Broccoli Sprouts

Day 1 

Soak 1-2 T broccoli seeds for about 10 hours.

Day 2 morning and evening

Drain, rinse with fresh water, drain.

Cover with gauze and a rubber band.

Place in a warm, dark place, like under the sink.

Day 3 morning and evening

Rinse with fresh water, drain. Repeat if the water seems cloudy.

Cover with gauze and a rubber band.

Put them back in the warm, dark place.

The fuzzy bits are roots, not mold.

Day 4 morning and evening
The same routine: rinse, drain, put back.

Day 5 morning

Rinse with fresh water, drain. Repeat if the water seems cloudy. 

By this time, your sprouts should be pretty good-sized. If you want, take some out and place them in sunlight for a couple hours to get nice and green to use that day. Return the rest to the cool, dark place, covered with gauze.

After sunshine

Day 5 evening

Rinse with fresh water, drain. Repeat once or twice. 

Day 6 morning

Rinse with fresh water, drain. Repeat once or twice. 

Place the jar in indirect sunlight for a couple hours, then cover and refrigerate. 

Tips

• Broccoli sprouts take 4-6 days to grow.
• Excess moisture is bad. The seeds should be damp, but not wet. Don't leave any water at the bottom of the jar after rinsing.
• On day 2-3, when tiny roots appear, they will look fuzzy. That is not mold. If they get moldy, they will smell foul.
• I rinse mine only morning and evening. Others suggest rinsing them 3-4 times a day. Sometimes I give them a soak for a few minutes.
• The brown hulls keep them a little too moist, so you can remove them while you soak the sprouts by touching the surface of the water with a wooden chopstick. They stick readily to the chopstick and you can get rid of them.
• You can start eating them from about day 4. Take out what you want that day and give them some indirect sunlight for a few hours to make them green. Direct sunshine might cook them.
• You may want to start another batch on about day 4 in order to have a constant supply of fresh sprouts.
• I start taking out portions each day from about day 4, and by day 6 or 7, if there are any left, I put them in indirect light for a few hours and then rinse and store them in a covered container in the fridge.
• 1 T of seeds seems to make about 3 cups of sprouts.

Corn on the Cob

Place an ear of corn, still in its husk, inside a plastic bag. Tie it loosely. Actually, you don't need to put it in a bag, as is works just fine.

Put it in the center of the microwave. Set the timer for 4 minutes, 30 seconds or so less if the corn is small. 

Use an oven mitt to remove the corn from the microwave. You might want to let it cool for a minute. Then, while holding the top, cut all the way through just above where the husks are attached. No need to remove the bag.

Pick up the corn by the top and gently shake. The corn will fall out of its husk, minus all silk.