Sprout city!

My pea sprouts look fabulous and my lentils are just starting to take off today with little shoots forming. Why people insist on buying those anemic beige bean sprouts is anyone's guess when you can make prettier, tastier, fresher sprouts at a fraction of the cost on your own counter top. And you do not need an array of fancy devices to do this. A jar, a piece of cloth, a rubber band, water and seeds. That is all.

I personally love the taste of raw peas fresh from the vine. They are very green tasting and sweetish. The frozen peas just don't have this flavor going on at all, and cooked peas....well I've never had a positive experience with these. Now a freshly sprouted pea gives you the fresh taste without the fresh price and takes only a couple days as legumes are quick sprouters. And as I mentioned previously, the nutritional content changes and you no longer have a piece of green starch but a green vegetable. Amazing stuff and with green peas (no splits thank you) you get a large supply for 99 cents a bag. Now you can also allow the pea sprouts to grow larger with no dimunition of taste AND you can grow all the shoots you can eat in a simple pot or two in your home all year round. No pods, but no rabbits and no special season required. All is good.

PS:Check out the nutritional value of sprouts at NutritionData.com. The soy sprouts are excellent in every way!

The Maximalist wonders what survivalists think of this sprouting business. They are busy storing grains and dessicated red meat, but it seems the sprout could be overlooked. I suppose they plan to store multivitamins as well.

Goodness how delicious, eating sprouted peas!