Lentils, Green 'Dupuis' / 'Dupuy'

A legume on the rise in our country due to its high nutritional value. Fun to grow, although the harvest in our summers is not enormous. You are sowing history, because lentils were already eaten in "Asia Minor" around 9000 BC. In Europe, lentils have been partly replaced by peas for the last 500 years and are now making a comeback! Cooked lentils can be easily incorporated into all kinds of dishes; lentil soup is, of course, well-known. As a sprout vegetable, lentils are a rich source of protein.
Dupuis lentils are smaller and firmer than ordinary brown lentils, making them very suitable for salads, for example. The lentil variety Dupuis gets its name from the lentils referred to as 'de Puy', a lentil variety protected by the AOC (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée). This is a special lentil variety from the volcanic landscape in the Auvergne in France. The capital city there is called Le Puy, and Le Puy lentils are named after this town. Only lentils from Le Puy may bear that name, but the lentil variety also grows well in other places. Because of the protected name, they are then called Dupuis lentils, to indicate that it is the same variety.

Denominations:
Latin: Lens culinaris, or also Lens esculenta
Dutch: Linzen
Also: Dupuy lentils
English: Lentils