"John H. Gohde" > wrote in message
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> On Apr 17, 12:50 pm, "andy ston" > wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Yet we are told from other popular sources, that when raw they contain
>> the
>> most nutrients.
>>
>> As far as we understand it, most health problems are likely to come from
>> fields where fecal matter is used as fertilizer.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> If not, is there anything else we can to with the dried beans to eat raw
>> sprouts them safely? Thanks.
>
>
>
> Here is a solution.
>
> Irradiate those raw bean sprouts with radiation that would be strong
> enough to kill those nasty E-coli.

OK, I will just pop along and turn on my radiation unit ...

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