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It wasn't really a spoon off thing so much as it was a scrape off thing. Like a residue from the steam. I wasnt really worried about clarity since i was going for a sort of pea mush (which I very much accomplished). I am used to regular foaminess that shows up on rice and potatoes and things...

Botulism is definately not the only anaerobic bacteria that could have caused air in your vaccuum packed bags, and is really pretty rare. And botulism is actually not horribly dangerous most of the time (it can cause some serious digestive upset, but death very is rare and occurs in cases...

Good to know. I thought it might be from the peas but I had never seen that before when cooking legumes, and it wasnt like starch you would get from a potato, or like the frothe from rice that hasnt been washed... so I just wanted to make sure it wasnt some weird alien bacteria I should be...

So I was cooking some yellow split peas with some onions, just in boiling water and some salt. I covered it, went away for a while, and when I came back to check on the pot there was weird gray substance on the inside sides of the pot, and a little in the middle of the peas. I was just wondering...