Quick odd lentil question

[FrannyandZooey]

I put some lentils on to soak yesterday and only just got around to cooking them, so they have been sitting in the hot kitchen all day and have started to sprout

I am wondering in a paranoid way whether they will still be ok to cook and eat in a shepherds pie?

in the words of my dh:

'what's to go off?'

I know people sprout and eat lentils anyway

am just concerned they have been festering in warm water for over 24 hours

Hot kitchen? where do you live franny?

They'll be fine!

Sprouted lentils are yummy, raw or cooked. Nice in stir-fries.

I have never read a cookbook that says 'if you leave them for more than 24 hours you must consign them to the bin or you die'

but I am quite a new lentil weaver so maybe you need someone more experienced

Essex, franca - tis vair hot here

no Capp but....you know what I mean. The scum as I am boiling them looks a funny pinkish colour also

Thanks WWB - does it matter that they are only half sprouted? [knows this is silly q but has to ask anyway]

No, doesn't matter.

Honestly, they'll be fine!

yes they are done now and they do seem fine, thank you everyone