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Default Skinning Garbanzo Beans?

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>> I thought "chick pea" was just another name for "garbanzo bean".
>> What I didn't know before yesterday was that they come split,
>> dried and shelled if you know where to look. I'll keep an eye out
>> for that form and maybe one of these days, I'll try my hand at
>> making hummus.
>>

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> I thought they were also known as cici beans.
>

they are