Lauren's meaty beans, and why 'fresh' beans are better

Never thought I'd hear someone compare Gordon Ramsey to Pol Pot...

I feel very validated by Lauren disliking drinking coffee but loving the smell, totally feel the same way.

Literally cannot exaggerate this: just started this video four minutes in. I adore how loose and real this format is. Context is I’ve been a fan of this channel for years. Back before I was able to cook for myself actually (im young) and now, I live with my fiancé, cooking for us In our rented home while also working an extremely labor inducing job. (I lift and move heavy objects for a living basically) and I cannot exaggerate. All of my week day cook at home for two when I’m basically dead after work and I have to be back at work in 8 hours recipes come from this channel. And I’ve never commented but this video reminded me HEAVILY of my fiancé and me. My soulmate is Italian American , loves cooking Italian American food, and is also dead tired every day. You and your family have basically kept us fed while also not just relying on snack food and fast food every single day. Which is a NEW for me. Anyway. Big fan. Have been for years. Back when I was a new cook age 16 and now too.

This new "I'm just doing whatever I feel like" format is so good, I even watched the sponsor spot almost without realizing it! Keep it up Adam (and Lauren), this is the kind of genuine content that warms my heart!

This new casual "hey y'all we had a tasty thing and wanted to share" Ragusa is the best!

I love how Adam was totally backseat driving with Lauren cooking. Making her question how much water she was adding in the beginning and implying it was too much. Then he came back towards the end and realized it hadn't been enough. Lauren just took it all in stride. They have such great energy. I really hope we get more videos like this.

Can you believe that not that long ago, this charisma bomb of a woman was reluctant to stand in front of the camera?

I eat a lot of bean, cooked in various soups, stews, and similar. My secret to success with "old" beans is to simmer gently for hours with a large pinch of baking soda, rinse before putting them in the final soup/stew/etc, and avoid strong acids (at least before the table). Beans more than about 10 years old just never recover, but anything 2-6 years, stored air tight, prepared as above, I can't tell the difference.

im glad adam is finding his own pace for videos, also i do love seeing Lauren

It always amazes me when watching north american or european videos about beans how the pressure cooker never ever gets brought up or used, so many people use pressure cookers here in brazil that its basically a staple in every home, it makes cooking beans much faster taking it from a 2h to 4h cook time to 30-40 min cook time, wondering if youd be willing to try this out adam, Love from brazil❤

As a Brazilian this video looks so alien to me! At least less than a year old beans? I just checked my dispensary and the oldest package I have is 4 months old. The newest one is less than a month. And all of them have 1 year expiration date. And no pressure cooker? 2 hours simmering? I always take 30 minutes tops in the pressure cooker and they are always creamy. And the soaking helps to remove something called "anti nutrients" that decreases the nutrients absortion by the body. Also improves digestion and decreases the production of gas, even with fresh beans. You should try to make a Feijoada next with some black beans and some "non-conventional" pork cuts in a pressure cooker. That would be fun. =)

Very timely. I made your "Red Beans & Rice" recipe about 3 weeks ago, and even though they simmered 4 hours, the beans were gritty and nasty. I dug the bag out of the trash, "Best if used by Sept 2022". I will be watching for that from now on.

Hey Adam, there are lots of recipes with beans in your channel and both you and Lauren seem to enjoy them quite a lot, i think both of you would love the traditional brazillian bean recipe called "Feijoada" and i would definely enjoy watch you cooking it and talking about it!

You're just going to go on the internet and talk about your wife's beans?

In Guizhou, China, we use bean soup to make hotpot. This is one of the most comforting food during the cold humid winter months of my hometown. And yes, we do put the bean soup over rice after boiling some ingredients. My Chinese friends somehow really love this hotpot because it is hard to come by outside the province (and it tastes really good).

I'm so happy to see more bean content, we all could use more legumes in our diets

This has the vibes of a lesbian cooking show and I'm all over it!!!

Love beans! Here in my House at Colombia we eat them EVERY friday! You have helped us a lot with your bean recipes adam and Lauren! 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Rancho Gordo beans!!!! I'm Cuban-American and grew up eating beans my entire life (I'm 50+ now) - and I can attest since I discovered Rancho Gordo beans a couple of years ago - cooking beans has been amazing! I have explored so many different dishes with them. From cassoulet to soups, to stews, to just wonderful traditional Cuban black beans... just simply amazing! I highly recommend you try their garbanzo beans with Spanish chorizo, nice smokey Spanish paprika, and ham hocks. YUM YUM YUM! RG beans as totally changed my life when cooking dishes and my family and friends love the variety of recipes I'm creating.

ABSOLUTELY enjoying the "new" you, Love seeing a nice family version of how life is with Adam and Lauren. Just people (normally) cooking and snickering at each other about how much liquid and what to do with the extra. This is what the internet needs to see. "REAL"