On 5/10/2013 3:36 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "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:
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>>>>> On May 9, 12:45 pm, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> When the high end chefs started using them they became "trendy".
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>>>>> Thanks but the lowly lima does the same thing for me.
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>>>> Oh? I have never had them, but thanks for the warning.
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>>> 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.
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> You are not alone ... (but then I've never had any (nor even heard
> of) fordhook beans either
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It's just a name given to full-size lima beans, isn't it, and most often
I see it on frozen beans.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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