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Having never heard of fava beans, I decided to look them up.
One book I have shows a sketch of them and says they resemble lima beans,
but are longer and wider, thus the other name of "broad beans", which I had
also not heard. I looked up the English word "bean" in my Spanish
dictionary and found "haba" as the entry for "lima bean". There are also
some regional names for beans listed, but the main entry is "frijole".
Where I grew up, in Texas, "frijoles" were synonymous with chili beans and
kidney beans. Favas are not sold around here, and I don't know that I've
ever tasted one. It sounds like a regionally popular food to me. Is that
accurate?

>>As to the favas, I first experienced them back in the 50s when one of our
>>neighbors was from Egypt.  Hmmmm, seems to me they were called ful
>>(pronounced fool) something or another.  Reminded me of refried beans with
>>lots of garlic and cumin but also a taste of lemon.  Quite good.