Fresh Lima Beans
"JohnJohn" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 03:12:49 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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> <fava beans>
>
>>They were made into some sort of salad. I can't remember what all else
>>was
>>in there and I only took a small amount to try. I also think that
>>chickpeas
>>don't have a lot of flavor as compared to other beans but they had more
>>flavor than the favas. And now that I think of it, I did get some kind of
>>dried beans from Whole Foods that had no flavor to me either. I posted of
>>them here but now I can't remember what they were called. Could be that I
>>just didn't season them properly though.
>
> Or maybe the drying process kills the flavor. I'll find out soon.
>
>>Hmmm... Not sure I've ever seen frozen ones.
>
> They suddenly appeared in supermarkets here. A good alternative for
> during off season.
>
>>Those are very pretty! Actually I think I might have some in the
>>cupboard.
>>I bought something a few months back at Winco. sw said there was some
>>reason why they couldn't be sold here until recently. Hmmm... Must go
>>look.
>
> When you look Madagascar beans up in Wikipedia, you get automatically
> redirected to lima beans, because they have the same Latin name. They
> look very different, though.
Strange.
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