On 5/9/2013 7:25 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On May 9, 1:36 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
>> On 09/05/2013 3:57 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>
>>> On May 9, 12:45 pm, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
>>
>>> The think that cracks me up about fava beans is that, in this country,
>>> they were grown as a nitrogen fixing ground cover and cattle feed.
>>
>>> When the high end chefs started using them they became "trendy".
>>
>>> Thanks but the lowly lima does the same thing for me.
>>
>> Oh? I have never had them, but thanks for the warning.
>
> Not a warning. Those fordhook lima beans are terrific.
>
Agreed, I love fordhook limas. I've never had fava beans and at this
rate (and price) probably never will. I can't miss what I've never had.
I definitely won't miss shelling them.

Jill