"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> Admittedly it was in a "gourmet" store but I saw Fava beans selling for $4
> a pound. The pods must weigh as much as the beans they contain so that's
> about $8 a pound for a vegetable! I've never seen even asparagus costing
> as much as that.
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Fava beans are the new ___. I can't think of anything off hand. Maybe foie
gras? They seem to grow like weeds in Italy; every otherwise not occupied
nook and cranny has fava growing. But here, they are just so "today".