It is possible to clean the seeds quickly, too, without all that nasty fermentation. I've used Trudi Davidoff's method, and it worked great for me.
http://web.archive.org/web/201...
Unfortunately, Trudi's wintersown site was hacked recently, and she's in the process of re-doing it. Now you have to access older material by way of the wayback machine. But, the above link should work.
Karen
