I am always amazed that the water from a jar of chickpeas can transform so beautifully and deliciously--and it's completely vegan!

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[–] 26 points 4 months ago (1 child)

That's no fluff, that's detail from a Renaissance-era marble sculpture!

Nice try, OP. 🙂

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    Aquafaba is fascinating. I made meringues with it and honestly could not tell that they were vegan. I accidentally used salted chickpeas once though and that was a mistake.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Only problem is it's stinky. Used to offer it as a vegan alternative to egg white foam in cocktails at the bar I worked in, and we had to put bitters in a spray bottle to spritz over the top to cover up the smell.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    I have tinctures of a bunch of citrus fruits (basically just soak peels in high proof neutral spirits) in small spray bottles, and they work great for that. It's nice for at home when you want to add a little lemon aroma to something, but dont want to cut into a lemon just for a section of peel.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (12 children)

    Yeah, just don't use it too often. And avoid using it from cans, BPA-free usually means they used BPS instead

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I understand your concern about the cans. But why should we not use chickpea water too often?

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I've heard it can give you gas. Just an oblique fart joke

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    It's an incentive to use more 😊 perhaps we van put some lentils in the mix?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    We usually get our chickpeas in glass jars, instead of cans.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Glass is best. I usually only see them dried or in cans around here.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Interesting

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