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Old 06-15-2007, 12:34 PM
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Today, for the first time, I'm soaking dried beans. In this case they're black garbanzo beans. After covering the beans with water, quite a few floated to the top - of three cups of beans about 1/2 cup were floaters.

Is it typical to get a bunch of floaters when soaking beans?
Is the amount I got a lot or about normal?
Do floaters mean the beans are old or bad?
Do other beans also float?

Thanks!

Shel
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