[Sca-cooks] A Bean is a bean

[Donna Green]

A period European recipe most likely is referring to a fava bean, unless there is some context to lead you to believe otherwise.
 
Juana Isabella
 
 
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:10:51 -0800
From: Ian Kusz <sprucebranch at gmail.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] A Bean is a bean
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I think this has been asked, but how do I know what bean to use when a
recipe says "bean paste" or "beans"?

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Ian of Oertha