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.

That does seem high! Luckily for me those are one bean I can live without.
I didn't try them until recently. Got a taste of a salad with them in it at
Whole Foods. They were kind of meh.