Wheatgrass

[CynicalSurvival]

Hi, I am thinking quite a lot about things that would be easy and quick to grow to get some extra calories and nutrients in an emergency situation especially a long term one.

I sometimes sprout mung beans and other things and they are quick and easy and tasty.
Anyone do wheatgrass? It sounds ideal but I don't know where to get the wheat grains and how best to do it.

Any tips on suppliers and/or method?

[Devonian]

Wheatgrass is widely used for juicing and as you say is very nutritious and quick to grow.

I don't know if it can eaten raw?? But even in liquid form it is an acquired taste and best mixed with other juices for flavour

http://www.wheatgrass-uk.com/

[Plymtom]

Wheatgrass is widely used for juicing and as you say is very nutritious and quick to grow.

I don't know if it can eaten raw?? But even in liquid form it is an acquired taste and best mixed with other juices for flavour

http://www.wheatgrass-uk.com/

We did it as a healthy thing, a shot glass a day each and acquired taste my arse, come the end (3 or 5 months)only I could do it out of the 5 of us, and that was because I threw it down my neck, my advice don't do it, or try it first somehow it's vile, and unless you can use the stuff you have to buy to do it including the juicer on something else, a waste of money.

[CynicalSurvival]

We did it as a healthy thing, a shot glass a day each and acquired taste my arse, come the end (3 or 5 months)only I could do it out of the 5 of us, and that was because I threw it down my neck, my advice don't do it

Ok lol thanks.... Will give that one a miss then.

Mung beans and cress and mustard seeds are all easy and tasty in my experience, and you get some 'green' out of something that stores for years.

[kizzie]

I dehydrate herbs, spices etc and thinking about sprouting grasses, dehydrating them and grinding into powder making capsules out of them to make sure I get as many vits and mins as I can.

What would you say would be good for a sprouting beginner?

[Devonian]

We did it as a healthy thing, a shot glass a day each and acquired taste my arse, come the end (3 or 5 months)only I could do it out of the 5 of us, and that was because I threw it down my neck, my advice don't do it, or try it first somehow it's vile, and unless you can use the stuff you have to buy to do it including the juicer on something else, a waste of money.

I was trying to be polite

I tried it once and thought, ummm think I'll stick with apple juice

We did it as a healthy thing, a shot glass a day each and acquired taste my arse, come the end (3 or 5 months)only I could do it out of the 5 of us, and that was because I threw it down my neck, my advice don't do it

Ok lol thanks.... Will give that one a miss then.

Mung beans and cress and mustard seeds are all easy and tasty in my experience, and you get some 'green' out of something that stores for years.

Something you may want to consider is Perpetual Spinach. It can be grown almost anywhere, plant pots, flower boarders, veg patch wherever. But the great thing is you pick the leaves and new ones keep growing, so providing you have enough plants, you have an ever lasting supply and its very versatile food source.

There are other perennial veg as well which is something I'm currently looking into as I hate having to replant every year.

[Plymtom]

Plymtom wrote:
We did it as a healthy thing, a shot glass a day each and acquired taste my arse, come the end (3 or 5 months)only I could do it out of the 5 of us, and that was because I threw it down my neck, my advice don't do it, or try it first somehow it's vile, and unless you can use the stuff you have to buy to do it including the juicer on something else, a waste of money.


I was trying to be polite

As was I

[nickdutch]

I have never juiced wheatgrass, but plan to at some point for my health. Its supposed to be a great detoxifier, and some people get laxative effects from it. It is also added to enema water to help to clean the body out during a detoxification regime. It may be very high in nutrients.


Some health gurus even talk about juicing regular lawn grass in a wheatgrass juicer (not a regular juicer) to get the benefits of the micronutrients. However, some online bloggers claim stomach upsets from having more than one 25 Ml shot at a time or in a day. Some people report adding regular grass to a high powered blender to top off a smoothie to get the benefits of the fibre that the grasses contain.......... If you WERE to do this, IMHO, you have to make sure that your lawn grass is clean, chemical free and if it is wild grass, that it hasn't been pissed on by cats or dogs, is not near a place where chemicals run out of and the like. Standard wild crafting skills.

I haven't tried this, IMHO, you can't live off lawn grass, but it might be something that you could (hypothetically) include in a health routine in tiny doses. However, the idea of eating grasses does scare the merry christmas out of me.

[Plymtom]

I haven't tried this, IMHO, you can't live off lawn grass, but it might be something that you could (hypothetically) include in a health routine in tiny doses. However, the idea of eating grasses does scare the merry christmas out of me.

Don't do it Nick... Yule be sorry in the months I was doing it I could claim no health benefits TBH, just more chores and a family who believed I was either poisoning them or just did it for the amusement of seeing the horrified disgusted looks on their faces whilst trying to drink it. (there may be a little truth in that last bit )

[CynicalSurvival]

What would you say would be good for a sprouting beginner?

Cress and mustard seed are really easy without any equipment. Just put a layer of damp kitchen paper or tissue into a bowl, sprinkle on the seeds, then put another piece on top. Keep damp but not swimming in water. Remove the top layer when the seeds start to germinate after a couple of days. In under a week you will have tasty sprouts.

For beans I guess the same would work but I always use a sprouter a bit like this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Vogel-A-Vogel ... +sprouters
Mung beans work well, they are easy and I've never had a problem with them failing or going mouldy. The kids seem to like them too It's also really economical as a bag of say 500g beans can last for a year at least...