Brooklyn1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> "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.

Nope, ther's an actual type that isnt lima for butter beans, but they
are so close, it doesnt matter. Large limas are green just like the
smaller ones, until dried.

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