On 5/10/2013 9:44 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
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>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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> I have no idea I haven't come across lima beans either) Thanks
> though
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Just having a vague memory about "Fordhook" made me do a Google search
and it became apparent that Fordhook Farm was the plant breeding
establishment of the the Burpee seed company. So I guess Burpee
developed the commonest type of Lima bean sold in the US.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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