Food for Thought Broad appeal.(Brief Article)

Australian Doctor,  November, 2005  by Manfredi, Steve

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Steve Manfredi

A versatile bean adds a taste of the Mediterranean to many dishes.

THE broad bean is eaten in many coutries around the world but is still mostly identified with the cuisines of the Old World, specifically in the Mediterranean.

At its most basic, the broad bean can be eaten as a snack: sitting in the shade of a tree, the days getting warmer, thumbing the beans from their downy pods, peeling off their thin casing and eating them raw. Do this while you are shooting the breeze with friends while sharing some aged parmesan or pecorino and a bottle of wine -- it's ...

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