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Non
08-30-2012, 03:18 AM
This sounds awesome!
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http://curezone.com/forums/am.asp?i=30649

I make rejuvelac all the time with a variety of sprouts, including buckwheat, rye, rice, amaranth, quinoa, and even lentils. If you are asking if you can make rejuvelac with the first soak of unsprouted quinoa or any grain, I would say it's not worth trying. There are enzyme inhibitors and other undesirables in the skin of grains that should be removed by soaking before sprouting and fermenting for a good germination rate. At the very least you should also rinse them really well after the initial soak, which isn't necessary after the first batch.

My method uses 4 half-gallon mason jars. I begin by first rinsing, removing bad grains, and soaking (usually 8-12 hours), then sprouting for 1-2 cycles (allowing the grains to sit in a strainer suspended over a bowl and rinsing every 8-12 hours). After soaking again in 2% lemon juice for 30 minutes to sanitize, I rinse again with filtered water (tap is also OK, but just for rinsing) and add to the mason jars along with some blended, strained organic local cabbage and the juice from 1/4 of a lemon. Fill to about 1 inch from the top with filtered, spring, or ionized water then vacuum seal (the reason for the mason jars) using a home vacuum sealer with accessory hose and jar adapter. Lactobacteria are anaerobic, so low oxygen gives them a competitive advantage. Skim the top and pour through a small strainer into a glass container and optionally vacuum seal the product if making large batches. Always refrigerate.

It generally takes 36-48 hrs at 70F and about 24 hrs at 80F for the first batch, where I sometimes need to reseal because the fermentation gases break the vacuum seal. The subsequent batches might only take 24 hrs at 70F or 16 hrs at 80F, depending on how much of the concentrated stuff at the bottom you pour off the first time. Never a bad batch yet with this method (100+ gallons)

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Manual Vacuum seal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7dZrQ6YhaE

Non
08-30-2012, 03:19 AM
Anyone know exactly how to do what she says? How can someone make rejuvelac with legumes!? I've tried.. it made me incredible gassy. Well maybe because I didn't sprout it enough. Still I don't think it's all that good but.. I just do wonder if the Other ingredients helps to balance all that out when fermenting such that it wouldn't give gas...

Non
08-30-2012, 03:33 AM
Another way to manually vaccuum seal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGfUwEf810g
http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Alvin-Vacuum-Sealer/


I think there would be another way to make one using bike pumps.

http://www.instructables.com/id/make-a-manual-vacuum-pump-for-under-$20-by-convert
http://lifehacker.com/5618718/convert-a-bike-pump-into-a-manual-vacuum-pump

The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)
08-30-2012, 03:38 AM
Anyone know exactly how to do what she says? How can someone make rejuvelac with legumes!? I've tried.. it made me incredible gassy. Well maybe because I didn't sprout it enough. Still I don't think it's all that good but.. I just do wonder if the Other ingredients helps to balance all that out when fermenting such that it wouldn't give gas...

why not just sprout a grain like quinoa or wheat for two days and then soak for two days. lt makes a great drink.

Non
08-30-2012, 03:42 AM
why not just sprout a grain like quinoa or wheat for two days and then soak for two days. lt makes a great drink.

Yea of course that's just regular rejuvelac. The thing I like about this method mainly is that it uses lemon juice for sanitation, and also a vacuum sealer. And a plus to add pretty much any other kind of fermentable veggie....

This is like, kraut juice, rejuvelac, psuedo-grain rejuvelac, lentil-natto/miso juice all in one. Probably can add herbs and such too to make it some kind of weird alchemical herbal concoction. Of course a person could also add starter?

Well I dont know if she mixes all of them. I think that lentil rejuvelac by itself might gas causing. Perhaps sprouting them long enough and/or mixing it with other ingredients makes it possible.

But this is all too deviated from rejuvelac. Just plain ol grain will do of course. With the lemon juice and manual vacuum sealing would make a new and improved rejuvelac.

Raw Angel Mom
08-30-2012, 07:54 AM
I will look into this. I only do rejuvelac with cabbage or quinoa (method of dr. Wigmore)