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Welcome to Nelson Family Farms - farmbuilt.com
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Lentils & Peas from Our Family to Yours!
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 Nelson Family Farms is located on the palouse
in Troy, Idaho. We grow
lentils,
peas, wheat, barley,
grass seed, and other minor crops. Our
Lentil Gift Crate is a
great way for you to reap the benefits of our harvest and with our
recipe booklet a
healthy dish is sure to satisfy your taste buds. Lentils and peas
are a great source of
nutrition; are easily
prepared and great for vegetarian diets. You can create delicious
desserts, side dishes, soups or a complete meal based on these
wholesome legumes.
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Nelson Farms is pleased to offer a wide variety of lentil and pea products.
Lentils and peas are great sources of
nutrition. |
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Lentils are protein rich. They lack only one protein, methionine. Adding
grains, eggs, nuts, seeds, meat, dairy products, or eggs will provide a complete
protein. |
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The lentil is a cousin of the bean, and both are a part of the legume
family. All legumes are seeds that grow within pods. Lentils are shaped
like a lens. In fact, lens is the Latin word for lentil. |
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Lentils are simple to prepare. Simply sort, remove any debris. Then rinse
and boil for fifteen to twenty minutes. There is no need to soak lentils.
Also, do not add salt to lentils while cooking; toughness may occur.
Lentils are packed with nutrients, fiber, complex carbohydrates, and folic
acid. Lentils are a low calorie, low fat and cholesterol free food as well
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Dry peas are dried naturally by the late summer sun. They are most
commonly split, which speeds cooking time. Americans are most familiar
with green peas, but yellow peas are also grown on the Palouse.
Peas probably came from northwest Asia and some
archaeologists think that people started growing peas and lentils more than
20,000 years ago.
- Lentils, peas and chickpeas have been found in Egyptian tombs that
were built over 4,000 years ago.
- Peas have been found in caves in Thailand that are over 11,000 years
old.
- In the Bible (Genesis 25:34) Esau sold his birthright for a "pottage
of lentils".
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Check that the legumes you are using are from
the United States. lentils peas, and chickpeas from other origins such as
Canada, Turkey, and India have been known to have higher levels of foreign
matter. In addition, products from these origins may take significantly
longer to cook because of "hard seed" problems (a result of harvesting at
higher moisture rates.) Lentils peas, and chickpeas from the United States
are dried naturally in the sun and harvested only when completely mature. |
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