Bean sprouts

[NevadaBlue]

I was watching this YT channel and decided to try sprouting Mung beans.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbxbwh7MV5YOJ2HMzAu2zDg/videos
This YT family is in Viet Nam and has amazing results with their gardening.

I found Mung beans on nuts.com and got a big bag. This test involves ONE cup of beans.

After not quite 2 days, we have this. They are already delicious.

We are trying two methods. One is a little commercial sprouter and the other is simply plastic drink bottles with holes burned in them with a soldering iron. Cheap, easy, quick.

 

[Meerkat]

We have a bean sprouter but like other things arounf here,son't use it.Superman has slacked up on his duties so I told him to get busy moving or get busy 'moving'. Lately,he gets done what he wants to get done.

 

[backlash]

That was interesting. I don't eat bean sprouts except in Asian food and then it's very little but I might have to look into some other recipes.
Bean Sprouts are one of the things that can have problems with bacteria when purchased from a commercial source so this would be a good way to avoid that.
Thanks, Nevada.
Here is a direct link to that one video instead of the channel link.

 

[NevadaBlue]

Thanks! I posted the channel link just for reference. They do some amazing stuff and grandma and grandpa always enjoy the food. fun to watch.

 

[NevadaBlue]

4 days

 

[joel]

What all due respect, that looks like chicken food to me.

 

[DodgesMamMaw]

Those sprouts are fabulous on an avocado,tomato and turkey sandwich. Can even skip the turkey.

 

[cbrianroll]

Cool, something new to try...

 

[UrbanHunter]

Wife loves them, if I grow them, clean them, and deliver them.... the only part of it I don't do is eat them

I am definitely a meat and potatoes man, you can go easy on the potatoes....

 

[Weedygarden]

What happened to Nevada Blue? He hasn't been on in a year. He was active for a couple months.

I bought a bean sprouter that he showed in the photo in his first post. I am interested in trying it out. I had recently purchased jar rings with screening in them.

 

[Chaosdawn]

I've spouted some seeds in a mason jar with cheesecloth instead of a lid. Works well and delicious on salads or sandwiches. I should make some more, I tend to forget about doing it.

 

[Weedygarden]

I've spouted some seeds in a mason jar with cheesecloth instead of a lid. Works well and delicious on salads or sandwiches. I should make some more, I tend to forget about doing it.

I have always thought that a mason jar with cheesecloth would work, but like you, I just forget to do it. I know that when I tried to grow sprouts when I was still teaching, I was not home enough to rinse the sprouts like they needed. When I saw this sprouter for sale, after having just recently purchased some seeds for sprouting, I thought I would try it. I had friends who were Chinese and had a Chinese restaurant, but in South Dakota, so no access to fresh bean sprouts, except what they grew at the restaurant. I saw the big bins where they grew sprouts and they had to be rinsed a couple times a day.
If we end up in a situation with no access to fresh food, sprouts are a great alternative.

 

[winds-of-change]

I sprout radish seeds to put on sandwiches and salads. They are a bit ‘zippy’. Delicious. I also sometimes do broccoli sprouts but I prefer radish. I use a one quart Mason jar with a screen lid. Soak seeds overnight then just rinse everyday until sprouted.

 

[LadyLocust]

What happened to Nevada Blue? He hasn't been on in a year. He was active for a couple months.

And @cbrianroll as well.

 

[Weedygarden]

And @cbrianroll as well.

It is strange to me why people are here for a while and then gone. I probably miss stuff that happens.