tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post1682459811382418653..comments2023-10-22T09:24:14.464-04:00Comments on The Slow Cook: Bruschetta with Favas and PeasEd Bruskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post-3610579909281596982008-04-14T07:43:00.000-04:002008-04-14T07:43:00.000-04:00Leslie, I keep looking for favas at the local Whol...Leslie, I keep looking for favas at the local Whole Foods but I haven't seen any there yet either. Keep looking.<BR/><BR/>Christine, I am sorry to say I have no experience at all with sweet pea shoots. Sounds like something to put on a sandwich with avocado, or maybe in a vegetable smoothy.<BR/><BR/>RW, I wasn't aware there were different varieties of favas. But favas are used in agriculture as animal fodder and to build nitrogen in the soil. Maybe that's what your famer friend was referring to. If you can't get fresh favas, see if you can't find the frozen variety.Ed Bruskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post-78830686007776873682008-04-11T13:33:00.000-04:002008-04-11T13:33:00.000-04:00In Florence, I had raw fava beans and cheese (alth...In Florence, I had raw fava beans and cheese (although I forget what kind of cheese) as an appetizer. It was Fabulous. But I tried it with the fava beans here, and it wasn't nearly as good. The farmer told me later that it's a different variety if you want to eat them raw. Dang. Guess I'll have to hunt down some seeds and try growing them myself!rhino writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074043851010064722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post-82556185075627362852008-04-09T14:24:00.000-04:002008-04-09T14:24:00.000-04:00Do you have any thoughts on how to best use sweet ...Do you have any thoughts on how to best use sweet pea shoots? I got some at the farmer's market, some of them still with flowers on and having never cooked them before am sending this query out to my fellow farmer's market cooks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post-85541811312285425442008-04-09T09:22:00.000-04:002008-04-09T09:22:00.000-04:00I'll have to check out the marketa around the corn...I'll have to check out the marketa around the corner to see if they have these, if they don't show up on the local market soon - I haven't had favas in a long time and that simple bruschetta looks delicious!Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534347532506541550noreply@blogger.com