From the Vault: Reconsider the Bean, Part 2
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The Asceticism of Fava Beans
In tuscany, saint John's fire was lighted in a field of beans to make them ripen faster. In sicily, you ate your fava beans with a word of thanks to saint john. There is also a tradition of entionally eating beans to signal asceticism.
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