Broad Beans

The broad bean has been around in the West since at least the Bronze Age, and has been eaten both fresh and dried; in fact, the dried variety sustained many of our ancestors throughout the long winter months, perhaps cooked with bacon. The Egyptians had a love-hate relationship with the bean. Many loved the vegetable but priests felt that the hollow stems were used by the souls of the dead as a passageway to life after death. Despite this, the bean was soon enjoyed by the masses. In fact, u