Rinse them thoroughly in cold running water. Make sure water penetrates properly. Then check smell and texture by squashing one between finger and thumb. If some hardness there and no smell it's fine.
If there's a smell after rinsing bin it.
Try not to soak more than over night to one day if you do rinse and change water once a day twice a day on hot days. You can refrigerate on hot days in water.

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> Rinse them thoroughly in cold running water. Make sure water penetrates
> properly. Then check smell and texture by squashing one between finger and
> thumb. If some hardness there and no smell it's fine.
> If there's a smell after rinsing bin it.
> Try not to soak more than over night to one day if you do rinse and change
> water once a day twice a day on hot days. You can refrigerate on hot days
> in water.

Lentils shouldn't be soaked prior to cooking. You can sprout them though.
Sounds like that's what you were aiming for? If so, they need to be rinsed
several times a day.

Soaking is beneficial. It reduces phytic acid and anti-nutrient content so we can actually get nutrients out of them.

On 2/1/2019 1:46 PM, wrote:
> Soaking is beneficial. It reduces phytic acid and anti-nutrient content so we can actually get nutrients out of them.
>
Oh goody, another non-cook who doesn't know the difference between
cooking lentils and dried beans.

Jill

Yep. Soak grains/lentils whatever! 100%. If you don't you won't be able to absorb enough goodies. Sorry, all anti soakers are wrong. Look into Nourishing traditions cookbook Sally Fallon. Lifesaver. Cheery!

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> Yep. Soak grains/lentils whatever! 100%. If you don't you won't be able to
> absorb enough goodies. Sorry, all anti soakers are wrong. Look into
> Nourishing traditions cookbook Sally Fallon. Lifesaver. Cheery!

That's just not true.