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Did you know - Lentils




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Did you know - Lentils

Among the world's oldest cultivated foods, lentils are
also some of the most digestible legumes. The lentil comes
in colors ranging from orange to pink to grayish green. Lentil
pods grow on viny, green plants with long, thin leaves.
Lentils probably first appeared in northeastern Iraq . At Qalat
Jarmo, Iraq, archaeologists have found lentils nearly 9000
years old. Sites in Greece and Turkey have also yielded up
ancient lentils.

The Egyptians were big lentil eaters as early as 5000
years ago. An offering of mashed lentils was found in an
Egyptian tomb. The Egyptians were lentil traders as well and
probably introduced them to both the Greeks and the Romans.
At the beginning of the first century AD, 2.8 million pounds
of Egyptian red lentils-the packing peanut of the era
cushioned a carved stone obelisk traveling from Egypt to Rome.
The monument still stands in front of St. Peter's Basilica in
Vatican City, but the lentils that protected it have long
since been eaten.

Lentil soup, a remarkably healthy dish, has been a French
favorite for centuries. Originally a food of the poor, the
tiny legume is packed with protein, fiber, iron and potassium
The French may have brought lentils to the northern Americas.
The Iroquois Indians of the St. Lawrence Valley grew them in
abundance from the early 1700's on.

India grows more than half the world's supply of lentils
about 800,000 tons per year-and eats it all, importing more
from Turkey. Canada and Australia are important lentil exporters.