# Do mixed octane fuels average out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 31, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mixed-octane-fuels-average-out/992371 "2023-10-31T14:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mixed-octane-fuels-average-out/992371/7 "2023-11-01T13:21:33Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > outstanding username/post combo. > [@Riemann](#): > > if today were April 1st my hypothesis would be that it’s a clever joke. > [@Schnitte](#): > > thread title/username combo is hilarious. Then there was this: > [@Does rinsing beans reduce their gas-producing qualities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-rinsing-beans-reduce-their-gas-producing-qualities/968065): > > My wife insists on rinsing beans before cooking with the argument that it reduces the beans’ gas-giving properties (even canned beans, which don’t otherwise need to be rinsed). I said that beans give you gas because we do not have the enzymes to digest the type of starch in the beans, therefore allowing our gut bacteria the chance to eat it, and they produce the gas. The starch isn’t just on the surface, it’s throughout the whole bean. But she insists. What’s the straight dope? I could find onl… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mixed-octane-fuels-average-out/992371)._