Dixana
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Let's talk about SPROUTS!

What kinds can you eat? What's the best way to produce enough for a small family? Where do you get bulk seed? What are your favorites and how do you eat them (salads, sandwhiches, etc)

sciencegal
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I mostly sprout mung beans because I love homemade egg foo young. Just had some yesterday and there is enough left for more today. :>

I sprout in a quart mason jar with a screen on the top. When the sprouts fill up the jar I transfer them to a large plastic container and keep them in the fridge for a few days if they last that long.

I had been buying them a pound at a time from one catalog or another, but recently a friend of mine told me she bought 20 pounds or so from a feed store when she was traveling in Idaho. She gave me about 5 pounds in trade for my egg foo young recipe.

garden5
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1. Can't remember (possibly bean), it's been awhile.

2. Just seed up a patch of ground or a large flower pot.

3. Catalogs, both in print and online, have them as do some health-food stores.

4. I've just eaten them by themselves, but they are also good in a sandwich.



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