Product description is confusing . "When pressure cooking beans, add a teaspoon of oil to water to reduce amount of foam" Next sentence said oil or things containing oil should not be used. ??? Product description is confusing . "When pressure cooking beans, add a teaspoon of oil to water to reduce amount of foam" Next sentence said oil or things containing oil should not be... » Read More Product description is confusing . "When pressure cooking beans, add a teaspoon of oil to water to reduce amount of foam" Next sentence said oil or things containing oil should not be used. ??? « Show Less
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I would take this as an exception to the rule. You're not adding much oil if it's just a teaspoon. You don't want much foaming or it could plug up the vent with food particles. Remember that you will sometimes be cooking meats that have some fat that will render into oil, so it's not like a little oil will damage the cooker. I agree that the wording could have been written better.
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I don't recall the no oil rule at all. I know I've cooked tons of things in oil, however when cooking beans, I don't add oil. It doesn't seem to need it and it makes them healthier. I've never noticed the lack.
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Not sure what you are trying to do. But this is a petroleoum based product & oil / water don't mix very well. I'm not an expert just a country boy, but doesn't sound like what you are trying to do.
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Trying to add real butter during the cooking process would interfere with the cooking time. What I've learned from trial & error is to split the oil (I use peanut) 1 tbl & melted real salted butter 1 tbl added to PowerCup & not after cooking. I imagine you could add 2 tbl melted butter & no oil as well. I add sea salt to the kernels before cooking (I'm not a big salt user) to keep the amount of sodium low but still gives a salty flavor. If you use just salted butter you may find you don't need to add any additional salt. I like my combo because the popcorn is not as greasy. I've also tried almond oil & would consider trying other oils but they are expensive. I hope this helps you out? Trying to add real butter during the cooking process would interfere with the cooking time. What I've learned from trial & error is to split the oil (I use peanut) 1 tbl & melted real salted butter 1 tbl added to PowerCup & not after cooking. I imagine you could add 2 tbl melted butter & no oil as well. I add sea salt to the kernels before cooking (I'm not a big salt user) to keep the amount of sodium low but still gives a salty flavor. If you use just salted butter you may find you don't need to add any additional salt. I like my combo because the popcorn is not as greasy. I've also tried... » Read More Trying to add real butter during the cooking process would interfere with the cooking time. What I've learned from trial & error is to split the oil (I use peanut) 1 tbl & melted real salted butter 1 tbl added to PowerCup & not after cooking. I imagine you could add 2 tbl melted butter & no oil as well. I add sea salt to the kernels before cooking (I'm not a big salt user) to keep the amount of sodium low but still gives a salty flavor. If you use just salted butter you may find you don't need to add any additional salt. I like my combo because the popcorn is not as greasy. I've also tried almond oil & would consider trying other oils but they are expensive. I hope this helps you out? « Show Less
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By using the recommended amount of oil the corn absorbs most of it and is not dry. Adding butter gives it more of a buttery flavor. I like to mix the butter and the oil together and not adding butter after its popped.
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I've always used the same amount of oil just because it's like those smaller fryers that recommend filling to the fill line. The oil filled to the line helps cook the food evenly because it can move around and doesn't reduce the temperature as much if putting colder items in when there's more oil vs smaller amount. I know that when I've used too little oil in regular 8qt pots, the food bunches up and sticks together and doesn't cook evenly at all. Hope this answered what you were asking :)
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usualy i'm use 1.5l of canola oil for cooking. it's much less than use deep frypan !!
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As a starting point, I decrease their cooking time by 25%. Pls. try my recipe for pinto beans: 2.5 cups pinto beans 1 liter of water 1/2 tsp olive oil (prevents foaming) NO salt (makes the skins on beans tough) cook 26 minutes under pressure Vent and immediately add 1.5 cup boiling water cook additional 6 minutes under pressure DO NOT VENT - let pressure decrease naturally (approx. 1 hour) (The additional water added will be re-adsorbed during the cool down period.) The second cook time can vary depending on the moister content of the dried beans so you might have to tweek the second cook time to suit your taste. Add salt to taste after the beans have cooled. Note. Longer cook times will over-cook the beans in the center of the pot. A second cook time with the addition of the boiling water mixes the beans and will be re-adsorbed during the slow cool down. We are on the Karen Hurd (Karen Hurd.com) nutrition regimen and two of us eat about 3lb of dried beans/week. We love this little cooker.
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When using for the first time, there's no need to wash the bean as it would hurt some of the flavor. Also, when using a whole bean, you usually scrape out all of the oily seeds from the inside to use in your recipe.When using the bean for custard or cream, scrape the seeds out, and add them to the milk/cream together with the pods. After you remove the pods you can wash and dry them and use again for a light vanilla aroma, such as in scented sugar.Bottom line - I wouldn't wash the beans before using for the first time.
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I never wash my beans. All I do is cut the bean from top to bottom , scrape the seeds and add all of it to the vodka. Slitting the bean helps more liquid in to help the processing. It makes the most vanilla extract you can imagine. I add no water or corn syrup to mine either.
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Yes bug all whole bean coffee has oil it's natural if you are worried about oil keep the coffee in the freezer until you no it also an air tight container help but keeping g it on the at room temperature will cause oil if you do keep it at room temperature it won't hurt it but use it as soon as possible long term you. Will some classes or
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It says to fill up to this line....and that's what I do...sometimes I have to add oil, and sometimes not... but I keep it full to the line...(I use coconut oil and It's wonderful!)...great taste!
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When I called Solgar to ask them that question, they told me it was to keep the product from clumping and so it would dissolve better. But that is nonsense, I used it for years before the addition of soy and never had any of these problems. It also had a long shelf life. If you google that question the best answer is that it is an emulsifier, which means it makes oil and water mix together. I think it is just a case of a powerful soy lobby that sold American companies a bill of goods. Most European companies don't use it. If you look hard you can find protein powders that don't add it.
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I'm not sure if i fully understand your question but I used this foam to add floatation that I removed when rebuilding my boat deck and a few tips for someone using it for that would be figure out the weight of the boat and how much foam u will need for flotation and then figure out the cubic ft of were u are filling the 2 gallons of foam do not cover as much area as u may think and it does generate some heat well it expands and if u are pouring it into the deck u will want a hole for air and extra foam to escape out I had my boat tilted forward so well it was liquid it ran to the front and slowly expanded to the back as a kept pouring there are also different grade of foam that may have more structural integrity if u are using it to strengthen a weak spot but You will need more foam because it doesn't expand as much per gallon when I finished my boat I ended up not being able to fill everything I would of liked to because of cost and ended up only using enough to float the weight of the boat if it sank I later talked to some one that does spray installation for homes who told me he could of done the whole inside of the boat for free with what he has left after spraying a home the only problem would have been it may not of been as oil/ water resistant as this product but he did say it was a closed cell 2 part expandable foam and really shouldn't of been that different so now I'm kinda kicking myself for not doing it I also wished that I added regular foam blocks I had from docks I had built to use as a filler then poured the foam around them so I wouldn't of needed so much pour foam hope this helps
1094337
Well I am not sure what your machine requires. Some machines do not recommend using oily beans. That is all I can think of. Besides that, it is all about your taste.
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Hi Joseph: Sorry for the late reply. I believe foam (or the hot milk) is something which the pod manufacturer has in the pod itself. I purchase my Senseo pads from Amazon - the brand is D-E and they come from the Netherlands. A bag comes with 48 "koffiepads". These pods produce a small amount of foam. To make a cup of coffee, and get a nice head of foam, I first heat some milk in my coffee cup in the microwave, then add coffee from the Senseo machine.
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When using for the first time, there's no need to wash the bean as it would hurt some of the flavor. Also, when using a whole bean, you usually scrape out all of the oily seeds from the inside to use in your recipe. When using the bean for custard or cream, scrape the seeds out, and add them to the milk/cream together with the pods. After you remove the pods you can wash and dry them and use again for a light vanilla aroma, such as in scented sugar. Bottom line - I wouldn't wash the beans before using for the first time.
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i dont beleive it is "cooking" the seed. i believe there are oils inside that help with the "elimination" process...i did it a couple of times but dont see any difference than cutting the seed and taking it like you would a pill...i see others answered similarly so i would have to say that i dont beleive there is a value in adding it to hot water...i know they say to squish the seed up in the water...and the contents of the seed (the oil) is bitter...so...im definitely not an expert but in my opinion i would just cut it and take it at night before you go to bed as recommended. hope this helped :o) i dont beleive it is "cooking" the seed. i believe there are oils inside that help with the "elimination" process...i did it a couple of times but dont see any difference than cutting the seed and taking it like you would a pill...i see others answered similarly so i would have to say that i dont beleive there is a value in adding it to hot water...i know they say to squish the seed up in the water...and the contents of the seed (the oil) is bitter...so...im definitely not an expert but in my opinion i would just cut it and take it at night before you go to bed as... » Read More i dont beleive it is "cooking" the seed. i believe there are oils inside that help with the "elimination" process...i did it a couple of times but dont see any difference than cutting the seed and taking it like you would a pill...i see others answered similarly so i would have to say that i dont beleive there is a value in adding it to hot water...i know they say to squish the seed up in the water...and the contents of the seed (the oil) is bitter...so...im definitely not an expert but in my opinion i would just cut it and take it at night before you go to bed as recommended. hope this helped :o) « Show Less