http://www.dinnercakes.com/2009/04/kitchen-tips-what-heck-does-picked-over.html Culinary Adventures for Ordinary People Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:22:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.dinnercakes.com/2009/04/kitchen-tips-what-heck-does-picked-over.html/comment-page-1#comment-1158 Avida Novitatis Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:41:00 +0000 http://localhost/~sponge/dinnercakes/2009/04/kitchen-tips-what-the-heck-does-picked-over-mean.html#comment-1158 My husband (former colleague of Chef Edwin) and I have definitely had that biting down on a rock experience with beans, and it was not fun. It seems more likely to occur if you're buying imported beans/lentils - it happened to us with Goya brand, and if say you're buying cheap beans at an international market (such as Grand mart or what have you) I would definitely "pick over" them! My husband (former colleague of Chef Edwin) and I have definitely had that biting down on a rock experience with beans, and it was not fun. It seems more likely to occur if you’re buying imported beans/lentils – it happened to us with Goya brand, and if say you’re buying cheap beans at an international market (such as Grand mart or what have you) I would definitely “pick over” them!

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