[Sca-cooks] A Bean is a bean

[Sharon Palmer]

>Are lima beans New World or Old?
>Aelina
>

New world, apparently it originated in Guatemala.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/publications/vegetabletravelers/beans.html

>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

We've discussed this here fairly recently, but Black eyed peas were 
called beans too.

http://www.artble.com/artists/annibale_carracci/paintings/the_bean_eater

Ranvaig