use this method.
The 2nd paragraph below is missing a few words about why you use the hot water.
"Keeping the soaking water warm...."

Thanks for this great recipe!

Please delete after reading.

Why We Soak Our Beans
I begin each of my bean and lentil soups the same way. First, I pick over the lentils and rinse them well to remove stray clumps of dirt and little stones that disguise themselves as beans. I dump the beans into a big bowl, and cover them with hot water to allow them to soak and soften at least overnight and up to a day.

Soaking beans in the old-fashioned recipe results in two improvements: one culinary, and the other nutritional. Soaking beans softens them, allowing them cook more quickly, more evenly and with tender results. Soaking beans also improves the bioavailability of trace minerals such as iron, magnesium, phosophorus, zinc contained in beans. Keeping the soaking water warm to hot helps to ensure that antinutrients that otherwise bind up these micronutrients, making them difficult to fully absorb. Beans are also an excellent source of folate, a B vitamin that is critical for women of reproductive soup for its ability to support reproductive health and in the prevention of neural tube defects.