Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> 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.

Yep, they are tan or yellow and larger than a regular lima. That's my
rememberance of them. Look in the canned bean aisle. My brother Scott
insisted we have these with pork chops when we were growing up.

Me, I love lima beans (the frozen Fordhook ones); canned butter beans are
large and mushy.

Jill