Posted: 6/9/2015 9:26:35 AM EDT
| my long term food storage is primarily carbohydrate centered..., beans, pasta, rice, and potato buds... I live on the Florida Gulf coast, and long term protein is hopefully fish and shellfish... until I can get a small garden (I have relatively poor sandy soil) up and working, I have toyed with the idea of sprouting beans to provide some greens to the diet...I've cut several 1/4" mesh screen discs to fit under the ring of a canning jar so air can enter the inverted jar so it can drain... and in about 6 days, you have a pretty good growth of bean sprouts... anyone else? |
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We sprout beans, mustard greens, alfalfa, all kinds of stuff.. try a "zesty sprouting blend".. we use a custom mix, and have fresh tender tasty greens all the time for adding onto sandwiches, eggs etc etc. We started sprouting when we lived near the arctic circle, and greens in the winter are either, not available or, $15+ for a head of lettuce.. Still have 2-3 jars rotating most of the time..
BTW, if you are sprouting "bean sprouts" of the oriental variety, ie: Mung Beans.. go to a oriental food store and buy the beans by the pound for like a $1, instead of the $7 a pound for them at a health food store.. |
| maypo....I'm single, and dine out most of the time, but trying non typical recipes from your food storage is a good idea... haven't tried mung beans yet, just the pinto and great northern I put away...also tried bannock with self rising flour and horchata, the Mexican rice drink |
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until I can get a small garden (I have relatively poor sandy soil) up and working, I have toyed with the idea of sprouting beans to provide some greens to the diet...I've cut several 1/4" mesh screen discs to fit under the ring of a canning jar so air can enter the inverted jar so it can drain... and in about 6 days, you have a pretty good growth of bean sprouts... sprouted a variety of seeds. like you are doing, very easy to do, and can do at the kitchen sink. don't know if it will suffice for a garden (still working on the AP), but from what I understand, sprouts are supposed to be densly packed with nutrients, and can be grown in a few days. better than nothing when a garden isn't an option. used seeds from health food stores, haven't tried using regular seed packs yet.... |
KC45... not sure if your comment was directed at me...I would have preferred a brass screen, but the zinc coated 1/4" screen was available from another project... for a family, you would want probably 6 sets with which you can stagger consecutive day start times, to have continuous sprouts... my trial run with the great northern and pinto beans were about 6 days to maturity... I started with about 1/2 cup of dry beans... let soak overnight...invert jar and drain, leave jar inverted and tilted so air can enter jar... rinse at least 2x a day, no need to let water stand...the volume of sprout is amazing
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talking to some aquaponics people, and they don't like the contamination of the soil used to sprout seeds to plant into the grow-beds. I suggested this method, and they after years of AP, they blew their minds with this method. Prolly alot easier than planting in those tiny pots 
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