OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> In article >,
> L'Esperance > wrote:
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>>I don't think my posts are getting through so this is essentially an OT
>>test post. I started a batch of bean sprouts today as I have a couple
>>of Asian meals planned for the weekend and the sprouts will be great for
>>salads and sandwiches. For anyone who hasn't grown their own sprouts,
>>this is cheap and very easy.
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>
> It may be cheap, but IMHO it's not easy.
> I gave up on it finally. :-( They are so cheap to buy and I don't have
> to deal with unsuccesful batches. I'm not sure why they don't do well
> for me, but they don't.

In all the years I've been sprouting beans, I can only recall one
unsuccessful batch. We left for a long weekend and I forgot I had bean
sprounts in the cupboard. They really need that daily watering. IMO,
sprouting beans is about the easiest thing you can do in the kitchen.
Like sourdough starter, I have beans sprouting on the go most of the
time unless I know we are going to be away.
>
> I like bean sprouts for some stuff, but use more alfalfa than anything
> else.
>
> Sunflower sprouts are to die for!