NATIONAL LIMA BEAN RESPECT DAY – April 20

National Day Calendar ^ | April 20, 2023 | Staff

[Red Badger]

I love lima beans!......................

[Yo-Yo]

Lima Beans: The Rodney Dangerfield of the legume world?

[Red Badger]

Lima Beans!..................

Peru-ve this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima_bean

[Red Badger]

Yep, you either love them or you hate them!....................

[moovova]

Dried lima beans? Nah...canned. Quicker and easier.

[Red Badger]

I love all kinds.

Slow cook the dried one with bacon, salt and pepper, bacon, onions, some turmeric, bacon, garlic an did I mention bacon?...................

[Irenic]

Put me in the love ‘em column. Just need some cornbread and gtg.

[Gay State Conservative]

Love broccoli...despise lima beans!

[AppyPappy]

Butta beans around here.

[FamiliarFace]

Lima beans are probably my least favorite legume. Baby limas are ok, and I enjoy them when used in Brunswick stew. That’s about it for me.

[FamiliarFace]

Frozen are the happy medium.

[sasquatch]

Lima is a city in Peru, not food.

[Red Badger]

During the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, lima beans were exported to the rest of the Americas and Europe, and since the boxes of such goods had their place of origin labeled "Lima, Peru", the beans got named as such......................

[exPBRrat]

Lima beans and scrambled eggs...

...those were the days.

[Red Badger]

THERE WAS A TIME IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE WOULD HAVE LOVED SOME LIMA BEANS AND SCRAMBLED EGGS.................

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Sufferin’ Succotash!

Frozen King-of-the-Garden Lima Beans, Onion, Frozen Corn, Sliced Cherry Tomatoes, Any Summer Squash, Red Pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika, sage, parsley, basil, salt and pepper. Butter and Olive Oil to cook.

Optional: zucchini, okra, and bacon or pork, heavy cream. Top it with grilled shrimp, chicken, pork chops, or salmon.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I love Lima beans - just the normal size from frozen.

Problem is, it’s hard to find good ones. They seem to suffer from freezer burn easily, or just plain are too starchy.

The “babies” are usually better quality, but I prefer the normal size.

A local restuarant has a great “butter bean” side, cooked in bacon and onion with a slight BBQ sauce. Those beans are bigger and definitely look white, but they are very good.

Meanwhile, both my boys at home (both very picky generally) HATE Lima beans. It’s tragic for me.

[Bon of Babble]

There are only a few food itmes that I detest - and lima beans is at the top of the list.

I love ALL beans except for lima - my mother and grandmother (from the South) cooked them all the darn time when I was growing up and it was always a battle b/c I refused to eat them.

Maybe if I try to cook them so they’re “smooth and buttery” - I’m willing to give them a second chance - but have such horrible childhood memories of them.

[Red Badger]

Kids don’t much care for lima beans for some reason. I didn’t either.

But as we grow up, our tastes change, become more sophisticated.. I now love Lima beans, and welcome them at any meal.

Give peas a chance...................

[the OlLine Rebel]

Nope, my son is 15 and my other boy is very, very big at 56.

I was/am picky, but they are off the charts picky.