Nov 20
Time Is Of The Essence
Time is also an essence. I think this is particularly true of cooking beans.
Why do beans seem to taste better when cooked one day and reheated the next? Because the essence of the bean and the essence of the juice and seasoning it is cooked in have then melded into a whole which is better than either was the day before.
The essence of time may not have a flavor of its own, but it is required to allow other flavors to grow and mature.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Very true, on so many levels.
November 21st, 2009 at 12:49 am
Yep, and I can’t believe my brother hasn’t popped in to comment on one of the baser levels
November 25th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Pease porridge hot
Pease porridge cold
Pease porridge in the pot
Nine days old
etc.
In colonial New England, peas were beans.
November 26th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Haricot — or that which makes a poor man’s belly swell.