As long as I haven't opened the package, how long do dry mung beans last on the shelf and still be good for sprouting?

I have a couple bags of "dragonfly" brand and thought I'd "try again" at sprouting -- if I remember, it's a more tedious process than you think.

On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:33:48 -0800 (PST), mkr5000 >
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> As long as I haven't opened the package, how long do dry mung beans last on the shelf and still be good for sprouting?
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> I have a couple bags of "dragonfly" brand and thought I'd "try again" at sprouting -- if I remember, it's a more tedious process than you think.

Are you saying you have mung beans? They'll keep practically forever.
BTW: cook up the beans with a ham hock and you've got dinner. They're
a short cook. Slightly longer than lentils, not nearly as long as
most beans.

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you can eat them?

Don't care for lentils too much -- do they taste like that?

you say keep forever but will a fresher date be easier (much?) to sprout?

On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:38:33 -0800 (PST), mkr5000 >
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> you say keep forever but will a fresher date be easier (much?) to sprout?

Yes.

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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:37:52 -0800 (PST), mkr5000 >
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> you can eat them?
>
> Don't care for lentils too much -- do they taste like that?

I'm not very good at telling people what things taste like. Think:
bean... or maybe it tastes like chicken.

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sf wrote:
>mkr5000 wrote:
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>> you can eat them?
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>> Don't care for lentils too much -- do they taste like that?
>
>I'm not very good at telling people what things taste like.
>... or maybe it tastes like chicken.

That's what you said about peepee.