On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 12:13:03 GMT, Rhonda Anderson
> wrote:

>Kim > wrote in
:
>
>> Can someone somewhere help me with this ingredient please? It is used
>> in a Spanish stew recipe.
>>
>> And is there any sort of substitue if this is unavailable Down Under?
>>
>
>We call garbanzo beans chickpeas. You can certainly get chickpeas, either
>canned or dried, in any supermarket. I've never heard of a chickpea sauce
>as an ingredient. The only saucy chickpea thing I can think of is hummus,
>but that's not Spanish, nor would I think it would be an ingredient in a
>stew. Is the recipe part of a collection? Could there be a separate recipe
>for the sauce?
>
>Sorry I'm not much help, but now that you know garbanzos are chickpeas (I'm
>assuming you didn't know that before, but I could be wrong!) you might get
>a bit further.
>
>
>Rhonda Anderson
>Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
Thanks for your response. By coincidence someone on a radio talkback
cooking programme (30 mins segment actually) said this morning that
garbanzos beans come from Turkey and are one step up from chick-peas!
Perhaps they are the rich man's chick-pea - who knows?

I wanted to know for Spanish tripe recipe I am interested in - but I
HATE chickpeas so I shall probably use something else - like more
onions and garlic or tomato!