My rice cooker died halfway through a 5 lb bag of dried pinto beans in Tucson

Morgan Nguyen · 2026-10-19T04:30:03.054708+00:00

I was doing the soak-and-simmer thing on the stove last Tuesday to save money, but the pot boiled over and scorched the bottom while I was digging out my spare car charger. I scraped off the good beans, dumped the burnt layer, and stirred in a spoon of baking soda to kill the smoke taste, and honestly it worked fine over rice for the rest of the week. Anyone got a trick for reusing the bean liquid so it doesn't just go down the drain?

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