I have grown lots of varieties over the years. For Autumn sowing it's usually Aquadulce Claudia, or a version therof. For Spring sowing I've grown Witkiem major and Witkiem manita, Masterpiece Green Longpod, Bunyards Exhibition, Dreadnought and Jubilee Hysor. I've not grown any of the Windsors (of which there are several kinds). Favas (broad beans over here) are widely grown and maybe there are more to choose from here. To eat them at their best and without skinning the beans need to be small - no bigger than your thumbnail preferably. And the pods should be bright green and soft with the beans only just discernable through the skin. Here is a link that might be useful: Info on broad beans

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Oh, CB Sue. No worries. You are such a hoot. Like I said it was very short lived that I was feeling stupid. Went something like this....Saw "morgue drawer" on the post....felt like an idiot...called a friend...she burst out laughing....knocked some sense into me because I was taking it too serious (knowing I usually have a great sense of humor)...I was over it and have thought it was fun ever since. (We all need friends like that, don't we?) I looked at the post again today. Funny how I told fori that I thought it cracked me up. Took a few hours but it did! (My friend still says that I was just mad that I didn't think of the term morgue drawers first.) Thanks squirrelheaven. You are the best. That darned thread just keeps getting bumped every once in awhile.

AHAM, BSH, GE, and Whirlpool commented that DOE should add a performance measure, particularly because at the higher efficiency levels, clothes washers are reaching the limit where product performance and consumer satisfaction may not be economically reached. I surely hope a performance measure will be implemented! With washers using less and less water, rinsing performance suffers. Our consumer magazine always test rinsing performance for washers and not a single unit does a *Good* job. I would welcome a rinsing rating to be added to the already existing European Energy Label. While this label has brought us some advantages - washers that don't receive an *A* grade for washing performance are no longer allowed to be sold and appliances got way more efficient overall - it also brought its drawbacks, namely cycle duration and water temp. My Whirlpool Duet, if set to the Energy Label cycle (Cottons 140F) and packed full, takes 3:45 hrs. (on a cold fill). That's a long time. LG's newest 24 inch model, as was found out by our consumer magazine, only heats to 110F instead of 140F when set to the Energy Label reference cycle. Even Miele washers now have cycles of three hours. All this is due to the fact that washers must deliver A-class cleaning but must also meet consumer's expectations of being super-efficient since the label makes comparing between different models so easy. While I naturally welcome efficient appliances, I don't welcome cycles that take half an afternoon to run and wash my clothes cooler than I set the washer for. Just like so many of you, I had to figure out myself how to program my washer to do what I want it to. The future will probably bring no-heat washers that spray a fine mist over the clothes to rinse them. No, wait! LG and Samsung washers already do this. :-/ On a more positive note, it also forces manufacturers to come up with innovative solutions that still get the job done. One example is the Solar Dryer by Miele (and Asko offers something similar, I think). Solar Dryer Now, while I donâÂÂt really see how washers came become much more efficient - I think dishwashers can. But thatâÂÂs a different forum. Alex Here is a link that might be useful: European Union energy label