[Sca-cooks] Fava bean recipes

[Christiane]

Thank you, everyone, for your comments on favas at feasts. I am glad there has been some use of them at events, but I can certainly understand the reasons why their use has not been common! Expensive and hard to work with in large quantities doesn't make a good argument for frequent use!

They've been popping up in the ethnic groceries by me, so I was thinking of trying to prepare dried ones for a St. Joseph's Day maccu.

Gianotta

-----Original Message-----
>From: Terry Decker <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net>
>Sent: Sep 10, 2007 7:59 PM
>To: Christiane <christianetrue at earthlink.net>, Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Fava bean recipes
>
>In my case, it's hard to find a large enough quantity at a reasonable price. 
>My local market that catered to international students has gone under and 
>the other sources are ridiculously expensive.  While I don't use them at 
>feasts, I have experimented with favas, and, to be honest, I prefer 
>chickpeas and blackeyed peas.
>
>Bear
>
>> So does anyone have any theories about why feasts that could feature 
>> favas, do not?
>>
>> Gianotta
>