SC - Brown Favas

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Since we're talking peas & beans again... I found brown fava beans at the local 
market that caters to Middle-Eastern Students.  Are these the same/similar beans 
we're talking about? They resemble a medium sized lima bean, only they're sort 
of tan colored instead of cream.  If so, please remind me where those darned 
bean recipes are again. Thanks,

Liadnan - frantically trying to finish newcomer's garb in time for Border wars 
this weekend, and not cooking at all!

 

On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:41:08 -0600 you wrote:

> 
> Phaseolus is the Latin term used to taxonomically define the genus for the
> New World beans.  Vigna is the genus of the black-eyed pea.  This usage
> begins to appear in the 16th Century and is fixed in Linnean taxonomy in the
> 18th Century.
> 
> Modern Italian lumps the genera Vigna and Phaseolus into the fagiola (or
> fasioli, if you prefer).  The term predates Columbus and appears to be
> derived from the Latin phaseolus, which was used to describe another type of
> bean other than the fava.  Because of liguistic tie between the genus Vigna,
> fagiola, and phaseolus, it is believed that the black-eyed pea is the
> phaseolus of Antiquity.
> 
> This is one of those cases where you need to be aware of the differences
> between language and taxonomy.
> 
> Bear     
> 
> > Okay, I'm confused. Some people have said that all Phaseolus are
> > New World, yet others have said there was an Old World legume
> > from which the blackeyed pea is descended. Which is it?
> > 
> > Irmele
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