I loved this article. But I hav a practical question. I clicked through to the link for your chickpea pasta recipe. It looked so good, and I had all the ingredients, so it's currently simmering on the stove right now for dinner tonight. But I think I'm not understanding something: you say to do the chickpeas in a small pot with deep sides, and cover with water by an inch. I have done this, and they are more than halfway through their simmering, but because the pot is small, the water hasn't evaporated all that much, and they are definitely not "short of what looks wet"—they are still fully submerged! Should I have used a wider, not very small pot?
It sounds to me like you did perfectly! For the first half of cooking, it makes sense that they wouldn't be just short of wet. What happened after they'd been cooking for that much time again?
Ahh, the directions make it sound like they should be "just short of wet" earlier, what with the adding small pours of water throughout the cooking process. They were still pretty wet at the end, but delicious all the same! I might try it in a wider pot next time just to compare :)
I loved this article. But I hav a practical question. I clicked through to the link for your chickpea pasta recipe. It looked so good, and I had all the ingredients, so it's currently simmering on the stove right now for dinner tonight. But I think I'm not understanding something: you say to do the chickpeas in a small pot with deep sides, and cover with water by an inch. I have done this, and they are more than halfway through their simmering, but because the pot is small, the water hasn't evaporated all that much, and they are definitely not "short of what looks wet"—they are still fully submerged! Should I have used a wider, not very small pot?
It sounds to me like you did perfectly! For the first half of cooking, it makes sense that they wouldn't be just short of wet. What happened after they'd been cooking for that much time again?
Ahh, the directions make it sound like they should be "just short of wet" earlier, what with the adding small pours of water throughout the cooking process. They were still pretty wet at the end, but delicious all the same! I might try it in a wider pot next time just to compare :)
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A wonderful lyrical post. Brava!!!