On Thu 17 Nov 2005 11:50:11p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Christine
Dabney?

> Okay folks,
>
> We were chatting on the chat channel, and we started talking bout
> butter beans. I grew up in VA, and I had them all the time. To me,
> they are smaller than a lima, and a pale green. And they stay that
> way when they are cooked. Boli agrees with this description of them.
>
> Others in the discussion say they are much larger, and tan. Or buff
> or khaki colored.
>
> I have never seen butter beans like that...
>
> For those of you who know about butter beans, what is your description
> of them?

Haven't had them for years, but I distinctly remember them being tan, and
about the size or a bit larger than a standard lima bean.

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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