Yankees who never go south of the Mason Dixon line have no clue what a butter bean is, let alone how to cook it.īutter beans are white to pale yellow, larger, smooth and buttery and a favorite in the south. (love the things) They come in two separate types: Large, light green Ford Hooks' which are my favorite and the small baby limas which to me are like eating gravel, because the hardness can't be cooked out. Lima Beans are green, slightly mealy and as stated you love them or hate them. If cooking a meal, I really love them as a side with salmon patties or pan fried kielbasa.Īlso from the south and agree that what we call Butter Beans were the large white/tan color ones and the limas the small green ones.īutter beans cooked till they're soft with skillet corn bread (not the kind with sugar, that's a cake!) and a dab of mayo!Īs a Yankee by birth and a southerner by conviction I will jump into the fray. I eat them with Duke's mayo mixed in and like them either with a sliced or diced onion on the side and (non-sweet) cornbread, or just honey wheat loaf type bread. Some may call the giant pale yellow limas "butter beans", here but I think that either name is acceptable. They are light yellow, almost creamy colored, and soft when cooked correctly. I'm from Western NC and I love the really big limas, called (or labeled on a can) "Giant Limas". When dried they are a whitish color - we soak them and cook them with canned tomatoes in the oven. About 1 1/4 inches by 3/4 of an inch in size. Lima beans are large and green when fresh. I was born and raised in England where we grew up on lima beans with butter served with liver and fried onions and pan gravy. When is the proper time to plant butter beans? I live in East Texas.ĭoes anyone know if you can eat sprouted butter beans? Travelers probably went home and started referring other Limas as butter beans. The bigger white ones were referred to as butter beans and it stuck. There are different types of Lima beans: small and green, larger and white, etc. Calling them "Butter Beans" is a regional/marketing thing. If you look at your can of butter beans you will find that the ingredients call them "Lima beans". Not the cans I buy: They say butter beans. ![]() "If you look at your can of butter beans you will find that the ingredients call them "Lima beans". A portion of boiled new potatoes, a grilled horseshoe gammon steak, half a can of butter beans, and a good dollop of parsley sauce. Here's my recommendation for a tasty healthy meal for one. Butter beans have a silky mouth feel and a more savory flavor. The taste and texture are totally different. It's just that "butter beans" are picked at a less mature stage of growth so they are smaller and have a different color.īutter beans are not the same thing as lima beans. Typically, butter beans are larger in size and make a thicker, richer "pot likker" than their green brothers and have a less "green", more buttery taste.īutter beans and lima beans are the same thing. In the south, butter beans are yellow-to-white and lima beans are green, no matter whether they are fresh, canned or dried. They are white, speckled with purple, larger than lima, and are grey when cooked. They are not lima beans, and I didn't see a word about them on this page. I grew up in southeast Louisiana and my grandparents grew speckled butterbeans. Lima beans (green), speckled butter bean beige/purplish specks, butter beans (beige). My parents are from Arkansas and Louisiana. On the second day it achieves near divinity. Lima beans are the staple of northern Spain's best winter warmer recipe: Fabada Asturiana, a simply delicious stew with pork knuckle, blood pudding and chorizo. Our store carries the same beans and calls them different things. ![]() When I see "Lima Beans" at the store, they look the same as butter beans to me. I never heard of Lima beans until later- and that was our friends from the Midwest talked about them. What Are Ideas for Meals with Butter Beans?.
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