On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:37:04 -0400, Tracy > wrote:

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> On 10/26/2010 2:19 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:27:13 -0400, > wrote:
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> >> I can get frozen fava beans
> >
> > Lucky you! http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/610711
> >
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> Well, I guess I am lucky. My husband usually brings them home from a
> Moroccan/Middle Eastern store he visits occasionally.
>
Very lucky! If I could find favas frozen and prepared, I'd use them
because IMO frozen vegetables are as good as fresh if not better.
They are cooled in the field and processed immediately... they don't
sit around waiting to be sold, like "fresh" do.

I prepared fresh favas exactly *once* last summer. It was a huge
chore, so I decided that would be my last time because the length of
time it took to prepare them wasn't worth the result (I made a risotto
with favas in it). I will use them again - if I can find them frozen
and fully prepared for cooking. Otherwise, they will remain an "only
in a restaurant" item for me.
> He can also
> get nice, big frozen artichoke bottoms. Not nearly as good as fresh,
> but at least I don't have feel guilty peeling away all the leaves to
> get to the bottom. Fresh artichokes are steamed whole but when I
> want artichokes in a tagine I use the frozen ones.

You can get frozen artichoke bottoms too? Again, lucky you! I need
to look around for that. I can get frozen artichoke hearts easily, so
I substitute them for bottoms.

I think I need to find a Moroccan grocer!


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