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

makes me wonder how many kinds there really are, Lee


"Serene Vannoy" > wrote in message
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> On 05/21/2011 09:20 AM, 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.

>
> The main difference I find is cooking time. Red (pink) lentils cook the
> quickest, then the regular brown ones, and the green (French) ones take
> longest.
>
> Serene
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