Canned soybeans - what is that the thick gelatinous medium?

[Michael Carmack]

I bought some canned soybeans this week. The label says the only thing
in this can is soybeans (soaked in water), and water. But what the
soybeans were immersed in didn't look like water; rather like clear jelly.
I didn't taste this stuff; just rinsed off the beans and put them in a
container. But I'm wondering now what that "goo" was, if I was supposed
to eat it to get some of the nutrients, and if that is simply some kind of
by-product that comes about after one soaks soybeans (like if I bought
these soybeans dry and soaked them myself, would I see this stuff that way
as well?).

thanks

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Michael Carmack
car...@virginia.edu

[Alan L.M. Buxey]

On 16 Sep 1997 23:04:49 GMT ,Michael Carmack posted the following:
: I bought some canned soybeans this week. The label says the only thing

:-)

yep, that stuff is most surely just what happens when soya beans are
left to soak. some proteinous products have left the cooked beans and
formed a cross-networked molcular mess within the water - hence the
gelantinous junk. if you cook your own and then leave them in the water,
you're very likely to get the same stuff.

re: water left if you use excess water when cooking rice