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From what I understand, Oregon passed food safety laws that effectively prohibited sprouts at restaurants, for the sorts of reasons you describe. A sandwich sh
by voakbasda 3y ago
From what I understand, Oregon passed food safety laws that effectively prohibited sprouts at restaurants, for the sorts of reasons you describe. A sandwich shop that I frequented put sprouts on most of their sandwiches, and then one day they were gone.
Sprouts are a raw food. They are safe as the conditions raised and handled. Sprouts you grow yourself with sanitary procedures from certified seeds are extremely unlikely to cause any problems. Sprouts grown at scale and shipped through a network of distribution channels before being consumed… yikes.
- an_aparallel 3y agothats the thing - with sanitary procedures: im assuming a soak of hydrogen peroxide...followed by rinse? Is that sufficient to sprout safely?
- meristohm 3y agoI've read that an H2O2 soak is a reasonable precaution to reduce bacterial load, but I haven't done it yet. If I started doing that I'd be going through a lot of hydrogen peroxide. Maybe blanching? Dunno if there's a duration long enough to kill surface inhabitants without harming the seed.
- an_aparallel 3y agoThere's an indian snack of sprouted lentils zapped in the microwave for a minute or so? followed by a light sprinkly of cumin, salt, and lime/lemon juice. It's quite awesome.