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Dear June: I was so pleased to see this posting. It did remind me of our days in The Lebanon. My husband also puts lemon juice on everything. I haven't really learned to do it, but I'll bet it's one of the health secrets of the Eastern Mediterranean, along with fava beans! k. >Hello To All, > > The discussion on fava beans the past couple of days has been quite >interesting. I cook them for my Dad because he actually likes them. They >are, however, sometime very hard to find "fresh", so we use the >"Progresso" brand out of the can. I simmer them slowly for about 20 >minutes or so with a lot of garlic, basil, olive oil, oregano, black pepper >and somtimes fresh tomatoes. Dad then will pour as much lemon juice as he >likes in the entire bowl when they are served to him (he pours lemon juice >on everthing, though). > > Just a side note because I have seen Bob Fink's warning a couple of >times...Dad is from Lebanon and is legally blind in one eye and vision in >the second is 20/80. Dad continues to eat the fava beans, often. He will >ask me to fix them if he is going to be out of the house for an extended >period of time, because he insists, that "it helps". He's 83 years old and >if he says it helps, I believe him. There have been days when he has asked >for them for breakfast. I, quite frankly, find them nauseating at 8 >o'clock in the morning but if he is going be in a discussion group at >church, or something like that, he insists on having them. Anyway, just my >two cents worth, or maybe my Dad's two cents. > >June > > ====================================================================== 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 ======================================================================