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Default black or green lentils - difference between these and brown lentils?

On Sat, 21 May 2011 09:20:14 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>Per usual, a recipe specifies black or green lentils, like everyone
>has access to these things. All I have or can find are the ol' brown
>ones. Is this a matter of taste or is the difference too slight to
>care about?
>
>The recipe involves eggplant and other veggies.


I like them all, but I won't go out of my way to spend extra for the
black ones again. There are taste differences among the various
colors -- some are more nutty (to me) than others. It's just fun to
have something different once in a while.
Janet