"itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>Janet B. wrote:
>> I have no idea if I got this recipe here or somewhere else, but this
>> is what I'm making with leftover ham.
>>
>> Southern Creamy Butter Beans
>> (Large Lima Beans)
>> From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
>>
>A zillion years ago someone brought 'large lima beans'
>to work and I was very confused. I had only seen green
>lima beans and these were definitely beige and looked
>suspiciously like butter beans to me. I've eaten them
>all my life and never knew they were 'limas'. Hahahaaa

They're all lima beans... there are several colors of lima beans...
butter beans is a US southern colloquialism; like pancakes, hotcakes,
flapjacks are all the same thing... like sub, hero, grinder are all
the same thing.