Comments on: how to sprout mung beans

By: Rambling on Cooking Day - Real Cheap Food

Rambling on Cooking Day - Real Cheap Food — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:56:19 +0000

[...] reminded me that I needed to rinse those. I put the spouted rye in the refrigerator and rinsed the sprouting mung beans and the mix of alfalfa, radish, broccoli, and [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:48:42 +0000

If those are crunchy, they remind me of what we call bean sprouts in the UK. They’re absolutely delicious in stir-frys, especially with beef in my opinion

Looks like I’m not the only one that “grew” them in infant school!

By: Sprouting Seeds

Sprouting Seeds — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:44:28 +0000

Great post but better yet, great photos. I must say they are very nice. I have been sprouting for a long time now thanks to the information available online. Here is a recipe for sprouts;
http://www.sproutingsprouts.com/sprouts-recipe/a-simple-sprouts-recipe-toasted-whole-wheat-bagel-with-sprouts

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:14:40 +0000

OMG! What a sweet surprise! Thank you, Aleta! And Nadia is absolutely right, we grew them in primary school. I hope the method I suggested works for you (perhaps the humid weather here lets *anything* grow). Good luck with the pho! I love your site

By: Nadia

Nadia — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:11:02 +0000

Also from a random factoid from Singapore, we had to grow those beans (traditionally called Taugeh, pronounced “tao-gay”) for science class in primary school!

By: lukeMV

lukeMV — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:29:42 +0000

Awesome posting….I always just thought that bean sprouts started as they looked served!

By: Ritts

Ritts — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:45:47 +0000

here’s a link for the ‘sweet soup’ jasmine mentioned – indonesian style!

http://www.bakespace.com/recipes/detail/Bubur-Katjang-Idjo—Indonesian-Mung-Bean-Porridge-/14762/

By: stephchows

stephchows — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:09:33 +0000

Awwww! Sorry you forgot about yours!! I totally wrote myself a note so I wouldn’t forget LOL. And thanks for the shout out I just did alfalfa this last week too! So tasty http://stephchows.blogspot.com/2009/05/im-alfafa-sprout-farmer.html

By: Apollo

Apollo — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:39:51 +0000

^That’s a pretty neat comment right there.

I have to say, ‘mung bean’ sounds downright offensive. Nice pictures, though. I wish I had a CSA farm to work at. Stupid jerk Alabama with it’s lack of CSAs…

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:40:51 +0000

Oh, sorry to mention — I’m from Singapore … and here are some local dishes where mung bean sprouts are used!

http://www.noobcook.com/2008/03/11/bean-sprouts-with-salted-fish/

I love reading Omnomicon because I really see what people on the other side of the world is eating! (sorry if all that I’ve said is super ass-vicey)