On Apr 17, 11:22*am, "John H. Gohde" > wrote:
> On Apr 17, 12:50*pm, "andy ston" > wrote:
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> > Recently seeing someone sprout some mung beans in a jar at home, we thought
> > we would have a go. But we have just seen printed on a Waitrose packet of
> > already sprouted beans, that they are not to be eaten raw.
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> > Yet we are told from other popular sources, that when raw they contain the
> > most nutrients.
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> > As far as we understand it, most health problems are likely to come from
> > fields where fecal matter is used as fertilizer.
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> > We have found all the dried mung beans that we can see sold from
> > Supermarkets and Health food shops in our area in North London (U.K.) are
> > coming from China.
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> > Is there a period of time that if we kept the dried beans for, any bacteria
> > such as e-coli and salmonella etc etc would not survive this dry
> > environment, and thus would be safe to sprout eat raw.
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> > If not, is there anything else we can to with the dried beans to eat raw
> > sprouts them safely? * Thanks.
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> There is absolutely nothing wrong with eating cooked bean sprouts,
> such as the way they do in Chinese food.

The OP wasn't interested in cooked sprouts but rather raw...oh, you
musta missed that, huh?