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I can't tell you how delighted I am with the humor exhibited by this group. Thanks. I'm also collecting some excellent recipes. Thanks again! k. >A friend and I planned to make fava bean salad for a Parkinsons Disease >Association picnic. After reading Robert Fink's references on favism, we >wondered if ONE taste could cause favism in people with the susceptibility. > According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, it might: >"FAVISM, a hereditary disorder involving an allergic-like reaction to the >broad bean (vicia fava). Susceptible persons may develop a blood disorder >(hemolytic anemia) by eating the bean, or even by walking through a field >where the plants are in flower. > The known distribution of the disease is largely limited to people of >Mediterranean origin (Spaniards, Italians, Greeks, Armenians, and Jews). > Susceptibility to favism is inherited as a sex-linked trait and appears to >be closely related to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (q.v.)." > We have decided to serve a harmless green salad at the picnic. > [log in to unmask] (Sara Thomas) > > ====================================================================== Mrs. Karin M. Beros, MSO [log in to unmask] International and Area Studies voice: (510) 642-8542 Office of the Dean, 260 Stephens Hall fax: (510) 642-9466 Mail Code 2300 ======================================================================