Drats.

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The beans.  I was checking, cooking, checking... never got close to being done.  Right until they were mushy.  Bleh.  Though I must say, they aren't my favorite of beans.  They remind me a great deal of kidney beans.  Edible, easily, and more.  Stout, if their breaking point... at least for me... seemed very quick, going from too hard to consider to mash in an half our or hour at most.  I may soak white beans, and give those, say, an half hour of simmering after being brought up to a quick boil, then use those.  Yeah.  So... one more day, at least.  Which is fine.  These beans?  Bowl them up, eat them with other dinner items.  While I will be finishing the cheeses, I will then go back to fasting.

I cannot nibble a bit, as I have noted.  If I eat, I eat all day, off and on, if food is available.  If I fast, I am fine.  And I have some limits.  I couldn't eat cheese in my eating window, that often.  I do need some variety.  It just wouldn't work.  And I can only imagine how bound just eating cheese would... no.  Trust me, just don't go that way.  Fool me once, innit.  I would sure like to find a way to eat sardines without crackers.  Old dog, new tricks, might not work.  While I can't eat sardines without crackers, I can simply not eat sardines.  So... there is that.  Still, bad dog?

The newest pressure cooker to my line, an electric on-counter system, is working out.  Actually, if I wanted, I could skip soaking and just use the cooker as I have mentioned.  Pre-pressure cooking the beans for two minutes, releasing, then setting them back up for an eight minute actual full pressure cook and... it is close to an overnight soak first.  Just a bit more fuss.  There are other tricks for it, here is a video with some other ways to speed up an already pretty trick system.

Now, while I knew about cooking within, I don't actually know of any of the foods she discussed, nor do I have any recipes that might work in that as such.  I am curious though.  And I like to tinker.  As well, her idea regarding putting the lid upside down and otherwise slightly open for air flow?  That is something I was doing with my other pots and pans, those with lids, but hadn't seen fit to do with this.  Good call.  And, I brought it up as advice for regular pots and pans too.  Make sure they are dry and put their lids on at a cant, so as to breath.  It just... works better.  (Urhm, is she like... seven foot tall, or is that just the kitten snuggling with the camera affect?  Just... wondering.)