[Sca-cooks] Roman recipes (pre-period? On topic :-p)

[Shannon Malone]

Sometimes beans are kiln-dried, which ruins them for sprouting and you never know how old they are anyway.  I was hoping for beans processed (An uncomfortable choice of words but I can't think of a better one) for growing.  I will certainly try to sprout a bag from the grocery, though.
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:56:29
 Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>Also sprach Shannon Malone:
>>Has anyone seen seed offered anywhere?  I will grow them but I
>>haven't seen seed in any of the catalogues I've looked at.
>>
>>Meadhbh/Shannon Malone
>
>Umm. Forgive me, this is gonna sound weird, but it may simply be that
>it's not worth it to sell them from seed in little envelopes when any
>supermarket sells them... most of the dried ones will sprout quite
>nicely. Of course, there may be different varieties, and this is
>something that's harder to control under those conditions, but if
>it's simply a matter of getting some chick peas to sprout and grow,
>you can get a one-pound bag from Goya, Jack Rabbit, and any of
>several other brands.
>
>Adamantius, remembering the Lima beans in the first grade or so...
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