"Giusi" > wrote in
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> "PeterL" ha scritto nel messaggio
>>> The man I bought this from said it was used to mash beans for
>>> salad.>>>> TIA
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>> Was watching Rick Stein in the Mediterranean last night ....... he
>> visited
>> > an old lady who made him a dish of Fava beans mashed and mixed with
>> > >
>> potato. It's a staple of the 'older' generation.
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>> Fava beans are quite similar to broadbeans
>
> They ARE broadbeans.
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/yh4fyoq
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> Purea di fave is a specialty in Puglia, which is as far as you can get
> from Venice and still be in Italy. It's made with dried fave and it
> purees itself. They just fall apart. It's served as part of an
> antipasto, with a thread of Pugliese oil over it. Stunning food, but no
> one would call it a salad.
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>


And also, anyone with half a brain would know that you can't/don't put
*mashed* beans *in* a salad.

It's served as an accompaniment to a salad.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


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