Guest guest Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Fabulous! so all we need is a bunch of strainers! I was wondering going to the store and looking at the large tea insert for tea pots if it would do the job. that is cheap and stainless steel. but a bit crowded. so this solution is going to work beautifully Thanks a billion, Gopal, you made my day Miss Lavande In , Gopal Sharma <asatomasad@...> wrote: > > Hi misslavande, > > Following is a simple way of sprouting. > > You don't require any sprouting machine here. The gadgets in the kitchen will suffice. Soak the grains in ample water at 60 - 90F for not more than 8 hours and keep in a room at not higher than 90F. It will otherwise start fermenting and show foam at the surface. This must be avoided. Drain and rinse the grains in running water at least three times. Take a > cotton cloth say a cotton napkin. Wet it in water thoroughly and squeeze/wring to remove any suspended water. Wrap the grains in this cloth. Put this wrap in a suitable size soup strainer and overlap the corners of the cloth. The grains should not be visible. Now rest this > strainer over a stainless steel or opaque plastic bowl, the size of which should be much smaller than of the strainer so that the bottom of the strainer does not touch the bottom of the bowl. The ring of the strainer will project out of the ring of the bowl. You may realize this allows perfect breathing for the grains which is so essential for sprouting. Place this > combination in a room at70 to 85F. It must not be under any fan or air draft. Because of cloth the grains will keep wet and cool for a long time. You may rinse after 8 hours. Wash the cloth also in plain water and repeat the process. You will be wondering that I have usually seen the sprouts even in first 12 hours and the final product is delicious. > > You will realize that the entire set up is very scientific. The opaque bowl and the cloth prevent any light penetration into the mass. It is an important requirement for sprouting. Further the wet cloth maintains moisture and cools the mass by evaporative cooling also sometimes called desert cooling. Moreover the grains can breathe properly. > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > Gopal > > > > > > From: misslavande <misslavande@...> > Subject: easey green sprouting machine > > Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 10:20 PM > > > > > > > Thank you so much, Pete. yes, it helps. If one has to spend as much > time cleaning as growing I would rather send loving thoughts to my > sprouts than being annoyed at yet another cleaning job. > I am mostly concerned about the amount of sprout one can grow for > daily consumption. It turns out , the spout we bought at the store, > the snow pea, we ate a pound in 4 days, and just returned from a 10 > miles trip to get another bag, as we both just love them! got to > sprout myself enough to feed us daily. As for mold , I cannot have > that, I am sensitive to it, it is part of my health challenge. > so to produce a pound of sprouts how many easey spouters does one > need? that is a good calculation/ question now that I know how much a > pound is and how fast it goes in our house > Of course the green pea are heavier than other sprouts I have seen . > I have seen terrible things at the Whole Food store today as far as > even organic sprouts, totally liquid in the box, looks rotten to me. > THAT has to be full of bacteria and probably mold as well... scary. > so it has to be done at home, fresh, easy, and economical in good > quantity not to depend on the store > miss lavande > > > > From: misslavande <misslavande@ ...> > > Subject: easey green sprouting machine > > > > Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 1:20 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > any comments positive or not on this system? > > > > and better place to get it? > > > > thank you guys and gals > > > > Miss lavande > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 misslavande, as far as daily consumption and how much to grow, i had the same problem when i first started, and it ended up, i was making too big a deal out of it all. For just me, this is what I grow (i use the easy sprouter because i love them but whatever you have on hand will work, Gopal is right, it doesn't have to be complicated or expensive at all): i always have two sprouters with beans and 4 with some garden blend, and one with nuts and seeds going, when i use one, i start another. Also i grow my own wheatgrass in trays If i have too many leftovers, there are tons of recipes out there to have fun with on http://www..com website and many others, soups, smoothies, juice. wraps I usually end up throwing leftovers in the blender with some juice or yogurt and frozen fruit (can't even taste the greens) and it makes a nice healthy treat. Once you're doing it for a while, you'll know how much to grow and you'll get into a routine and always have healthy living food ready to munch on > > From: misslavande <misslavande@ ...> > Subject: easey green sprouting machine > > Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 10:20 PM > > > > > > > Thank you so much, Pete. yes, it helps. If one has to spend as much > time cleaning as growing I would rather send loving thoughts to my > sprouts than being annoyed at yet another cleaning job. > I am mostly concerned about the amount of sprout one can grow for > daily consumption. It turns out , the spout we bought at the store, > the snow pea, we ate a pound in 4 days, and just returned from a 10 > miles trip to get another bag, as we both just love them! got to > sprout myself enough to feed us daily. As for mold , I cannot have > that, I am sensitive to it, it is part of my health challenge. > so to produce a pound of sprouts how many easey spouters does one > need? that is a good calculation/ question now that I know how much a > pound is and how fast it goes in our house > Of course the green pea are heavier than other sprouts I have seen . > I have seen terrible things at the Whole Food store today as far as > even organic sprouts, totally liquid in the box, looks rotten to me. > THAT has to be full of bacteria and probably mold as well... scary. > so it has to be done at home, fresh, easy, and economical in good > quantity not to depend on the store > miss lavande > > > > From: misslavande <misslavande@ ...> > > Subject: easey green sprouting machine > > > > Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 1:20 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > any comments positive or not on this system? > > > > and better place to get it? > > > > thank you guys and gals > > > > Miss lavande > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 There was a man posting on this site a while back that said he found a bunch of plastic colanders (my thought is that since colanders are used for straining food it would probably be food grade plastic) at a dollar store (I believe, maybe Big Lots) for a dollar each and he is using them for sprouters. There are many ways to get by on the cheap. Just be careful about purchasing too many of a particular apparatus until you are sure that that device will work with the types of seeds you are trying to grow. If you want to grow pea shoots for example, you might find they grow better in a shallow soil medium in a tray than in a colander. Lee On Oct 13, 2008, at 1:57 PM, Gopal Sharma wrote: > Why a bunch of strainers? Just one of say about 9 inch dia. for a > pot of say 6 inch dia. Take a combination like this. You may be > having some such combination in your kitchen already. > > Best of luck. > > Gopal > > > > From: misslavande <misslavande@...> > Subject: strainers > > Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 10:07 AM > > Fabulous! so all we need is a bunch of strainers! I was wondering > going to the store and looking at the large tea insert for tea pots if > it would do the job. that is cheap and stainless steel. but a bit > crowded. > so this solution is going to work beautifully > Thanks a billion, Gopal, you made my day > Miss Lavande Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 On 10/13/08, Leron Bouma <leronb@...> wrote: > > There was a man posting on this site a while back that said he found > a bunch of plastic colanders (my thought is that since colanders are > used for straining food it would probably be food grade plastic) at a > dollar store (I believe, maybe Big Lots) for a dollar each and he is > using them for sprouters. I have a plastic colander and it's great for lentil sprouts. The holes are too big for alfalfa sprouts, though. I haven't seen a plastic colander with holes that small but they might exist. I sprout my lentils by soaking them overnight in a suitable bowl or plastic tub, then dumping them in the colander to rinse them, shaking them a little to get all the excess water out, and putting them back in the tub. Twice a day I dump them in the colander to rinse and then back in the tub. I've never had a problem with them getting too wet at the bottom or molding or anything, but lentils are probably the easiest thing in the world to sprout. I don't leave them in the colander because I only have one colander at the moment and I need it for other things, like rinsing my garbanzo sprouts. :-) Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Don't forget to check out the 99 cent store first. I found plastic strainers with really tiny holes. ew easey green sprouting machine > > > > Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 1:20 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > any comments positive or not on this system? > > > > and better place to get it? > > > > thank you guys and gals > > > > Miss lavande > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Do you ever have problems with the roots breaking off on you in transferring them from container to colander and back again? Sometimes I get concerned when I use jars and swirl the water around in them that I break roots before dumping out the rinse water. Do you eat them all 'fresh made' or do you have some you refrigerate and store? > > > > There was a man posting on this site a while back that said he found > > a bunch of plastic colanders (my thought is that since colanders are > > used for straining food it would probably be food grade plastic) at a > > dollar store (I believe, maybe Big Lots) for a dollar each and he is > > using them for sprouters. > > I have a plastic colander and it's great for lentil sprouts. The holes > are too big for alfalfa sprouts, though. I haven't seen a plastic > colander with holes that small but they might exist. > > I sprout my lentils by soaking them overnight in a suitable bowl or > plastic tub, then dumping them in the colander to rinse them, shaking > them a little to get all the excess water out, and putting them back > in the tub. Twice a day I dump them in the colander to rinse and then > back in the tub. I've never had a problem with them getting too wet at > the bottom or molding or anything, but lentils are probably the > easiest thing in the world to sprout. > > I don't leave them in the colander because I only have one colander at > the moment and I need it for other things, like rinsing my garbanzo > sprouts. :-) > > Sparrow > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 On 11/1/08, <bctoadlover@...> wrote: > > Do you ever have problems with the roots breaking off on you in > transferring them from container to colander and back again? No, I haven't had that problem so far. I'd think it would be more of a problem if I were just growing them in a colander because of the roots creeping through the colander holes (unless it was a mesh screen or otherwise had tiny holes, too small for that.) > Do you eat them all 'fresh made' or do you have some you refrigerate > and store? Right now I'm going through them too fast to store them. When I have a bigger kitchen, I plan to have a shelving unit just for " kitchen gardening " where I can grow microgreens and grasses and sprouts and herbs and maybe even some tomatoes or other vegetables on several shelves and then I could see having to refrigerate some of it (even though I could still probably eat it as fast as I could grow it. I'm a pretty big eater.) The only space I have for growing right now is the top of the microwave and the space where the coffee maker used to live before I gave up coffee. Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Hello jm_dottavio, If its nylon mesh you want look for a jelly bag strainer. For kefir I use stainless steel strainers, available from most any hardware or kitchen store. Why would you need a strainer for Kombucha ? I use an oversized tea ball for the loose tea but that is removed before placing the tea in the brew. huggs zoe Saturday, November 22, 2008, 6:51:00 PM, you wrote: > Hi all! > Does anyone have suggestions on where or what store chains may have the > kind of strainers needed for Kefir? I bought the medium Chefmate > plastic strainer, and a Chefmate 3 qt. plastic measuring cup both from > Target and the strainer fits perfectly in the measuring cup. However, > the holes were too big for the Kefir. I probably can use it more for > Kombucha right? Any recommendations on where to find a nylon mesh > strainer? > Thank you! > Joan > ------------------------------------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Thanks for replying, Zoe. Well, first, I thought you weren't supposed to use a stainless steel strainer or metallic strainer of any kind for either Kefir or Kombucha. Am I wrong on this? Also, most sources say to strain the tea through at least a clean cloth over a funnel, so you don't pass all the " pieces " through and drink them. I know they're not bad for you, but I and most of my family would probably not want to drink it with these pieces in it. Please let me know on both of these. Thanks- Joan > > > Hi all! > > > Does anyone have suggestions on where or what store chains may have the > > kind of strainers needed for Kefir? I bought the medium Chefmate > > plastic strainer, and a Chefmate 3 qt. plastic measuring cup both from > > Target and the strainer fits perfectly in the measuring cup. However, > > the holes were too big for the Kefir. I probably can use it more for > > Kombucha right? Any recommendations on where to find a nylon mesh > > strainer? > > > Thank you! > > > Joan > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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