I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
this is cheap and very easy.

"L'Espérance" > wrote in message
...
>I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
>test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple of
>Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
>salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts, this
>is cheap and very easy.

Are you saying that bean sprouts are cheap and easy? Just as they were 39
years ago? We're going to need all sorts of web links to verify your claims.

L'Espérance wrote:
> I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
> test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
> of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
> salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
> this is cheap and very easy.

Your post got through to me. Your penance is that you now have to tell
me how to growq bean sprouts, in exactling detail. Unfortunately, I
have no idea where to get mung beans around here, so I can't make those
kind for my stir-fries, but I do like the little srouted crunchy beans
they sell for salads, which are lentils and peas and garbanzoes and all
sorts of beans, sprouted, so I can do those......

In article >,
L'Esperance > wrote:

> I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
> test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
> of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
> salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
> this is cheap and very easy.

It may be cheap, but IMHO it's not easy.
I gave up on it finally. :-( They are so cheap to buy and I don't have
to deal with unsuccesful batches. I'm not sure why they don't do well
for me, but they don't.

I like bean sprouts for some stuff, but use more alfalfa than anything
else.

Sunflower sprouts are to die for!
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:19:51 -0500, L'Espérance >
wrote:

>I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
>test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
>of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
>salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
>this is cheap and very easy.

How is this OT?

I make lentil sprouts. They're way yummy.

serene

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:28:28 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>In article >,
> L'Esperance > wrote:
>
>> I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
>> test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
>> of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
>> salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
>> this is cheap and very easy.
>
>It may be cheap, but IMHO it's not easy.
>I gave up on it finally. :-( They are so cheap to buy and I don't have
>to deal with unsuccesful batches. I'm not sure why they don't do well
>for me, but they don't.

Can you give me an idea what you do? I've been making my own since I
was a kid, and they always work fine for me.

serene

On 7 Feb 2006 17:16:41 -0800, "Jude" > wrote:

>L'Espérance wrote:
>> I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
>> test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
>> of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
>> salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
>> this is cheap and very easy.
>
>Your post got through to me. Your penance is that you now have to tell
>me how to growq bean sprouts, in exactling detail.

This website gives essentially the directions I use:

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohor...9/426-419.html

>Unfortunately, I
>have no idea where to get mung beans around here,

Try an Asian grocery or the Asian section of your natural-foods store,
if they don't have them in the bulk bin.

>so I can't make those
>kind for my stir-fries, but I do like the little srouted crunchy beans
>they sell for salads, which are lentils and peas and garbanzoes and all
>sorts of beans, sprouted, so I can do those......

I love them all. My favorites are lentils, and they don't take very
long. Yumma. Now I'm wanting 'em. You people sure do make a lot of
tasty work for me.

serene

Jude wrote:

> L'Espérance wrote:
>
>>I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
>>test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
>>of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
>>salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
>>this is cheap and very easy.
>
>
> Your post got through to me. Your penance is that you now have to tell
> me how to growq bean sprouts, in exactling detail. Unfortunately, I
> have no idea where to get mung beans around here, so I can't make those
> kind for my stir-fries, but I do like the little srouted crunchy beans
> they sell for salads, which are lentils and peas and garbanzoes and all
> sorts of beans, sprouted, so I can do those......
>
Thanks Jude. Here's how I do bean sprouts. You can use any beans you
want. I just happen to prefer mung beans. Rinse the beans then pour
into an opague container such as a sour cream container. Cover with
warm water, put the lid on just to cover but not tight, set aside for an
hour or two. Drain and set container into dark cabinet. Keep the lid
on but not tight to help preserve humidity level in the container.
Rinse once or twice daily. Let sprouts grow to desired height. Rinse
and use for stir fries, salads, or sandwiches. If you start another
container a couple of days later you can have a continuous supply of
bean sprouts. Enjoy

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> In article >,
> L'Esperance > wrote:
>
>
>>I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
>>test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
>>of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
>>salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
>>this is cheap and very easy.
>
>
> It may be cheap, but IMHO it's not easy.
> I gave up on it finally. :-( They are so cheap to buy and I don't have
> to deal with unsuccesful batches. I'm not sure why they don't do well
> for me, but they don't.

In all the years I've been sprouting beans, I can only recall one
unsuccessful batch. We left for a long weekend and I forgot I had bean
sprounts in the cupboard. They really need that daily watering. IMO,
sprouting beans is about the easiest thing you can do in the kitchen.
Like sourdough starter, I have beans sprouting on the go most of the
time unless I know we are going to be away.
>
> I like bean sprouts for some stuff, but use more alfalfa than anything
> else.
>
> Sunflower sprouts are to die for!

L'Espérance wrote:

> Thanks Jude. Here's how I do bean sprouts. You can use any beans you
> want. I just happen to prefer mung beans. Rinse the beans then pour
> into an opague container such as a sour cream container. Cover with
> warm water, put the lid on just to cover but not tight, set aside for an
> hour or two. Drain and set container into dark cabinet. Keep the lid
> on but not tight to help preserve humidity level in the container.
> Rinse once or twice daily. Let sprouts grow to desired height. Rinse
> and use for stir fries, salads, or sandwiches. If you start another
> container a couple of days later you can have a continuous supply of
> bean sprouts. Enjoy

Wow, that does sound easy!

If my BF complains about yet another foodie project going in our home,
can I blame it on you? =)

In article >,
serene > wrote:

> On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:28:28 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > L'Esperance > wrote:
> >
> >> I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
> >> test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
> >> of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
> >> salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
> >> this is cheap and very easy.
> >
> >It may be cheap, but IMHO it's not easy.
> >I gave up on it finally. :-( They are so cheap to buy and I don't have
> >to deal with unsuccesful batches. I'm not sure why they don't do well
> >for me, but they don't.
>
> Can you give me an idea what you do? I've been making my own since I
> was a kid, and they always work fine for me.
>
> serene

I have a widemouth quart jar with a sprouter lid.
I put the seeds/beans in there, wet/rinse them a couple of times per day
per instructions. The jar is placed upside down.

They tend to rot/mold on me.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article >,
serene > wrote:

> This website gives essentially the directions I use:
>
> http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohor...9/426-419.html

The jar method using a plastic screened sprouter lid is what I have used.

Granted, I've only tried to do alfalfa sprouts since they are my
favorites...

I might have to go ahead and try bean sprouts again.
I have some old mung beans in a jar in the pantry.

They are probably 5 or 6 years old but should be ok since they were
stored in the dark and air tight.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

Jude wrote:

> L'Espérance wrote:
>
>
>>Thanks Jude. Here's how I do bean sprouts. You can use any beans you
>>want. I just happen to prefer mung beans. Rinse the beans then pour
>>into an opague container such as a sour cream container. Cover with
>>warm water, put the lid on just to cover but not tight, set aside for an
>>hour or two. Drain and set container into dark cabinet. Keep the lid
>>on but not tight to help preserve humidity level in the container.
>>Rinse once or twice daily. Let sprouts grow to desired height. Rinse
>>and use for stir fries, salads, or sandwiches. If you start another
>>container a couple of days later you can have a continuous supply of
>>bean sprouts. Enjoy
>
>
> Wow, that does sound easy!
>
> If my BF complains about yet another foodie project going in our home,
> can I blame it on you? =)
>

You sure can While you're at it you should start some sourdough
starter. That way your BF will be so interested in the bubbling mix, he
might just forget about the bean sprouts. Once he tastes the fresh
sprouts he will love this foodie project!

In article >,
L'Espérance > wrote:

> Jude wrote:
>
> > L'Espérance wrote:
> >
> >>I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
> >>test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
> >>of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
> >>salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
> >>this is cheap and very easy.
> >
> >
> > Your post got through to me. Your penance is that you now have to tell
> > me how to growq bean sprouts, in exactling detail. Unfortunately, I
> > have no idea where to get mung beans around here, so I can't make those
> > kind for my stir-fries, but I do like the little srouted crunchy beans
> > they sell for salads, which are lentils and peas and garbanzoes and all
> > sorts of beans, sprouted, so I can do those......
> >
> Thanks Jude. Here's how I do bean sprouts. You can use any beans you
> want. I just happen to prefer mung beans. Rinse the beans then pour
> into an opague container such as a sour cream container. Cover with
> warm water, put the lid on just to cover but not tight, set aside for an
> hour or two. Drain and set container into dark cabinet. Keep the lid
> on but not tight to help preserve humidity level in the container.
> Rinse once or twice daily. Let sprouts grow to desired height. Rinse
> and use for stir fries, salads, or sandwiches. If you start another
> container a couple of days later you can have a continuous supply of
> bean sprouts. Enjoy

That sounds easy!
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> In article >,
> serene > wrote:
>
>
>>On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:28:28 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article >,
>>>L'Esperance > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
>>>>test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
>>>>of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
>>>>salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
>>>>this is cheap and very easy.
>>>
>>>It may be cheap, but IMHO it's not easy.
>>>I gave up on it finally. :-( They are so cheap to buy and I don't have
>>>to deal with unsuccesful batches. I'm not sure why they don't do well
>>>for me, but they don't.
>>
>>Can you give me an idea what you do? I've been making my own since I
>>was a kid, and they always work fine for me.
>>
>>serene
>
>
> I have a widemouth quart jar with a sprouter lid.
> I put the seeds/beans in there, wet/rinse them a couple of times per day
> per instructions. The jar is placed upside down.
>
> They tend to rot/mold on me.

I'm not sure what a sprouting lid is but if the jar is placed upside
down with no air to get at the sprouts, then of course they will rot or
mold. I just use a sour cream container or similar, nothing fancy. The
lid is placed not quite on top allowing air to circulate but slowing
down moisture loss. The two tips to growing good sprouts is make sure
they don't dry out and grow in the dark. Maybe if you try it this way
you will have success?

In article >,
L'Esperance > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > serene > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:28:28 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>In article >,
> >>>L'Esperance > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
> >>>>test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
> >>>>of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
> >>>>salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
> >>>>this is cheap and very easy.
> >>>
> >>>It may be cheap, but IMHO it's not easy.
> >>>I gave up on it finally. :-( They are so cheap to buy and I don't have
> >>>to deal with unsuccesful batches. I'm not sure why they don't do well
> >>>for me, but they don't.
> >>
> >>Can you give me an idea what you do? I've been making my own since I
> >>was a kid, and they always work fine for me.
> >>
> >>serene
> >
> >
> > I have a widemouth quart jar with a sprouter lid.
> > I put the seeds/beans in there, wet/rinse them a couple of times per day
> > per instructions. The jar is placed upside down.
> >
> > They tend to rot/mold on me.
>
> I'm not sure what a sprouting lid is but if the jar is placed upside
> down with no air to get at the sprouts, then of course they will rot or
> mold. I just use a sour cream container or similar, nothing fancy. The
> lid is placed not quite on top allowing air to circulate but slowing
> down moisture loss. The two tips to growing good sprouts is make sure
> they don't dry out and grow in the dark. Maybe if you try it this way
> you will have success?

It sounds pretty easy! :-)

Do you do this with alfalfa sprouts?
The seeds are pretty tiny, without a screen how do you keep them from
floating away?

You have a point. I might be accidently sealing the top when I place it
upside down to drain!
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:03:15 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>In article >,
> serene > wrote:
>

>> Can you give me an idea what you do? I've been making my own since I
>> was a kid, and they always work fine for me.
>>
>> serene
>
>I have a widemouth quart jar with a sprouter lid.
>I put the seeds/beans in there, wet/rinse them a couple of times per day
>per instructions. The jar is placed upside down.

All the way upside-down, or on an angle? Air needs to get in there.

serene

In article >,
serene > wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:03:15 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > serene > wrote:
> >
>
> >> Can you give me an idea what you do? I've been making my own since I
> >> was a kid, and they always work fine for me.
> >>
> >> serene
> >
> >I have a widemouth quart jar with a sprouter lid.
> >I put the seeds/beans in there, wet/rinse them a couple of times per day
> >per instructions. The jar is placed upside down.
>
> All the way upside-down, or on an angle? Air needs to get in there.
>
> serene

It's been a very long time since I've tried, but that might very well
have been my mistake! :-)

Thanks!
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:05:59 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>In article >,
> serene > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:03:15 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >In article >,
>> > serene > wrote:
>> >
>>
>> >> Can you give me an idea what you do? I've been making my own since I
>> >> was a kid, and they always work fine for me.
>> >>
>> >> serene
>> >
>> >I have a widemouth quart jar with a sprouter lid.
>> >I put the seeds/beans in there, wet/rinse them a couple of times per day
>> >per instructions. The jar is placed upside down.
>>
>> All the way upside-down, or on an angle? Air needs to get in there.
>>
>> serene
>
>It's been a very long time since I've tried, but that might very well
>have been my mistake! :-)

Well, I encourage you to try again if you have any interest in
satisfying our scientific curiosity. :-)

serene

In article >,
serene > wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:05:59 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > serene > wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:03:15 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article >,
> >> > serene > wrote:
> >> >
> >>
> >> >> Can you give me an idea what you do? I've been making my own since I
> >> >> was a kid, and they always work fine for me.
> >> >>
> >> >> serene
> >> >
> >> >I have a widemouth quart jar with a sprouter lid.
> >> >I put the seeds/beans in there, wet/rinse them a couple of times per day
> >> >per instructions. The jar is placed upside down.
> >>
> >> All the way upside-down, or on an angle? Air needs to get in there.
> >>
> >> serene
> >
> >It's been a very long time since I've tried, but that might very well
> >have been my mistake! :-)
>
> Well, I encourage you to try again if you have any interest in
> satisfying our scientific curiosity. :-)
>
> serene

<lol> I do indeed!

I even know where one of my sprouter lids are...
It's not fine enough to do alfalfa, but it ought to work for sunflower,
mung, lentil, or even brocolli!

I'll letcha all know.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> I might have to go ahead and try bean sprouts again.
> I have some old mung beans in a jar in the pantry.
>
> They are probably 5 or 6 years old but should be ok since they were
> stored in the dark and air tight.


Beans thousands of years old found in archeological digs in the Middle East
have been sprouted...you should have no problem ;-)

--
Best
Greg

In article k.net>,
"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > I might have to go ahead and try bean sprouts again.
> > I have some old mung beans in a jar in the pantry.
> >
> > They are probably 5 or 6 years old but should be ok since they were
> > stored in the dark and air tight.
>
>
> Beans thousands of years old found in archeological digs in the Middle East
> have been sprouted...you should have no problem ;-)

That's what I figure... :-)

I had some giant red beans I'd been trying to grow in the garden, but
the yield has been poor. They were sent to me by a friend. They are a
few generations down from some that were planted by a team of college
students that removed them from an Aztec archeological site. I don't
remember there exact age. I used to have the typed up file on them that
came with them, but lost it in a hard drive crash...

I don't have any more of the beans. The last batch I planted did not
produce any. Just long vines and pretty red flowers.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson