Mongo say beans make
music in starry night.
Posted on 04/25/2006 5:46:11 PM PDT by dogbyte12
strains of bacteria are the key to making beans flatulence-free, Venezuelan researchers reported on Tuesday.
They identified two bacteria, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, which can be added to beans so they cause minimal distress to those who eat them, and to those around the bean-lovers, Marisela Granito of Simon Bolivar University in Caracas, Venezuela and colleagues reported.
Flatulence is gas released by bacteria that live in the large intestine when they break down food. Fermenting makes food more digestible earlier on.
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There is a certain irony at this coming out of Venezuela....
Gas-free beans? That takes all the fun out!
Ah at last.. we can give Ted Kennedy a helping of these two bacteria before his next speech..
This would eliminate a useful tool for clearing the guests out after dinner.
We're going to start getting our gas for free from Venezuela? Cool! Couldn't come at a better time!
Then I couldn't play the opening bars to "Star Spangled Banner" anymore.
That was one of my proudest achievements of childhood!
Say it isn't so!
Pfffffbtbtbtbbtbtbbtbbtttttt
But wait a minute. Will decreased flatulance due to the addition of Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum to beans increase the morbidity of cardiac pathology? I mean...they may no longer be good for the heart.
Heck, the gas is most of the fun...
There goes Mel Brooks' next movie.
Or, if they did, they thought it was some Mexican clown...
lol
Beat me to it.
All you have to do is soak the beans in water overnight, then toss the water and rinse. Viola, gas free beans!
I pity the poor intern who had to analyze Hillary's droppings.
In an article published in the December 2000 issue of Discover, "the world's leading expert on snake sounds," Bruce Young of LaFayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, affirmed that snakes do fart. The sonoran coral snake and the western hook-nosed snake fart with an audible popping sound when disturbed.- from http://www.heptune.com/farts.html
True. What am I going to blame on the dog now?
no need to fret over beans, just get older and have gas all the time. I release at Walmart while pushing the cart around. Somehow I feel like I am contributing to the atmosphere of the place.
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