DISQUS

For Elizabeth - sprouts are fresh. You don't need a garden or even a windowsill. They are also full to the brim with nutrition. Check the stats on broccoli sprouts and broccoli - it's amazing.

For jweiss08 - I've been raising sprouts for about 35 years and I've never heard about a salmonella threat using a jar.

For DeeAnn - sprouting is simple and if you have kids a great way to interest them especially if you give each one a different kind of seed to sprout. A little friendly competition can be a good thing.

Your sprouts look terrific. Be sure to save the water, esp. from the first soak & rinse. Full of nutrients and good for soup,bread,etc or watering your plants.

Lentils sprouts, or any, can be used in stir fries, dried and ground, or not, and put in bread. Also soup as an ingredient or just as a pretty topper.

Sprouts can be used for different foods at different lengths - mostly it's a 'try it' thing as personal tastes vary.

Paying cash to avoid taxes - no. I have paid cash to a lawn service, but insisted on a reciept showing I paid in full with cash.
Having had a 'flea market store' I constantly had to deal with the sales tax issue - even tho I had a tax certificate and had it displayed next to my cash register - "if I pay cash you won't charge me sales tax, right?" After a consultation with my CPA we decided on a tax included price. Meant keeping lots of records, but I was legally doing business, paid my sales tax quarterly and my customers thought they were getting a 'real deal'. Much better in my mind than the thought of being arrested, going to jail, paying a whole lot in back taxes, penalties, etc. It does go further than just the local taxes - all the way up to the IRS. Truthfully, this day in age of sagging home and retail sales, my town, county and state need all the help they can get from sales tax.