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What is the best way to cook/prepare hemp seed for loose feed and at one point would you add any flavouring like spices if you were to use them.
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I just put the seeds in a wide mouth thermos flask and pour boiling water over them and leave overnight. Works a treat and no smell.
For larger batches I have a plug in electric hob in a shed and boil it up in a big old pan for abut 30 minutes..
I never add any flavours etc so not sure on that one but if it was a powder like chilli I would just add it to the hemp once the water has been drained and mix well.
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Slow cooker, a few pounds from a charity shop, equal amounts of hemp and hot water, a heap teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda per pint of water added, three hours on medium heat. When cooked add a heap tablespoon of salt per pint of water added at the start and any flavouring you want, chillier is often used but be careful if attending a call of nature after handling the bait. Store in a man airtight tub when still boiling hot a d fill to the top even if that means adding some boiling water, that will stop it going off. If leaving for more than a week drain and freeze in batches.

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with cooking as above... flavouring and the world is your oyster... however Chiili flakes are a great additive as are other spices.... try a few flavoured batches and see what works... as a long time user of chilli hemp for carp fishing I can attest to it's pulling power it really does get them grubbing around
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I must admit I buy it in tins :Scared:

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Paul D wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:12 pm I must admit I buy it in tins :Scared:
a good plan if SWMBO is averse to the smell of cooking hemp.... although the Thermos flask method solves the problem :Hat: :Cool:
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Tins for me as well. Plus imitation hemp on the hook.
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I agree; Thermos flask technique if organised and tinned as a back-up.....

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Thank you for the comments chaps.
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Also buy in bulk from a pet shop.
I once had a 25kg sack of the stuff which worked out surprisingly cheap.
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