"George M. Middius" > wrote in message
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> Pico Rico wrote:
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>> Fava beans are the new ___. I can't think of anything off hand.
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> The common term is "food fad".
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>> 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".
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> Before you buy them, look into how much work is involved in preparing
> them.
> That alone turned me away from trying them.
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>

I have knocked out a case or two at a time, for a dinner seating of a few
hundred. So, for a normal meal or crowd, it would be child's play. Sure, a
bit more work than cutting open a bag of frozen beans of some sort.