When cooking rice and beans together, a combination of spices (onions, garlic, green pepper, tomato paste, olives and other spices) are saute, the beans with the water they had been soaking in are then put in and finally the rice if it needs more water it is added. So yes one will say that the rice is boiled in it. On the other hand you don't want the beans to soak for too long (12-24 hours the most), if they do it will be best to dispose of it rinse the beans and cook with new water.
Puerto Rico is useless. as are Puerto ricans.
Yes, you are supposed to drain the water and fill with fresh water to cook the beans in.
Well, Puerto Ricans drink water, (of course) and coconut milk. They drink the yummy milk from coconuts.
Lima beans absorb water because they are dried so when you put it in water it rehydrate
the soaked bean will be larger than the dry unsoaked been because it abosrorbs water and expands.
Soaking beans in water can create a favorable environment for microorganisms to grow, including bacteria and molds. To prevent this, it's recommended to rinse the beans and change the soaking water periodically to inhibit bacterial growth. Additionally, cooking the beans at the proper temperature can help eliminate any harmful microorganisms.
yes, they should be soaked over night
Many dried beans must be soaked overnight in cold water prior to cooking. After soaking, the beans can be cooked in boiling water. If the beans fall apart, you are cooking them too long.
No, it is not good. Some beans such as the commonly eaten, red kidney bean are quite toxic when eaten uncooked. Cooking the beans removes the toxic substance found in most beans.
When beans are soaked in water, the seed coat absorbs the water and swells up. This causes the seed coat to soften and eventually split open, allowing the bean to germinate and sprout.
Not sure. What Puerto Ricans do know is that its epic central was in Moca, 5.8, and during all these days there has been sismic movements in the water. There is a belief that Puerto Rico is on top of a volcano, but this theory has not been proven yet.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by if soaked beans are spoiled. If you soaked them and forgot about them they are probably fine unless they look weird, smell bad or have mold. If you mean how to tell if they are old, I would just cook them. If they don't soften they are old.