yikes! Did I just screw up my dinner?

[kubasd]

Okay so i'm feeling a little under the weather so having some comfort food of brown rice cooked with lentils. I threw the rice in the boiling water and then closed the lid. I then realized i forgot the lentils and just dumped them in. I then realized (can you tell i'm feeling fuzzy?) that i had rinsed or sorted the lentils at all.... They're standard lentils, in a bag, goya brand.... Did i just ruin my dish??

[kubasd]

My thanks to both of you, i'll make sure to just be wary when eating. That won't be hard since i'm not one to mindlessly shovel food into my mouth anyways, lol.

I hope i kick this soon though, its yucky.

[Normandie]

Doesn't sound fun and most of us get a little fuzzy headed when we're feeling poorly. Hope you're through it soon and, yes, just be mindful while you're eating, but I'm sure it will be fine.

[Andrew_Cookbooker]

The only thing I ever find in lentils are very small rocks - usually I find one every so often when I check a batch. I'd presume if there was a rock it would be at the bottom of the pot, and you could just look through it after as Normandie said. I've never had any other sort of issues - you're not rinsing off anything that will affect the taste when you rinse them (unlike Quinoa, for example)

[Normandie]

kubasd, I do look the bagged lentils over before using them, but honestly, I really don't remember when I found anything. Now and then I take out a undeveloped lentil or something, but I don't think I've ever found something else.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about it. When you take the food out of the pan, just fluff it a little with your fork and look through it then.

I'm sure it will be fine, and you should worry instead about feeling better. ;-) I hope you do, very soon.