Blister Packs

I forget now what these held, but I knew I could find a Second Use for them. The larger blister has a D-shaped insert that divides the interior into two connected portions. The smaller blister looks as if it held screws or nails.

Both blisters are loosely-reseal able with press-stud like dimples.

Perfect.

Three days ago I loaded each pack with a teaspoon of dried mung beans , (1) available at your local supermarket's bean-and-pea section.

Each pack had an overnight soaking in tap water, and then was drained. Three mornings later (a rinse each morning) and I have sprouts that I can use in a salad..

The D-shaped enclosure inhibits movement of the beans and sprouts, but does not affect the rinsing and air-flow at all.

The small enclosure is cramped, but a twice-daily rinsing will cope with that.

I used to try to separate the green husks away by flotation, but came to the conclusion that manually stirring the set and trying to scoop out husks probably damaged the microscopic root hairs. Too, I reasoned that the husks were valuable roughage, so now, at this four-day point in warm weather, I pop the blisters into the refrigerator where they will continue to sprout, slowly, and still be sweetly-fresh four days from now.

Today's greens (dandelion leaves) were harvested from my weeding session in the daffodil beds, yesterday morning.

(1) "Mung beans are recognized for their high nutritive value. Mung beans contain about 55%-65% carbohydrate (equal to 630 g/kg dry weight) and are rich in protein, fat, vitamins and minerals.[13] It is composed of about 20%-50% protein of total dry weight, among which globulin (60%) and albumin (25%) are the primary storage proteins"

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