Garbanzos with tails?

[Autumn]

I read the sprouting guide in Alissa's book very carefully but my garbanzo beans haven't sprouted. They just have little tails on them after 3 days. Has anyone had this happen before? Do you think I either (a) soaked too long or (b) the beans were no good to start with or (c) I'm an idiot? Haha! Anyone who picks "c" is going to get a noogie sandwich.

[VeganVixen]

I read the sprouting guide in Alissa's book very carefully but my garbanzo beans haven't sprouted. They just have little tails on them after 3 days. Has anyone had this happen before? Do you think I either (a) soaked too long or (b) the beans were no good to start with or (c) I'm an idiot? Haha! Anyone who picks "c" is going to get a noogie sandwich.

mine only do small tails -they usually go bad when they sprout long tails

[DotfromOz]

You don't want the sprouttails to be longer than the seed itself for most things. The only ones that I like longer would be alfalfa and mung bean sprouts, and those are better if the root is about 3/4"-1" long, I think. Much depends upon personal preference and willingness to try and screw up a few times. I gave up on chickpeas when I tried sprouting them some years ago, as they were very picky about how much water and how often to rinse them. I never did figure out a combination that would keep them damp enough without the things starting to mold.

Good luck...at least, your compost pile will get real happy until you can figure out what conditions work best for each thing you're sprouting.

[rawpriestess]

Autumn DEFINITELY NOT C.

I tried three times to sprout those darn beans, and they always got slimey first, I tried every thing I could think of. I am sure there is a very special way to do it, and that is fine, but I'm not tryin' again.

Besides, I don't like raw garbanzo beans, and the only thing I liked cooked ones in was humus, and the raw zucchini humus is just as tasty.

[VeganVixen]

Autumn DEFINITELY NOT C.

I tried three times to sprout those darn beans, and they always got slimey first, I tried every thing I could think of. I am sure there is a very special way to do it, and that is fine, but I'm not tryin' again.

Besides, I don't like raw garbanzo beans, and the only thing I liked cooked ones in was humus, and the raw zucchini humus is just as tasty.

mine have never turned out bad......how do you make zuchini hummus-doesit taste alot like zuchini?

[Revvell]

have never gone bad either ~ except when too old then they just sat there and ummm, putrefied.

How DOES one make zucchinni hummus???? Tell! Tell!

Revvell