Re: What do I do with fava beans?

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give them to dr lechter.

> From: keirfey <Poofig@...>

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> Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 18:35:51 +0000

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> Subject: What do I do with fava beans?

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> I picked up 3 green pods of fava beans for the sake of curiosity and

> I'm not sure what to do with them. Is the pod edible or just the

> insides? Do I soak and for how long? Thanks!

> ~~Carolyn

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[Guest guest]

> give them to dr lechter.

I was gonna suggest a nice chianti.

Favas are green so I don't think they need soaked. The pods are not

edible. I'd steam or boil them until tender, butter them and eat em.

Lynn S.

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[Guest guest]

--- In , " keirfey " <Poofig@h...>

wrote:

> I picked up 3 green pods of fava beans for the sake of curiosity

and

> I'm not sure what to do with them. Is the pod edible or just the

> insides? Do I soak and for how long? Thanks!

> ~~Carolyn

######## The only way I've ever eaten them is boiled in lightly

salted water. Take the beans out of the pod, put in cold salter water

and boil till tender. You can eat the outer shell of the bean if

tender but take it off for larger beans. They have a very mild bean

taste, similar to green pea.

HTH,

Magda

[Guest guest]

Fava beans - YUM!

You can't do much with 3 pods. Try 3 lbs. They have a delicious and

slightly bitter taste the way artichokes and asparagus do. In fact a

classic spring risotto include these three ingredients.

Fava bean puree, my favorite.

1. Take beans out of pods.

2. Parboil for 2 mins, then drain, cool, and take actual green beans

out of skins. Yes, this is 2 peeling steps and a lot of work.

3. Cook in olive oil and water until tender. Add garlic, or not.

Rosemary, or not. Don't skimp on olive oil.

Or make risotto as above. Or soup, start with onion saute, prep beans

as above, add chicken stock. Or mixed spring vegetables.

And bonus - fava beans, if you get good organic ones, are

aphrodisiac. Really. Google if you doubt.

cheers,

> > I picked up 3 green pods of fava beans for the sake of curiosity

> and

> > I'm not sure what to do with them. Is the pod edible or just the

> > insides? Do I soak and for how long? Thanks!

> > ~~Carolyn

>

> ######## The only way I've ever eaten them is boiled in lightly

> salted water. Take the beans out of the pod, put in cold salter

water

> and boil till tender. You can eat the outer shell of the bean if

> tender but take it off for larger beans. They have a very mild bean

> taste, similar to green pea.

> HTH,

> Magda

[Guest guest]

>Fava beans - YUM!

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>You can't do much with 3 pods. Try 3 lbs. They have a delicious and

>slightly bitter taste the way artichokes and asparagus do. In fact a

>classic spring risotto include these three ingredients.

Also ... fava beans are a great " winter " crop in some parts.

Plant them in the fall. Really. In Seattle at least, they grow!

(not in the summer though). Then you can harvest those nice

green pods. I plant them on my deck in the planters, you don't

need a whole big garden. They don't grow very tall, just nice little

bushes, adding nitrogen to your soil. We eat the beans like

green beans (pick early ...)

-- Heidi Jean