I think the idea is to eat the sprouting bits. In my part of England, the fresh fava beans (broad beans) are rare, but they can be got frozen or tinned - nice with a bit of garlic dip. I'm scoffing loads, dunno if it's helping yet but it isn't harming. Can the pods be eaten ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn