Dates can be softened by steaming them for about 10 minutes over boiling water
or placing them on a baking sheet covered with a wet towel then keeping them
warm in the oven for 15 minutes. The sugar will melt back into the dates.
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Bones soften sometimes not all the time.
no
When cooking meatballs I often soften the bread so it mixes in well.
Bay leaf is used for seasoning only. It does not soften after cooking, and is inedible.
The answer is simple: cooking them in the boiled water will soften the beans. The bean-delma is solved! YA-HOO!!=-P
Yes it has "soften" and "warm" Sensor cooking controls.
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