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Letter Re: The Value of Sprouting
Mr. Rawles,
In addition to seeds for a garden, anyone can produce fresh healthy
and extremely nutritious sprouts on a kitchen counter with nothing more than
a
couple of
plastic ice-cream containers. They can provide a real respite from canned
veggies while you're waiting for the crops to mature and year-round fresh greens.
I
sprout the common mung beans (think Chinese cooking) but I also do lentils,
various peas and beans and (if I could get it) I would do alfalfa and clover.
You can also make a respectable salad in your kitchen with a tray of mesclun
seeds, grown to a few inches high. Peas, any variety, will produce a delicious
green in a few days in a sprout tray. You can get a lot of information and
supplies from Sprout People or you can just buy regular seeds
and beans from the supermarket or seed supply store. I did 'em years before
I even considered how they might supplement a 'survival kitchen' for the
fun and goodness of it! - Lisa in Panama.
JWR Replies: Sprouting is indeed a great way to provide essential
vitamins. Ounce for ounce, sprouting seeds are the most nutritious
and space and weight efficient form of storage food! Sprouting seeds and sprouting
kits (with trays) are
available from a variety of Internet
vendors,
including
some
SurvivalBlog
advertisers such as Ready
Made Resources, Nitro-Pak,
and Lehman's
.
Also, don't miss this
letter on sprouting wheat grass, in the SurvivalBlog archives.
