Was the sprouting of seeds for food production known in Europe before 1800?

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An example of solid food made from sprouted seeds is the Finnish speciality of mämmi/memma, which is made from malted rye and traditionally eaten at Easter. It seems to be attested since at least the 18th century (source in Finnish, I used Google translate).

andejons 5681

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Beer is made by fermenting a malt (or mashed grain) such as barley. The process of malting begins identically as that of preparing sprouts for food, except it is then halted by drying.

Since beer-making in this way has been known to European and Middle Eastern cultures for thousands of years, then the process of sprouting was also known to those same cultures.

Pieter Geerkens 71937

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