"john martin" > wrote in message
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>I forgot some mung beans that I was soaking and they have put out white
>root shoots.
>
> I know that some people sprout pulses and beans to put in salad *raw*, but
> at what point do mung beans (and others such as alfalfa- widely sold in
> health food shops in London for sprouting) become safe to eat raw in a
> salad? Since it says on all the packets not to eat raw.
How were you originally going to use the soaked mung beans? What does the
mung bean packet say specifically about eating the 'raw' beans. I'm puzzled
by the wording on the packet.
Janet