How to dispose of bean water

[Doug_K]

That sounds like a problem with the trap or the vent stack (or both). Odors shouldn’t be able to come up from the drain.

[kayaker]

@Doug_K

That sounds like a problem with the trap or the vent stack (or both). Odors shouldn’t be able to come up from the drain.

I wonder about this as well. I always rinse Cannellini beans and black beans but have never noticed any odor from the sink after doing so.

[eschereal]

@Lucas_Jackson

Ha ha, too true. Actually this is to pacify my wife. Neither of us like the bean rot smell but it’s more her than me that objects to the Pine Sol smell. And yes I guess you might call it lazy but it just seems a hassle to have to stop food prep to go and find a place to dispose of bean drain!

Why run to the bathroom? Just keep an old jar handy, pour the liquid in that, and dump it in the toilet next time you happen through there.

[pulykamell]

@kayaker

I wonder about this as well. I always rinse Cannellini beans and black beans but have never noticed any odor from the sink after doing so.

Ditto. I rinse in the sink all my canned beans. No odor problems. There’s no reason there should be.

[Beckdawrek]

You could pour it in the trash can. That might be a worse smell though. And leaky. I never pour oily or greasy things down my drain. I save old food containers and pour them in, and throw the closed container in the trash. You good try that.

[kanicbird]

@CookingWithGas

The “gas-producing substances” are inside the beans. Beans have carbohydrates (oligosaccharides) that most people do not have the enzymes to digest, so bacteria in the gut happily digests it for you, producing gas. You can’t just rinse the carbs away.

I’ve found that there is less gas when I rinse them and dispose of the water, actually quite a bit less gas. I’ve heard that that substance is water soluble so does dissolve into the water. IDK if that is true, but yes it does seem to work.

[UCBearcats]

If you “have” to rinse the beans, do it in the sink and run a piece of citrus rind through the disposal.

[pulykamell]

@UCBearcats

If you “have” to rinse the beans, do it in the sink and run a piece of citrus rind through the disposal.

I don’t even have a disposal, but just rinsing them in the kitchen sink should work fine (I actually just did it now). I don’t understand why there is any sort of smell coming up. The P-trap should block any downstream odors. I guess if some gets caught up before the P-trap it could stink up, but I’ve never ever had that issue. This is just odd to me.

[davidm]

@Dewey_Finn

Too bad you said that you don’t want to cook with it, because it can be used to replace egg whites to make things like a meringue. (Perhaps you knew that already.)

The OP is talking about the water from a can of beans. I think it might be too salty for what you’re suggesting.

[Lucas_Jackson]

@Doug_K

That sounds like a problem with the trap or the vent stack (or both). Odors shouldn’t be able to come up from the drain.

I agree. I do know a bit about that stuff. I even commented to my wife that the whole idea of a P-trap is to prevent that. That said… it is happening. Today I used some liquid drain cleaner in case the problem stemmed from a clog of some sort (crossing fingers).

[Dewey_Finn]

@davidm

@Dewey_Finn

Too bad you said that you don’t want to cook with it, because it can be used to replace egg whites to make things like a meringue. (Perhaps you knew that already.)

The OP is talking about the water from a can of beans. I think it might be too salty for what you’re suggesting.

While the OP wasn’t interested in this, others might be, so I’ll note that it’s literally the water from a can of beans (or chickpeas, as in this article or this one or this one).

[nearwildheaven]

@kanicbird

I’ve found that there is less gas when I rinse them and dispose of the water, actually quite a bit less gas. I’ve heard that that substance is water soluble so does dissolve into the water. IDK if that is true, but yes it does seem to work.

Cooking also breaks down some of those substances.