Beano Substitute

RE: Beano Substitute Post By Jon T. (Guest Post) (11/11/2007) "When I cook beans I always cook them with a peeled carrot. Sounds strange but it works. When the are done you can either eat the carrot or throw it away but the gas is gone when you use this method. " A prank my friend pulled to get his uncle back for a rude fart: he cooked a bunch of beans and chili, cut a few potatoes in half and cooked them in the mix (he does this to get rid of the gas in the beans), and then gave his uncle some really good tasting potatoes. The uncle's a truck driver with his wife, and it was a cold winter. So... I wouldn't eat that carrot mentioned above. Does anyone else know if it is okay to eat the carrot? RE: Beano Substitute Post by Vicka (73) | (01/29/2006) Contact Beano story...my husband and I were in California. He was down there for work and I drove down for a week. We were at Thrifty Drug- we each went our own way to grab what we needed. I needed earplugs for swimming. As we waited to check out, I looked in our basket and realized there were only two things in it...Beano and earplugs. RE: Beano Substitute Post By Toni (Guest Post) (01/26/2006) Soaking the beans overnight with a little baking soda should work. RE: Beano Substitute Post By Connie A. (Guest Post) (01/19/2006) When I cook beans I always cook them with a peeled carrot. Sounds strange but it works. When the are done you can either eat the carrot or throw it away but the gas is gone when you use this method. I've done this for years. I really didn't think it would work but somehow it does. RE: Beano Substitute Post By siris (Guest Post) (01/19/2006) The doctor recommended "Ovol 80" . the tiniest bit of gas was so painful for me at one time. RE: Beano Substitute Post by goodgreif40 (5) | (01/19/2006) Profile | Contact I always soak my dry beans overnight with a pinch of baking soda..also put a pinch in the pot when I cook them. I also use only the Goya brand beans...They are far less gas producing! I never have problems with the ugly hot air when I do all of the above. RE: Beano Substitute Post By (Guest Post) (01/19/2006) You can put baking soda in your beans while you are cooking dried beans. You can also put carrots in your cabbage while cooking it to help avoid gas. RE: Ginger as a Beano Substitute and Other Uses Post By Jennifer (Guest Post) (06/11/2004) You can store fresh ginger root pretty much indefinitely in the freezer in a zip-lock bag. When you need to use some it thaws in just a few minutes! No more moldy ginger! Ginger as a Beano Substitute and Other Uses Post by ThriftyFun (3822) | (06/10/2004) Profile | Blog! | Contact Why buy Beano when a few slices of fresh ginger root can do the job, as well as many others. 1. Put a few slices of ginger in the dry bean soaking water, toss out with the water and cook the beans. For a hint of ginger in the beans add 2 or 3 slices to the cooking water. Prevents the gas forming formations. 2. For your fresh caught fish, a few slivers of ginger root in the cavity with green onion takes the blood taste out. Fresh ginger root has hundreds of other uses. To keep from molding, store in glass jar in white wine. By Carolyn Choi