Help! Did I soak my lentils too long?

[Stefan Andreas Smith]

Does anyone know how long you can soak lentils and still have them be OK
to cook? I started soaking them on Sunday...it is now Tuesday night
(got kind of busy) and I'm wondering if they're still good.

Can I cook them and eat them still? Thank you very very much!

Stefan Smith
s...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu
or
smi...@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu

[Valerie Zgorzynski]

They're fine. Probably won't take very long to cook them. I do not soak
my lentils. They come out just fine. Val Z.

[Sam]

In article <435gva$9...@uwm.edu>

s...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu (Stefan Andreas Smith) writes:

> Does anyone know how long you can soak lentils and still have them be OK
> to cook? I started soaking them on Sunday...it is now Tuesday night
> (got kind of busy) and I'm wondering if they're still good.

Depends on the lentils-- mostly their size, I've never had to soak mine
as they tend to cook quite well without a long soaking. I wouldn't soak
any lentil I've seen for more than an hour if that much. Treat them
like rice. I prefer mine less cooked as it's VERY easy to turn them
into mush, even without soaking.
Now, if you smell them and they smell 'okay' and if you put them in the
'fridg you might be able to make a African inspired dish which is
basicaly a mush of lentils and curry type spices, with a bit of
allspice served with a flat bread. Use torillia wrappers for a sub for
the "Injera" (sp) bread.

[Susan Hattie Steinsapir]

You don't need to soak lentils. They cook rapidly. If they smell odd,
dump them. Lentils are cheap; food poisoning is unpleasant.
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[Valerie Stark]

In article <hattieDE...@netcom.com>,

Susan Hattie Steinsapir <hat...@netcom.com> wrote:
>
>You don't need to soak lentils. They cook rapidly. If they smell odd,
>dump them. Lentils are cheap; food poisoning is unpleasant.

I agree with Susan/Hattie's advice. OTOH, I like to soak lentils before
I use them. I change their water a couple of times during the day. They
begin to sprout, which boosts their vitamin content (as I understand it)
and decreases their, erm, objectionable tendencies. As to mushiness, I
like them that way. Sometimes I puree them for soup. Makes it feel like
a thick meat soup to my resident carnivore.

Val

"I want it LIVE!" randomly bellowed the walrus.

[Stefan Andreas Smith]

Hey everyone! Thanks a lot for the good advice. I cooked my lentils (they
were pretty soft) threw in some veggies and seasonings and they were very
good. AND I'm still alive to tell about it! They had started to sprout, so
I got some of that good ol' extry nutrition. Too bad I'm the only one in my
household who likes lentils...Thanks again.

Stefan Andreas Smith (s...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu) wrote:
: Does anyone know how long you can soak lentils and still have them be OK

: to cook? I started soaking them on Sunday...it is now Tuesday night
: (got kind of busy) and I'm wondering if they're still good.

: Can I cook them and eat them still? Thank you very very much!

[kel...@gmail.com]

hey Stefan... I have one question... did your soak lentils smell bad ?!

[mstant...@gmail.com]

I have the same question. Good luck receiving a response. It appears the earlier messages were sent 20 years ago. I did the same, by mistake, but am deciding to cook them to see how they come out. Mine did smell bad. Did you decide to cook and eat yours? If so, please provide on how they came out and whether or not you had a race to the ER.

[Jeßus]

On Sat, 7 Mar 2015 14:25:33 -0800 (PST), mstant...@gmail.com wrote:

>I have the same question. Good luck receiving a response. It appears the earlier messages were sent 20 years ago. I did the same, by mistake, but am deciding to cook them to see how they come out. Mine did smell bad. Did you decide to cook and eat yours? If so, please provide on how they came out and whether or not you had a race to the ER.

Goddamned google group users... must be close to the most clueless
people let loose on the Interweb.

[sf]

On Sat, 7 Mar 2015 14:25:33 -0800 (PST), mstant...@gmail.com wrote:

> I have the same question. Good luck receiving a response. It appears the earlier messages were sent 20 years ago. I did the same, by mistake, but am deciding to cook them to see how they come out. Mine did smell bad. Did you decide to cook and eat yours? If so, please provide on how they came out and whether or not you had a race to the ER.

You don't need to soak lentils.

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A kitchen without a cook is just a room

[Janet B]

On Sat, 7 Mar 2015 14:25:33 -0800 (PST), mstant...@gmail.com wrote:

>I have the same question. Good luck receiving a response. It appears the earlier messages were sent 20 years ago. I did the same, by mistake, but am deciding to cook them to see how they come out. Mine did smell bad. Did you decide to cook and eat yours? If so, please provide on how they came out and whether or not you had a race to the ER.

Don't soak lentils or split peas.
Janet US

[Melba's Jammin']

(I'm not seeing the OP).
If you soak lentils too long, they'll sprout. They don't need soaking;
they're one legume that cooks quickly without soaking.
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[laura.a...@gmail.com]

hey there - did you ever cook yours? did anything weird happen? about to cook mine now. thanks!!

[John Kuthe]

Not making lentil bean sprouts, eh?

John Kuthe...

[Travis McGee]

If you soak your lentils too long, you run the risk of "shrinkage"...

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 10:27:18 PM UTC-5, laura.a...@gmail.com wrote:
> hey there - did you ever cook yours? did anything weird happen? about to cook mine now. thanks!!

If she's been soaking her lentils for 21 years, I'd say that was too long.

Considering the original post was in 1995.

Cindy Hamilton

[Brooklyn1]

On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:01:00 -0500, Travis McGee <nob...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Lentils shouldn't be soaked, just rinse off any schmutz with a sieve,
don't need long cooking either, maybe 30 minutes at most.

[newyorkya...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, September 13, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Stefan Andreas Smith wrote:
> Does anyone know how long you can soak lentils and still have them be OK
> to cook? I started soaking them on Sunday...it is now Tuesday night
> (got kind of busy) and I'm wondering if they're still good.
>
> Can I cook them and eat them still? Thank you very very much!
>

> Stefan Smith
> s...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu
> or
> smi...@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu

I would eat them

[alish...@googlemail.com]

Rinse them thoroughly in cold running water. Make sure water penetrates properly. Then check smell and texture by squashing one between finger and thumb. If some hardness there and no smell it's fine.
If there's a smell after rinsing bin it.
Try not to soak more than over night to one day if you do rinse and change water once a day twice a day on hot days. You can refrigerate on hot days in water.

[Julie Bove]

<alish...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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Lentils shouldn't be soaked prior to cooking. You can sprout them though.
Sounds like that's what you were aiming for? If so, they need to be rinsed
several times a day.

[teresa...@gmail.com]

I love this comment, definitely too long!!

[death...@gmail.com]

Soaking is beneficial. It reduces phytic acid and anti-nutrient content so we can actually get nutrients out of them.

[jmcquown]

On 2/1/2019 1:46 PM, death...@gmail.com wrote:
> Soaking is beneficial. It reduces phytic acid and anti-nutrient content so we can actually get nutrients out of them.
>

Oh goody, another non-cook who doesn't know the difference between
cooking lentils and dried beans.

Jill

[razb...@gmail.com]

Yep. Soak grains/lentils whatever! 100%. If you don't you won't be able to absorb enough goodies. Sorry, all anti soakers are wrong. Look into Nourishing traditions cookbook Sally Fallon. Lifesaver. Cheery!

[Julie Bove]

<razb...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e65f32f-bff1-452a...@googlegroups.com...

> Yep. Soak grains/lentils whatever! 100%. If you don't you won't be able to
> absorb enough goodies. Sorry, all anti soakers are wrong. Look into
> Nourishing traditions cookbook Sally Fallon. Lifesaver. Cheery!

That's just not true.

[Gary]

Julie Bove wrote:

>
> <razb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yep. Soak grains/lentils whatever! 100%. If you don't you won't be able to
> > absorb enough goodies. Sorry, all anti soakers are wrong. Look into
> > Nourishing traditions cookbook Sally Fallon. Lifesaver. Cheery!
>
> That's just not true.

I agree. Lentils, split peas, barley... I know for a fact they
don't need to be presoaked.

[KenK]

"Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote in
news:qso3jm$843$1...@dont-email.me:

I never soak lentils, just beans.



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[penm...@aol.com]

However they need to be picked over for foreign matter and well
washed. For pea soup I prefer to use whole dried peas, not always
easy to find but better pea flavor than splits and they need to be
soaked for eight hours. As an aside I detest lentils, they smell like
mooslims. The soup we have most often is beef barley 'shroom, I
usually fill my 24 quart pot. We like pea soup too and during the
summer growing season I make a lot of vegetable soups.
Dinner tonight I'll roast a 4 lb top round, baked spuds, and broccoli
crowns; 99｢/lb, beef roasts this week are BOGO. I never buy the
roasts displayed, I have the butcher make up my roasts, he knows I'm a
fuss pot. Yesterday I got two 4 pounders, one for tonight, one for
the freezer.

[jmcquown]

As I orginally replied, the OP is a non-cook who doesn't know what
they're talking about. Pushing some sort of "healthy" crap by Sally
Somebody. Brought to us (naturally) by Google groups.

Jill

[Hank Rogers]

penm...@aol.com wrote:
> As an aside I detest lentils, they smell like
> mooslims.

Agree Popeye. Them mooslim's pussies are not as pungent as the 100%
mayan whores from mexico. They squirt a thick, purulent 100 ft
stream when they get off. And they smell like pinto beans, not lentils.

If yoose gonna fuck a darkie, the 100% mayans are the best whores on
the planet ... maybe even the universe. Damn mooslims can't compare
to 100% mayans.

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 5:19:52 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 Gary wrote:
> >Julie Bove wrote:
> >> <razb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Yep. Soak grains/lentils whatever! 100%. If you don't you won't be able to
> >> > absorb enough goodies. Sorry, all anti soakers are wrong. Look into
> >> > Nourishing traditions cookbook Sally Fallon. Lifesaver. Cheery!
> >>
> >> That's just not true.
> >
> >I agree. Lentils, split peas, barley... I know for a fact they
> >don't need to be presoaked.
>
> However they need to be picked over for foreign matter and well
> washed. For pea soup I prefer to use whole dried peas, not always
> easy to find but better pea flavor than splits and they need to be
> soaked for eight hours. As an aside I detest lentils, they smell like
> mooslims.

What do "mooslims" smell like, considering they live everywhere from
the U.S. to Africa, clear across to Indonesia.

Cindy Hamilton

[Hank Rogers]

Popeye just smells his own upper lip ... then gets offended by mooslims.

[michae...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, September 13, 1995 at 8:00:00 AM UTC+1, Stefan Andreas Smith wrote:
> Does anyone know how long you can soak lentils and still have them be OK
> to cook? I started soaking them on Sunday...it is now Tuesday night
> (got kind of busy) and I'm wondering if they're still good.
>
> Can I cook them and eat them still? Thank you very very much!
>
> Stefan Smith
> s...@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu
> or
> smi...@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu

it is best to soak red split lentils for about an hour if using for soup or a dahl other types of bigger lentils may need a bit longer, the problem is soa king them too long they will begin to sprout.

[dsi1]

I went to university with a mooslim, at least, that's the way I pronounce it because that's the way she pronounced it. She was from Egypt and mostly, she smelled like money. She was exotic, beautiful, and way above the regular schlubs in the class. I was lucky enough to have some classes with exotic, rich, creatures like these from places like Thailand, and China. Well alright.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Good to know. I've been up nights for six months, waiting for that reply.

Cindy Hamilton

[songbird]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
...

> Good to know. I've been up nights for six months, waiting for that reply.

you're great at math...


songbird (the op post is from September of 1995

[Cindy Hamilton]

dsi1 replied to a post of mine from last December. That's the one I was
referring to.

Cindy

[Akash Patel]

Covid is still going on. And my lentils have still been soaking for 26 years. Starting to smell a bit bad.

[Dave Smith]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:56:07 -0800 (PST), Akash Patel
<akashpat...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Covid is still going on. And my lentils have still been soaking for 26 years. Starting to smell a bit bad.

Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))
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