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Mung bean sprouts?

10 months ago

Does anyone grow these and if so how has it worked out? Is it easy to do?

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beesneeds

10 months ago

Sure, it's easy. Just like any other sprouts. Rinse and put into your sprouting vessel with water. Make sure you change the water every day or a couple times a day and eat them up when they sprout. Or put them in the fridge. Sprouts do tend to have a fairly short shelf life. Make sure you are very clean, like fermenting or canning clean- bad stuff can pop up in sprouts if you are messy.

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Alisande
10 months ago
It's been decades, so I don't remember a lot about it. But I do recall that removing the hulls made the job rather labor intensive. This was pre-Google, but today there are probably YouTube videos showing how to do it. Back then I had a good source of fresh mung bean sprouts, so my experiment didn't last long.
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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
10 months ago
last modified: 10 months ago
It's been a long time for me as well.

IIRC, mung bean hulls aren't too difficult to remove. Alfalfa hulls are a different story, tho.

Home grown tend to be shorter and curlier. To get long and straight ones, a weight is placed on top to make them stretch.

I used to make sprouts in wide mouth 1 quart canning jars, with a piece of cheesecloth and the ring from the metal lids as a screen. Then we actually bought specific lids with screens that fit the jars...

It's pretty easy to DIY, tho.

Lots of tutorials online - here's one:

https://www.seattleurbanfarmco.com/blog/2014/2/10/easy-seed-sprouting
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maymay99
10 months ago
It has been so long but I never tried the broccoli which I wanted to do. I remember they were said to have so many many nutrients. The radish sprouts were somewhat spicy. I'm happy you mentioned this; I may try it again! Thank you.
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spswash
10 months ago
Have a batch on the way right now. I use regular mung beans - organic if I can fine them. I use the organic because I always have! lol I also use the information and buy most of my other seeds and sprouters from https://sproutpeople.org/seeds/ Gil, the owner will answer any questions or issues with seeds. The tutorials are complete and fun to watch. Happy sprouting to you!
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lucillle
Original Author
10 months ago
I already have WM canning jars, and have ordered the plastic screens (Thank you Carol for the picture). I ordered organic mung beans from a vendor on Amazon, I'm hoping the quality is acceptable because they were significantly less expensive than the sproutpeople's beans. Hopefully it all works out, I have been looking at a few recipes with bean sprouts and look forward to making them.
lucillle
Original Author
10 months ago
I have (unsuccessfully) tried to find exactly how long to cook or stir fry these bean sprouts to kill the possible bacteria they appear to be prone to. Other veggies used in stir fries do not seem to be as susceptible possibly due to how they are grown and lower moisture levels.

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