"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
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> James Silverton wrote:
>> 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.
>
> this being Usenet I'm obligated to note that beans are not vegetables
>
and being Usenet you could have used the shorter "obliged" instead of
"obligated" {;-)