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Login Here Signup Here Signup using FacebookHey all! So I have just now started to try to sprout things after 5 months of being raw (I was lazy and it sounded complicated). I am sprouting chickpeas right now and I noticed after i soaked them initially that they have a strange smell. Not rotten, it almost smells like a chemical smell. Is this normal? I rinsed them during the soaking a few times, but there was a period where my boyfriend was supposed to rinse and didn't. Same with while they are sprouting (he is lazy too;) What do you think? Scrap them? The boy thinks they smell like chickpeas, I just really disagree. Chemical
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Were they organic? One time I picked up non-organic ones and sprouted them and they smelled like that.
Same thing happened here...hoping for an answer too.
They are organic. Do other sprouts ever smell?
Hmm, that's weird. What happens if you taste one? Does the smell go away when you rinse them?
I think all legumes give off an odour when they're actively sprouting. It's not foul, but it's not sweet either. I soaked some for 12 hours then left them to sprout and I could actually hear them splitting open their skins for the tail to start growing. It was wild. Every couple of minutes, I'd hear a pop.
I've had this problem, too!
I'd like to have a more solid answer, but from what I gathered it's because they're not getting rinsed enough. I make lentil sprouts all the time and never had this problem, but when I made chickpea sprouts the first time they STUNK! Nasty-ness.
For some reason I was inclined to try again, and the second time I rinsed them at least 3x a day... no stink! I guess chickpeas just need to be rinsed a lot more than other sprouts.
Good luck and keep sprouting!
All Sprouts "Smell"... Personally I like the way They Smell But Then again I like to eat them as finger food and Generally Love All Of them... Garlic is Probably the strongest smelling one ... I always buy the mixes and just can't get enough... Sometimes I eat to many as they are Very Filling.