The flowers grow all up and down the stem, and are white to a light purple. Lentils can be boiled or stewed. They are used in vegetable dishes, soups, and stews. In developing countries the flour is mixed with cereal flour and fed to infants and children. It should be noted that lentils have an antivitamin E factor and are metal bindiing.
Pressure cooking helps to elminate the latter.
Whether Pythagoras had favism in mind or was merely referring to the general tendency of beans to cause flatulence, we can only speculate. Our army floated waterproof bags of beans from ships to solidiers on beachheads. Remember, beans will rehydrate to at least twice their dry size, so use a potat that's large enough to accommodate them in their expanded form. Quick method Wash beans. Drain and rinse before continuing with cooking.