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It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by fineboynl(op): 5:07pm On Jul 18, 2025*

In 90s to 20s it takes about 4 hours in fire to get beans soften. And You either start cooking it in the morning if it’s for launch or afternoon if it’s dinner.

Some people even put the beans in hot water over night, But surprisingly nowadays beans get soften within 30mins or less than an hour.

I believe they are GMO

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by Nobody: 6:57pm On Jul 18, 2025

When you soak beans in water before cooking it , it will soften in 30 minutes .
This will help to cut the cooking time to say 30 minutes - 40 mins .
This has always been the norm .
To the best of my knowledge ,I do not think there is a GMO foodstuff in sale in Nigeria

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by DorianD(m): 8:16pm On Jul 18, 2025

I made this same argument with some of my colleage just last week...this isn't the beans we used to know

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by 2cribz: 9:52pm On Jul 18, 2025

Use a pressure cooker
With medium gas fire
Highest 30mins

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by Verbtips(m): 10:22pm On Jul 18, 2025

fineboynl:
In 90s to 20s it takes about 4 hours in fire to get beans soften. And You either start cooking it in the morning if it’s for breakfast or afternoon if it’s dinner.

Some people even put the beans in water over night, But surprisingly nowadays beans get soften within 30mins or less than an hour.

I believe they are GMO

same tooo sometimes I even use nail but now adays sharp sharp beans don don

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by Cum4me(m): 10:30pm On Jul 18, 2025

I feel maybe because we in the era of using Cooking gas which has much heat then stove. With just one spoon inside my beans within 30min it has soft.

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by mu2sa2: 6:56am On Jul 19, 2025

If you want the beans to cook real fast don't add salt at the beginning. You add salt only when the beans is completely soft, close to the point of taking it down from the stove. If you add salt at the beginning, your beans will take forever to cook; the beans may even never cook real soft however long you cook it.

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by franugo(m): 7:00am On Jul 19, 2025

Verbtips:
same tooo sometimes I even use nail but now adays sharp sharp beans don don

You use nail to do what exactly?

Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by HeatSeeker(m): 7:32am On Jul 19, 2025*

Since 2015! E be like say na now day dey break for your side. Good morning op! cheesy

Honestly, this is the reason I don't take the anti GMO promoters seriously. We have been eating GMO for years and we are still alive, hale and hearty. No shaking! grin

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by Apus: 12:59pm On Jul 19, 2025

mu2sa2:
If you want the beans to cook real fast don't add salt at the beginning. You add salt only when the beans is completely soft, close to the point of taking it down from the stove. If you add salt at the beginning, your beans will take forever to cook; the beans may even never cook real soft however long you cook it.

This explains it but doctors do advice to put salt at the earlier stages of cooking.

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by fineboynl(op): 1:44pm On Jul 19, 2025*

Cum4me:
I feel maybe because we in the era of using Cooking gas which has much heat then stove. With just one spoon inside my beans within 30min it has soft.

bean doesn't cook faster with high heat. But moderate or low heat.

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by Solsix(m): 2:14pm On Jul 19, 2025

Cum4me:
I feel maybe because we in the era of using Cooking gas which has much heat then stove. With just one spoon inside my beans within 30min it has soft.

.. even if you use firewood, is the same thing.

Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by Verbtips(m): 1:11am On Jul 20, 2025

franugo:
You use nail to do what exactly?

a catalyst new nail put it inside beans na

Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by franugo(m): 5:15am On Jul 20, 2025

Verbtips:
a catalyst new nail put it inside beans na

This is the first im hearing of this o, sounds so weird

Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by bummyla(m): 6:09am On Jul 20, 2025

Growing up, we eat Iron bean in the East and it is easy to cook and very sweet, unfortunately, I don't get to see it anymore. The one they sell as Iron Bean, is not the one I grew up eat!

Fiofio is a kind of bean cooked outside the house with embers of firewood over night, very sweet and filling, but take 24 hours to cook.

I soaked bean one day as a bachelor, the bean did not get done and all my friends laughed at me that day

Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by Verbtips(m): 11:07pm On Jul 20, 2025

franugo:
This is the first im hearing of this o, sounds so weird

lol I was taught in school by my chemistry teacher 😂
When learning about catalyst

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Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by Nobody: 3:18pm On Jul 23, 2025

Verbtips:
lol I was taught in school by my chemistry teacher 😂
When learning about catalyst

keep deceiving them grin

Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by Mariangeles(f): 3:39pm On Jul 23, 2025

DorianD:
I made this same argument with some of my colleage just last week...this isn't the beans we used to know

I think the reason could be because there were storage of beans in abundance back then, making them really really really dry before they got to consumers.
Unlike nowadays, people are eating beans almost as soon as they're harvested.

You must've noticed the same about rice too.
They don't swell like before, and they soften easily.

Re: It Look Like The Beans In Nigeria Is Now GMO by Verbtips(m): 12:19am On Jul 25, 2025

Firebox123:
keep deceiving them

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