Fuul Midammis - Egyptian Stewed Broad Beans/ ARE THEY FAVA BEANS

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Wow, Kathleen, they are sooo hard to find fresh here in the midwest.

I think they're the same (broad beans & fava beans). In France they

call them 'feve'. Sounds close.

 

Doing the encyclopedia thing:

 

All about BROAD BEAN - Vicia Fava

 

Broad bean is also known as horse bean, Windsor bean, English bean,

tick bean, fava bean, field bean, and pigeon bean. Broad beans are

sometimes classified into subspecies according to varieties and their

uses in various countries.

The origin of broad beans is obscure, but the best information

indicates the Mediterranean area. Broad beans were grown widely in

Europe during prehistoric times, and they were well known to the

Egyptians and Romans. Remains are reported to have been found in

Egyptian tombs.

 

Description

Broad beans get their name from the seeds which are large and flat.

Seeds are variable in size and shape, but usually are nearly round

and white, green, buff, brown, purple, or black.

 

Broad beans are grouped into varieties with long pods (up to 8 seeds

per pod) and those with short pods ('Windsor') which have about 4

seeds per pod.

(Source: The World Wide Goumet

 

" Kathleen M. Pelley " May I assume that broad beans for Fuul are what

I call fava beans that

> are used a lot in middle eastern cooking and grow like weeds where

I live?

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> Kathleen

> Eureka CA

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