Vegetable Love: Sprouts
February 28, 2007 in vegetable
Oh the farmer’s market. I love you! When I was most recently at the farmer’s market I discovered this sprout mix. It is a combination of alfalfa, clover, and fennel spouts! I had a taste of this and was hooked!
They grow each of the sprouts individually, then a few daysbefore selling they combine them together so the flavors mix and blend. It is really a fantastic way to eat sprouts. You get just a nice hint of extra flavor from the fennel and the clover, but you still have the fresh, mild alfalfa to balance it out.
The mix is fantastic on salads & sandwiches. Do you have any sprout ideas – please share them if so! And if you are lucky enough to find such a sprout mix as this, don’t pass it up!
ETA: This was how they were shown at the market.
That sounds really lovely!
How are the sprouts packaged?
I read somewhere (http://medicalreporter.health.org/tmr0799/sprouts.html), a very long time ago, that spouts were one of the biggest nesting grounds for samonella and e.coli which freaked me out. But I seriously love them and have missed them ever since. I wonder if I could find something similar at the St.Lawrence Market here?…..
Well that is scary! These sprouts are organic and grown in little individual plots so I’m hopeful they would never be exposed to other bacteria, but you never know. I just washed them with my spinach though to play it safe.