On 9/22/2014 7:05 PM, MaryL wrote:
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> "jmcquown" wrote in message ...
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> On 9/21/2014 1:45 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 22:05:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>> The butter beans I have seen are larger and more of a beige/yellow
>>> color.
>>> The lima beans are smaller and a pale green. Do not taste the same
>>> to me.
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>> That sounds like the difference between mature lima beans and baby
>> limas. I like baby limas, dislike the mature type. Didn't like lima
>> beans until baby limas appeared in the frozen section. Jill said how
>> much she likes so often Ford Hooks that I finally bought some
>> *once*... and did NOT like them at all. :P Different strokes.
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> I *love* Fordhook limas! I will eat, but am not very fond of, baby limas.
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> Jill
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> Same here. I grew up in northeast Ohio, and we saw Fordhooks much more
> often than baby limas. Here's another variation: we often had peas as
> one of our vegetables, and we just called them "peas." When I moved to
> Texas years ago, I suddenly saw a wide variety of peas and learned that
> I needed to specify "English peas" or at least "green peas" to get the
> type I was used to.
>
> MaryL

Texas does have a lot of peas, so I can see how that could happen. My
favorite is the purple hull pea, Wikipedia says it is a black-eyed pea,
and maybe it is, but they do not taste the same.

Becca