When do lentils go wrong?

[Stanley Edwards]

I ate a lentil and something thing about Five hours ago. It came for free, and wasn't hot, but it tasted good. It is now sitting there more stubbornly than a 32OZ steak ever would.

Fucking hippies. Normally, when I cook with lentils I only ever use them as a curry base to soak up all the spices and always use jarred/tinned, pre-cooked lentils.

Even the quick cook dried lentils are dangerous - no? The proper dried ones can kill you to death if you don't pre-soak them?

Am I believing an alternative fact, or am I right?

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Lentils also have anti-nutrient factors, such as trypsin inhibitors and a relatively high phytate content. Trypsin is an enzyme involved in digestion, and phytates reduce the bioavailability of dietary minerals.[10] The phytates can be reduced by prolonged soaking and fermentation or sprouting...


Dried lentils can be sprouted by soaking in water for one day and keeping moist for several days, which changes their nutrition profile and reduces undesirable phytic acid.

Lentil - Wikipedia

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[UnderOpenSky]

I ate a lentil and something thing about Five hours ago. It came for free, and wasn't hot, but it tasted good. It is now sitting there more stubbornly than a 32OZ steak ever would.

Fucking hippies. Normally, when I cook with lentils I only ever use them as a curry base to soak up all the spices and always use jarred/tinned, pre-cooked lentils.

Even the quick cook dried lentils are dangerous - no? The proper dried ones can kill you to death if you don't pre-soak them?

Am I believing an alternative fact, or am I right?

No, that's bollocks. It's really not rocket science. Just cook them till they aren't hard. Soaking just speeds up the cooking time which is useful for the yellows and green ones, but the red ones definitely don't need it.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

I'm not so sure. These phytates could be important.

Red kidney beans? Why so different hey?

The corporate lentil producers are getting away with murder.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm not so sure. These phytates could be important.

Red kidney beans? Why so different hey?

The corporate lentil producers are getting away with murder.

Kidney beans are not lentils

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I'm not so sure. These phytates could be important.

Red kidney beans? Why so different hey?

The corporate lentil producers are getting away with murder.

Trolling about lentils.

I don't know about phytates, but I can promise you that not presoaking them won't kill you. I know that as I'm not dead.

My colleague made a curry which had chick peas in yesterday though and didn't presoak. They didn't kill us, but weren't very nice, which was a shame as it confirmed what the kids thought about chick peas.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Kidney beans are not lentils

They are closely related.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Trolling about lentils.

I don't know about phytates, but I can promise you that not presoaking them won't kill you. I know that as I'm not dead.

My colleague made a curry which had chick peas in yesterday though and didn't presoak. They didn't kill us, but weren't very nice, which was a shame as it confirmed what the kids thought about chick peas.

They kill you slowly. You will only notice when it is too late!

 

[bluescreen]

Knit your own lentils, Stanley, it's much safer.

 

[Pickman's model]

They are closely related.

As are you to chimps

 

[Celyn]

They kill you slowly. You will only notice when it is too late!

Then you would never notice at all, you being all deadybones at that point.

 

[WouldBe]

Lentils go wrong as soon as they are picked.

 

[danny la rouge]

Out of date dried red lentils - will I kill my family?

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