Dried items are usually soaked in water to rehydrate before cooking. Dried lotus seeds must be soaked in water overnight prior to use. Then, the intestine is exhaustively soaked, cleaned and rinsed. Sprout seeds are soaked in water for usually eight hours and then drained. The eye would later be soaked with warm butter and then bandaged. The eye would later be soaked with warm clarified butter and then bandaged. While making hauma the stalks were first soaked in water and then pounded. Instead, before performances he soaked his fingers in hot water. Brown rice may be soaked in warm water for 20 hours to stimulate germination. Seeds can also be sprouted in cloth bags that are repeatedly soaked in water. The noodles may be soaked in water before cooking. Once in that state, the potatoes were soaked in water and thawed completely. It could be soaked in water and prepared for eating. For breakfast, it is soaked in water and sweetened with sugar. Sometimes the blood was soaked up in rags and treated as a holy relic.