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?
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