u/Bo_jelin

I tried making vegan protein bars today and the recipe asked for milled chia seeds, so i put some into a food processor, but after a minute on the "nut" setting, I noticed a weird burnt smell and saw a grey liquid at the bottom... Not wanting to eat that, I tried again, only letting the food processor run for a few seconds this time, so no heat even built up and yet, the same thing happened. The seeds themselves seem fine, they smell and taste normal, but that liquid is seriously gag-inducing. Has this happened to anyone else before or know another way to crush chia seeds? I'm just upset about wasting so many chia seeds for this recipe already...

I've been trying to grow brocoli sprouts using a sprouting tower (3 stackable trays with drainage holes so the water you pour into the top can trickle down and gets collected in a basin at the bottom), and even though I rinsed them 3-4 times a day, they keep smelling fishy after about 3 days. I've even tried growing them on the trays seperately on kitchen paper without coverinh them, only spraying the seeds with water so there's no chance large amounts of water stand in the trays and it doesn't get too humid, but they started smelling fishy again. I've cleaned the trays thoroughly with dish soap and hot water between each attempt, and even soaked the seats in a mixture of water, vinegar and dish soap before trying to sprout them. But even though the sprouts look good and grow very well, they keep smelling like fish or seaweed. Is that just how they're supposed to smell? In the beginning they just smell like cabbage but the odor changes drastically after a few days. I'm really close to just giving up. Do you have any tips or ideas why this is happening? I keep throwing the batches out because I read the smell could allude to bacterial contamination...