I've been experimenting with Sprouting Grains, and since this is such a niche food-thing, I have trouble finding advice and troubleshooting. I am a little concerned that some sprouted farro I ate last night gave me some diarrhea/nausea (TMI sorry) and this is the only place I could think to find solid advice. I will break down my process:
-1 month ago: obtained locally grown, fresh Farro from a Grain farm I work markets for
-Took home and sprouted in a big bowl in the pantry. Took about 3 days, soaked once overnight and then rinsed/strained twice a day. Sprouts were a lot longer than internet pictures show (some up to 1/4 of an inch). Smelled for sourness, found nothing suspicious, put in the fridge.
-Some I cooked up and ate within a day, I made some curry, that was a few weeks ago and had no problem
-The rest of the Farro, I dehydrated in 2 batches for about 12 hours at I believe 112 degrees F? Whatever online instructions said was proper
-That was about 2-3 weeks ago. I planned to immediately grind it into flour, but I got covid and put that on hold. So I put the dehydrated sprouted Farro in jars in my fridge, where they have sat for a couple of weeks.
-Now brings us to yesterday. I made a mushroom/broccoli casserole from my Moosewood cookbook. Subbed millet for my sprouted Farro. One jar seemed fine, so I cooked it up and baked it with sauteed veggies. Ate it, was delicious.
-The other jar of Farro in my fridge smelled a little sour, so I didn't use it.
-Ate at about 8:30pm. Woke up at 6am and emptied my bowels. Have gone twice since and its not even 10:30am. Feeling ever-so-slightly nauseous.
Now, I have recently realized I have digestive issues as it is. And I did eat a fast food sandwich w/ fries 2 nights ago (feel free to judge me, I had a stressful day at work and I eat fast food maybe 3 times a year) I have no idea if the sprouted Farro is what caused it, or if it was the out-of-pocket ingestion of fried food. I generally believe in trusting my own senses, and everything I used looked, smelled, and felt fine, and I figure dehydrated sprouted grains in the fridge shouldn't go bad very quickly.
My plan was to eat the meal again at lunch and see what happens. If anyone has experience with sprouting and dehydrating grains, I'd love to hear it, cause literally no one in my life has done this.
TIA
