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"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 May 2014 22:39:30 -0400, Don Wiss >
> wrote:
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>> On Sat, 10 May 2014 08:17:05 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>> >So marrow isn't a different plant after all, it's just a huge
>> >zucchini.
>> >http://lifehacker.com/the-difference...m=soc ialflow

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>> Here's a long list that a friend keyed in for me. It is from A Feast of
>> Scotland by Janet Warren and other sources.
>>
>> http://paleofood.com/recipes/convert...okingterms.htm
>>

> Thank you! I didn't get very far before I saw
>
> Broad beans Fava, lima or java beans
>
> Favas and limas are two completely different beans... no idea what a
> java bean is - coffee?
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> and
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> Bully beef Corned beef
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> Okay, Ophelia... have you been holding out on us?


LOL It's a long time since I have heard it called 'Bully Beef' Pretty
much from my childhood

Yes, java bean is coffee Dunno about any other uses for it.

Something that really used to confuse me here is your use of the term
'roast' To me a roast is something to be roasted, but I've been here
already

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