SC - potage of beans boiled

[LYN M PARKINSON]

These were not in the freezer.  They were in a wooden barrel, with a sign
that said 'fava'.  That store has several barrels and boxes full of nice,
dried things.  There are at least 3 colors of lentils, for example.  I
don't care for the look of greenish brown lentils, but I do like to look
at the finished product when made with pale yellow or light reddish
orange lentils.  A lot of the color leaches out when cooking.  I've never
used canned fava or lentils, so I don't know how to compare my various
legumes.

Regards,

Allison

allilyn at juno.com

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001 00:27:00 -0800 lilinah at earthlink.net writes:
>Allison wrote:
>>I've got a package of dried fava beans sitting in the freezer, right 
>now.
>>  They are white--ok, cream.  I bought them at an Arab market in the 
>Strip
>>District--restaurant markets--and they were labelled fava.  They 
>appear
>>to be a bean the size of a fingernail; they are split in half in the
>>dried state.
>
>Hmmm, i've never seen such small and white fava beans - all the favas 
>i've seen are much larger. These sound a lot like the lady cream peas 
>i saw. But i don't really know... I'll have to go and look in the 
>freezer of my local Middle Eastern markets.
>
>My canned fava beans are a greenish-brownish color and around the 
>size of a finger joint. The dried favas i've seen are also brown or 
>greenish brown. And fresh favas are green.
>
>But there could be other varieties i'm unfamiliar with. Like i said, 
>i'll have to do some exploring...
>
>Anahita

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