<< can anyone out there tell me how i can grow these sprouts myself? >> Well, Gail, you have the dubious honor of being the recipient of my first contribution to this list. I began using sprouts fairly heavily since '91, on the advice of Ron Weston, a 50+year raw food Natural Hygienist living in a off-the-grid cabin near Ontario, CN. He recommends using a collander for growing ALL sprouts & reating them "young", when the tails are about the length of the seed -- which I've been doing since. I found plastic trays by SproutMaster to be much superior, easier, more convenient than a collander & have been using them since '91. I think they cost $3 ea & I bought 9 & presently have about three with various stages of sprouts full time. Simply dump 1/2 cup or so of whatever sprouts into the tray, immerse the tray in water a few seconds (or soak 10 min -- to overnite for some nuts & legumes if you prefer), then rinse the sprouts in the trays a couple times a day. I eat most after 1-3 days in the trays & havent had much use for the grass that grows when the sprouts are mature. Tom Billings is a great source of material on this subject & will probably E-mail you or the list info on request. ([log in to unmask]). I was glad to read about uncooked foods here at last; was beginning to think this group was only interested in toxic cooked stuff like pies! ;-) 'ealth & 'appiness to y'all, Bo7b