"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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.

You are not alone ... (but then I've never had any (nor even heard of)
fordhook beans either

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