In article >,
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> "john martin" > wrote in message
> ...
> >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

You CAN cook sprouted beans you know!

I've done it deliberately.
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