[Sca-cooks] black-eyed peas was Spanish Pepper?

[Johnna Holloway]

You can see these pages in Ken Albala's book through Google books.
I'm just passing along information gleaned from his chapter.

Johnnae

On Sep 13, 2011, at 11:04 PM, David Walddon wrote:

> I tried to find the original language on the site but it is not there.
> Can anyone quickly provide it?
> I think it has several possible interpretations.
> But Fava being the most likely.
>
> Eduardo
>
> On Sep 13, 2011, at 7:58 PM, Saint Phlip wrote:
>
>> Thought those were fava beans?
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> Ken Albala in Beans A History has a chapter on them. Origins of  
>>> Ethiopia
>>> or West Africa. Known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Called  
>>> phaselos or
>>> phaseolus and in medieval
>>> Italian recipes they show up in Torta de Faxolli Freschi.
>>> CVIII.  Tart of fresh beans.