Constantly trying to expand my cooking horizons, I'm pretty much willing to try anything once. I found a new recipe that had lots of familiar ingredients and sounded good, but it also called for lentils. I purchased the lentils and prepared them as directed, and still have no idea what they are. Riley (7 yrs.) had helped me put them away the day before and we had been discussing the unknown origin of them. So, when I prepared the recipe I announced at the dinner table, "Riley, this has lentils in it." Ashley's (9 yrs.) reply was, "Ewwwwww -- did you get it from the washing machine?" Then we had a discussion that while I wasn't positive what lentils ARE, I know they AREN'T the same thing as LINT!