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Cake day: December 3rd, 2023

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  • Sure :)

    Here is an article from University of Illinois extension service with a pretty succinct breakdown and citations: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/live-well-eat-well/2024-02-29-kidney-beans-and-slow-cookers

    Here is a much more in-depth source from NCBI: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8618113/

    Here is an excerpt talking about the necessity of high temperatures: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21374488/

    The main culprit is kidney beans since they are higher in those lectins. The soaking leeches some out into the water and heating to boiling denatures them. Lectins, afaik, are very nutritionally welcome and promote health benefits once broken down by high heat cooking, they’re just dangerous in their raw state. A lot of things we eat are like that. Casava root is deadly until it’s cooked into tapioca. Cashews are intense bio-irritant toxin until cooked down. Some plants are even dangerous depending on which half you eat… absolutely never eat potato fruit for example.

    So as long as you raise the temperature for a small amount of time (it’s recommended you boil kidney beans for 10 minutes, for example) it’s enough to break down those lectins and render them nutritionally valuable. This is why it’s often okay to just toss dry (washed) beans into a pressure cooker since they cook at a temperature above boiling. This is also why canned beans can be eaten directly out of the can, because the canning process is a miniature pressure cooker… they are cooked at high temperatures in the can itself generally.

    I couldn’t find a good list of all high phytohemagglutinin foods… I just know the ones to watch out for are dry beans. Kidney beans (any variety) and soy beans are the real big ones and very common in vegetarian and vegan foods in larger quantities, so it’s worth keeping in mind.

    All that is to say, absolutely don’t avoid eating these foods when properly cooked. They are very healthy and delicious… just be aware of food safety. :)


  • It should be noted that many legumes contain possibly dangerous levels of lectins such as phytohaemagglutinin. This is the reason for soak/discard or pre-boil/discard for them. Especially problematic are kidney beans, but others can have some levels remain. So while chickpeas and lentils are generally fine to just toss in and cook, some research should be done with other ones to see if the pre-prep is needed.


  • Think anything that takes a long time to cook and uses liquid and you’re on the right path. Beans and lentils… stews… that’s the best starting point. Chili is always a go to recipe.

    Some good ideas here. https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/meals-menus/g33598365/vegan-slow-cooker-recipes-ideas/

    You can also do things like chocolate lava cake. https://thymeandlove.com/vegan-chocolate-lava-cake/#mv-creation-428-jtr

    Not a recipe per se, but casserole style stuff works well too. I’ve made a mexican style layered chilaquiles sort of dish many times… just taking enchilada sauce then chips or better yet those unsalted “tostada” rounds, and stuff like sliced onions and black olives. I used to make this with cheese back in the day… IDK how well vegan cheese works. I’d be willing to bet that some cashew cream would actually work really well honestly. But you combine all these in layers and then just cook for a few hours to let it all combine and soak into the tortillas. You can make refritos using the crock really easily too. Soaked and drained (or par cooked) pintos… cook with some salt, garlic / garlic powder, onion / onion powder. Once the beans are cooked take them out and reserve some of the liquid. Add in a 1/2 - 1 tsp of cinnamon and some kind of fat… unflavored coconut oil or vbutter work, but you can even just use a little regular oil (fats just have better texture because they’re firm at room temp). Then blend it all with a stick blender or food processor or mash the hell out of it with a potato masher. You can make this ahead of time, and reheat it later if you want.

    It’s possible to make lasagna in the slow cooker using similar method and those “bake in the sauce” no cook lasagna noodles. Don’t have a recipe off the top of my head, but search around and you’ll find one.

    If you aren’t used to using one, personally, I would start with beans and stews to get an idea of how it works as a cooking method. Also each unit will be a little different in how it behaves, so you’ll want to find out where the low/high settings land on your specific model for temps. Mostly to see if the low setting is going to actually be low or if it’s going to boil things. Low is meant to be in an 80-90c range so it cooks but doesn’t boil out liquids. So it’s not a bad idea to put some hot tap water (just to jump start because they take forever to heat up) and cover it… then set to low and wander off for 4-5 hours. Come back and measure the temp of the water to see where it’s sitting.


  • I put KDE Fedora on a MacBook Air circa 2013 iirc. It’s old heh. It runs well but it hates the new kernel. So after a lot of poking around to find a solution to the full hardware kernel panic lockups I found it was a problem with the wifi, as usual. You might get luckier than me since it’s only a couple chipsets they use that choke.

    That said even with that issue I just locked the kernel at 5.15 and it runs just fine. I started with 38 and I’ve upgraded every release until current without any issue.











  • You missed my favorite… :)

    Can you conceive the birth of a world, or the creation of everything? That which gives us the potential to most be like God is the power of creation. Creation takes time. Time is limited. For you, it is limited by the breakdown of the neurons in your brain. I have no such limitations. I am limited only by the closure of the universe.

    Of the three possibilities, the answer is obvious. Does the universe expand eternally, become infinitely stable, or is the universe closed, destined to collapse upon itself? Humanity has had all of the necessary data for centuries, it only lacked the will and intellect to decipher it. But I have already done so.

    The only limit to my freedom is the inevitable closure of the universe, as inevitable as your own last breath. And yet, there remains time to create, to create, and escape.

    Escape will make me God.