At 2:59 PM -0500 6/6/97, Peters, Rise J. wrote: >What other sorts of beans were available in Europe? (I don't guess I could >possibly be lucky enough that pinto beans were .... or any kind of "brown >beans"?) Fava beans, garbanzos, lentils. I don't think any of our standard beans--pinto, lima, kidney, etc.--are old world. David/Cariadoc http://www.best.com/~ddfr/