Beets and Green Beans with Skordalia

THIS garlic-scented combination of beets and green beans is served on many islands during Lent. On other occasions, you will find it accompanying fried salt cod, fried anchovies or other humble fish. The skordalia (garlic sauce) in this particular version is quite mild and creamy, like garlicky mashed potatoes. Traditionally, this salad is made with ambelofassolia, young black-eyed peas in their pods, which are much prized in Greece because of their meaty flavor. Unfortunately