Do you have a favorite "LENTILS"........???

[Sourdough]

Your favorite....???
How do you use them....???
Raw or Cooked......???
How well do they keep stored......???

Just go crazy talking about ALL THINGS relative to Lentils.
https://www.liveeatlearn.com/types-of-lentils/

 

[Sourdough]

My favorite is "Free Lentils" in my senior food box.

 

[Sourdough]

What about freezing them UNCOOKED....??

 

[RJ2019]

Red lentils, I normally use in stews.

 

[elkhound]

i use the greenish/brown ones...put in my chilli...use them with rice and more...add with meat to stretch meat farther.

 

[Sourdough]

They come to me in one pound plastic bags. Would they keep safer & healthier in glass canning jars.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I'm not sure what a lentil is. I've heard the name before. I guess it's some sort of bean?

 

[Michele My Belle]

Regular brown lentils (dried bean from the Dollar Tree $1.25) - - in the small crock pot for at least 3 hrs - -
then Soup with steamed baby carrots,
or Burritos/Wraps,
or dropped on nacho chips with taco powder & shredded cheese, - -

(or same ingredients above and add ground meat & "sandwich" it inside 2 flat burrito wraps, flip both sides in a frying pan,
and smash with a spatula or glass pie plate so it becomes a quesadilla)
cut into triangles - - serve with salsa & ranch for dipping - - (leave the chips on the side)

Lentils are an ancient grain - - Jesus ate them.

 

[Michele My Belle]

They come to me in one pound plastic bags. Would they keep safer & healthier in glass canning jars.

It's like any rice or bean or pasta - - put it in a container so the mice don't get to it. No expiration.

 

[OldSchool]

I knew I was forgetting something at the grocery store today. But then I wasn't thinking about it much. I'm on a short term timeout from cooking. Maybe next time I'll buy Lentils, might even read the thread first for recipes.

 

[OldSchool]

They come to me in one pound plastic bags. Would they keep safer & healthier in glass canning jars.

Umm... putting my common sense skills to use: I believe the answer is Yes.

 

[OldSchool]

What about freezing them UNCOOKED....??

Expanding on that:
What about cooking them first, then drying, then freezing. And then when out on open range with a thawed bag... just add warm water and eat? Kinda like "minute rice" but called "minute lintels" ???

 

[Michele My Belle]

I knew I was forgetting something at the grocery store today. But then I wasn't thinking about it much. I'm on a short term timeout from cooking. Maybe next time I'll buy Lentils, might even read the thread first for recipes.

Why are you on a short term time out from cooking?

 

[OldSchool]

Why are you on a short term time out from cooking?

My excuse from doing the work and devoting the time is: I have to rotate my caned goods into my daily meals before they go bad. Poor excuse - I know, but it works.

 

[Michele My Belle]

Neat.

 

[OldSchool]

I'm not sure what a lentil is. I've heard the name before. I guess it's some sort of bean?

https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/9750-lentils

Edible seeds first mentioned in the Old Testament in Gen. xxv. 29-34, where it is related that Jacob gave Esau "bread and pottage of lentils" for his birth-right. Lentils were also among the provisions brought by Barzillai to David when the latter was in exile (II Sam. xvii. 28); and they seem to have been, as at present in Palestine and in other countries, a common article of food (comp. ib. xxiii. 11). From Ezek. iv. 9 it appears that in times of scarcity lentils, ground and mixed with other ingredients, were made into bread, a practise still in vogue in modern Egypt.

According to De Candolle ("Origin of Plants," p. 257), the lentil (Ervum Lens) was probably a native of western Asia. In some parts of Palestine it is still the predominant crop. Of the several varieties the red lentil (comp. Gen. xxv. 30) is considered the best. The lentil held a high place also among the ancient Egyptians, and the variety of Pelusium was especially celebrated (comp. Vergil, "Georgics," i. 228; Pliny, "Historia Naturalis," xvi. 201).

In Talmudic times lentils seem to have been one of the staple foods of Palestine. Thus in Pes. 3b lentils as human food are contrasted with barley as food for cattle (comp. Shab. 76b). In Beẓah 14b they are even referred to as a feast-day dish in the house of Gamaliel. The Egyptian lentil is pointed out as being of medium size, and as the measure of a particle from a "creeping thing" ("shereẓ") to cause uncleanliness (Kelim xvii. 8; comp. Ma'as. v. 8). In connection with Gen. xxv. it is said (B. B. 16b; comp. Gen. R. lxiii. 14) that lentils form a suitable dish for mourners because they have no "mouth" (i.e., "slit"), like the mourner who in his anguish is struck dumb, and by their round form they symbolize the going around of trouble and loss in this world.



I just knew it was related to Old Testament Days....

 

[OldSchool]

Neat.

That's nothing. I mean way back in the day... one of my high school teachers (one of the brighter ones) told me I had procrastination down to a science. I don't think he meant it as compliment, but it got me out of a BS assignment that I didn't want to do.

Edit: Sometimes I have bad dreams about it. I mean it was supposed to be the last assignment before graduating. On the last day I was prepared and ready, he said "forget about it.... too late" but yes I still graduated. A gift?

 

[Michele My Belle]

Reminds me of a Jack Benny joke,

Robber says, "Your money or your life".... "Well?"... Jack Benny says, "Wait a minute...I'm thinking."

 

[Amish Heart]

I store red lentils and the green/brown ones, and use them like I would beans. But I like that they cook faster, and no soaking overnight like beans. I put them in jars or mylar. Maybe the easiest thing to do with them would be to put them in a pot with some chicken broth, and chop up some vegetables. Let them cook till all are soft.

 

[UrbanHunter]

Expanding on that:
What about cooking them first, then drying, then freezing. And then when out on open range with a thawed bag... just add warm water and eat? Kinda like "minute rice" but called "minute lintels" ???

We just pressure can them, and put them on the shelf. We love them as a quick meal. We do lentils, split pea, beans, and a number of others as part of our quick meal assortment. We do not freeze them as we value our freezer space.

 

[Sourdough]

When I mention putting them in a glass jar; "OR" in the freezer, I think interims of food to be eaten in 4 to 7 years.

 

[poltiregist]

A big portion of my lentils I left in the plastic bags , then sealed in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers , then sealed in " estimated " 15 gallon plastic drums . How long they will last , I will not know until S.H.T.F. . I have no favorite lentil . I like them all .

 

[Cabin Fever]

We use lentils in soups and as a meat substitute in sloppy joes and meat loaf. We store them in mason jars.

 

[sonya123]

I use all sorts of lentils a lot
Love Indian food, look up Dhal recipes
make Turkish lentil soup with red lentils
make German lentil soup with brown ones
just made lentil bolognese a few days ago

https://themodernproper.com/walnut-and-lentil-bolognese

https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/masoor-dal-recipe/

 

[Weedygarden]

I keep some of my beans in the original package in a plastic bin with a locking lid. I typically store beans in larger quantities in5 gallon buckets or half gallon canning jars. You could store the 1 pound bags in smaller jars.

I would and do cook up the whole one pound bag of lentils by a recipe of your choice and freeze it in meal sized portions.

I love lentils! As Amish said, they do not require pre soaking and they cook up in less than half an hour, so more energy efficient than most other beans.

It’s been mentioned previously by a couple people that they don’t care for them. As with all beans, spices are important when cooking them. You can also cook them and then blend them until they are smooth and soupy like.

I like lentil soup/stew with onions, garlic, carrots and celery. I’m sure you could add other vegetables to it. One thing I learned from someone is that a little vinegar poured into a bowl of lentils adds a great flavor.

My favorite way of cooking and eating lentils is Indian dal with rice. It is spicy and the lentils are cooked until they become creamy. Imagine how inexpensive a meal of dal with rice would be and how many servings you can get from $1.25 bag of lentils. Dal and rice is such a great prepper meal. Serve it with some Indian flat bread, naan, and again, a great prepper meal. How many people could you feed for less than $5.00?

I recently saw that someone cooked lentils and then added them to a meatloaf to extend it. I thought that was a great idea. You can also make a lentil loaf or burgers. Remember that seasoning is very important with lentils as with any other bean.

 

[Amish Heart]

When I mention putting them in a glass jar; "OR" in the freezer, I think interims of food to be eaten in 4 to 7 years.

I glass jar them (1/2 gallon mason) and use the jar sealer attachment to take the air out. They should last that long.

 

[poltiregist]

I think I just inherited " sort of " some bit the dust prepper's bean stash . This community is a high percentage prepper community as I have mentioned before . my adult son was browsing inside a going out of business salvage business and found many jars of dried beans , that some prepper had filled into used pickle jars . He bought them all and brought them to my adobe . The price was 50 cents per 2 i/ 2 quart jar of beans . There are 22 jars .-- I am guessing but see no reason why anyone but a prepper would fill up so many jars with beans . To I can't see a prepper giving up their stash without something horrific happening . -- Of course like any self respecting prepper I already had a bean stash but the additional beans are much appreciated to inlarge my prepper supply . -- I will have to put in a good word to the lord for the unfortunate prepper .

 

[elkhound]

They come to me in one pound plastic bags. Would they keep safer & healthier in glass canning jars.

yes !!!!!!!!!!


edit to add....sorry @Sourdough i didnt see all the posts above...i think this forum has a glitch in software at times.

 

[Haertig]

I have a question not specific to lentils, but on general food storage. Are the type of jar sealers linked below worthwhile for things like rice, beans, peas? And if so, is it worthwhile to use something like this for pantry items that you might use once or twice a month (as opposed to long term storage)? Does sealing up the storage containers for the two, three, four weeks between uses (unsealing then re-sealing) gain you anything? I am talking smaller containers - one quart or two quart jars.

An example of what I am talking about, randomly picked from Amazon without saying this is a good or a bad version of the device:

https://www.amazon.com/UNERVER-M11-Mason-Vacuum-Sealer/dp/B0CHMRRSXS

 

[Amish Heart]

I have a question not specific to lentils, but on general food storage. Are the type of jar sealers linked below worthwhile for things like rice, beans, peas? And if so, is it worthwhile to use something like this for pantry items that you might use once or twice a month (as opposed to long term storage)? Does sealing up the storage containers for the two, three, four weeks between uses (unsealing then re-sealing) gain you anything? I am talking smaller containers - one quart or two quart jars.

An example of what I am talking about, randomly picked from Amazon without saying this is a good or a bad version of the device:

https://www.amazon.com/UNERVER-M11-Mason-Vacuum-Sealer/dp/B0CHMRRSXS

Yes! Get it! I use the attachment on my food saver because I already have it, but these are handy for countertop