i dunno, they got to the point of being edible (and not like in a barely tolerable way) but never truly softened, and i surely let them go longer than long.
i've tried twice now, once with a hot-soften before cooking, and once with a cold overnight soak. similar results each time.
but in both cases i was cooking with other things, and after a certain point i just figured, i couldn't let it cook forever if i wanted to keep any of the other ingredients tasting vaguely like themselves.
― j., Sunday, 10 November 2013 22:14 (ten years ago) link