On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 06:38:33 +1000, Bruce > wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 07:51:16 -0600, Janet B >
> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 21:50:13 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
> >
> >snip
> >>
> >>I thought hummus was made with chickpeas. You can vary the bean, but
> >>that ain't no hummus no more.
> >
> >Chickpeas and garbanzo beans are the same thing.
>
> O, really? Confusing.

In that case you're also confused by aubergine/eggplant and
courgette/zucchini. No problem, I was too - but I learned. I was
also flummoxed by the garbanzo (which is the way I learned it), chick
pea, ceci (cece) bean are alternative words - but I learned to connect
the dots.

What flummoxes me to this day is "broad bean". When I think about
"broad bean", it brings to mind the Italian broad bean
https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/64....265922022.jpg
but when Europeans say "broad bean" they are talking about what I know
as "fava" beans http://www.hungryagain.net/images/favaing-798623.jpg
I'd like to know what they call the Italian broad bean!


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