Hello, Tom: > >LEGUME SPROUTS - FRIEND OR FOE? >A closing remark. If you decide that large beans and/or legumes are not for you, there are many other grains, seeds, nuts that you can sprout. ...................... >P.S. sprouted mung beans are a regular part of my diet; other legumes I eat >only rarely. > >Tom Billings ..................... Tom, I read in three chinese cook books that raw mung beans should be quickly stir fried for the sake of detoxing them.Y'all are teaching me about phytic acids and so forth.(I love chinese stir-fry, and that's present tense, sorry..ahem, hardly warmed at all, you know, just sorta brightened up and---oh, I lie. I told the truth the first time--I love it, with my own fresh veg--I do cook it quite quickly, and who knows what will happen as I am accepting, challenging, experimenting--perhaps in the end I will just wave the wok over the flame, intone a respectful ave, and eat the veg which are already on the plate! Anyhoo, I find them offensive raw, and harder to sprout successfully than other Sproutman seed. Have you tips for avoiding the decomposition which is hard to forestall before sprouting is complete?All my other sprouting is successful (haven't done nuts yet.Like raw nuts as is. I use the basket or the jar method, depending on pure science--and/or mood. Not quite getting what I see at market.Could be affecting my taste test, hmmm? Pat