A Mess of Red Pottage, but Is It Safe to Eat
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Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of red pottage, a dish thought to be the red lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). Taking today's price of US $800 per tonne, this particular pulse must seem to be an attractive crop to many farmers. Unfortunately, red lentils are a rather poor yielding crop, so in the late 1980's when it was noted in Australia that the pinkish cotyledons of the “blanche fleur” cultivar of Vicia sativa L. bore a close resemblance to those of the red lentil after dehulling, it was but a short, step to the creation of a brand new food export market.
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