Canelli beans and chickpeas both got brown/purple spots after I cooked them...
I’m not sure how to post a photo on here if somebody can let me know I will gladly put it up. I was making white bean soup. I put one can of Canelli beans and two cans of chickpeas I rinsed them both didn’t see anything weird and then when I put them in the crockpot they came out with purple spots on them or brownish spots. I’ve never had this problem before has anybody heard of this or experienced it
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No canellini experience, sorry. But my guess is the same, and if it happens again, you may not need to throw it all.
That would indicate that the spots developed during the cooking which points to some sort of chemical reaction between the beans and the other ingredients (and possibly with the cooking vessel itself).
You could split some of the spotted beans open to see if there's anything inside, but it doesn't look like an insect infestation. Maybe a diseased bean plant? Possible, but very odd that it affected both the cannellini beans and the chickpeas which were canned separately. Plus, you said you didn't see anything when you rinsed the beans.
Did you change anything else with your ingredients? A different brand of something?
In any case, I would probably throw away, start again, maybe ask the merchant for a refund for the beans (show the photos).