In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Katra wrote:
>
> > Use them quick! They are only good for 3 to 4 days before they spoil.
> > I've started trying to get canned ones instead of fresh so I have them
> > on hand more often.
>
> Unless they have improved the canned bean sprouts a lot since I tried them
> they are
> not worth the effort of opening the can. Sprouts don't have a heck of a lot
> of
> flavour. It is more of a texture thing, and the canned sprouts are lacking
> there.

Surprisingly, the last can I bought of them were still crispy. :-)
They worked as well as wilted fresh.

>
> I tried sprouting my own for a while. There were even special containers to
> grow them
> in, though all you needed was a Tupperware tub and some paper towel. I can
> probably
> throw out the left over mung beans that I have had in my cupboard since the
> year we
> moved here (1977) :-)

I've never had much luck making my own sprouts either. ;-P


>
>

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K.

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