Hello Clay: Welcome! This is a good time to introduce you to our archives which has a lot of material on fava beans and recipes as well as everything that has been discussed on this listserv. I tried to grow some beans this summer, but the all turned black with fungus and rotted. I am sure that our New Jersey weather had a lot to do with that. To get information from the archives kept by our Mr. Library, aka John Cottingham, follow this instruction: To search the Parkinsn archive, send search requests to [log in to unmask] with Archive Search as the subject. In the body of the message put the word or words you want me to search the archive for. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. TYPES OF SEARCHES AVAILABLE INDEX Returns a list of messages giving the date, sender, subject line and length of message, meeting the search criteria you have specified. MESSAGES Returns a packet of messages that meet the criteria you have specified. Example requests: I would like an index of messages posted on 9 Nov 1993. I would like an index of messages that have both neurologist and Baltimore in them. I would like messages on how to make "blue glasses". I would like messages on "fava bean recipes" that use tomatoes. I would like an index of messages by Bonander. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope this helps. Margaret Tuchman (54yrs, dx 1980)