[djf]

Are butter beans what Americans call lima beans?

I luv lima beans. And they are very, very good for you.

I was wonderin why my blue lake pole beans weren’t doing so well this year.
Until the night I was sittin on my porch, heard a thrashin sound over there, and saw the two doe munching down on them like there was no tomorrow!

[Yosemitest]

The difference in Butter Beans, Lima Beans & Madagascar Beans is of little importance, but there is a difference.
Most people in the south like Fordhook lima beans that are commonly called butter beans, and I personally like the pole or vine bean, better than the bush.
My back isn't fond of any bush plant.
Look at this link for Deer repellent spray.
It'll work until it rains, and usually after a couple of applications, the deer get the hint and won't come pack until next year.

[tdscpa]

Not this American! Way back when I was a kid, a Lima bean was a hard, nasty tasting green thing, and a butter bean was a softer, tender, slightly mealy, off-white to pale yellow bean 2-3 times larger than a Lima bean.

I would never grow either, so I have no need for a bean thresher, but I do grow green pole beans to eat fresh. I do not save any dry ones, except for seed.

I think I have eaten a few cans of butter beans over the last 30 years, just for bean variety.