Aside from the obvious...what the heck do I do with these? I got fresh Fava beans in my weekly shipment and don't know what to do! They look like a giant green bean! Do I shell them? Eat the skins? Thanks!

That's awesome, thanks Trent. Have you made them? I don't understand the: "then parboil them before removing from a waxy coating" part... So I shell them, then just boil them for a little bit and take the coating off? I assume "parboil" means partly or partially boiled, but for how long? Thanks again! Great article!

I painstakingly peeled my favas last year and sauteed them with butter and garlic. I did not parboil, the waxy coating is thick and not that hard to remove, but if parboiling will help I will try that this year. Took a damn long time to get a small serving of favas. They were yummy though