On Sat 19 Nov 2005 10:52:02p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Bob
Terwilliger?

> Spitzmaus
>
>> Back to er, um, BEANS for a moment: Have any of you all had Lady Cream
>> Peas? Little white, tender beans, grown, I believe, in Texas?? They're
>> a real treat, 'specially with the aforementioned ham and cornbread.
>
> Yes! I had them in New Orleans a few years ago. I thought they were
> similar to another favorite of mine, fresh (FRESH, I say!) black-eyed
> peas. (In fact, you can make Hoppin' John with them.)
>
> But I understand that they're really exactly the same as a lima bean.
> :-)
>
> Bob

I thought all beans were the same as lima beans. They just put them in
little molds to change the shape. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!

Sheldon wrote:
> Elaine Parrish wrote:
>
>>We grew a lot of limas. My grandfather planted them with the "sweet corn"
>>and they grew around the stalks near the ground. Talk about your
>>Succotash! I always loved (and still do) limas. But that crawling around
>>on the ground under the corn to pick them gave me the creeps. It was
>>always cool and shaded so the snakes loved it, as did other creeping,
>>crawling things. booowaaah. Still makes me
>>shiver to think of it.
>
>
> An absolute lie... lima beans wouldn't grow well enough to produce in
> the shade of corn.

Moron. It's a standard here in Virginia for the various large home
gardens. I daresay, every Mennonite farmer with a kitchen garden grows
beans on corn stalks. I drive past such garden plots every day. They're
plowed under now, piled with last year's compost, but next spring,
they'll do it all over again.

> Got any more bullshit stories?
>
> Lima beans are not easy to grow even under the best of conditions,

Not in evidence in the cited web site. And not in evidence in my direct
experience.

> which is why they typically cost more than other bean varieties.

Actually, they're more labor intensive if talking about pole types. Bush
types have short maturity dates and are cheaper.

> Lima beans require an unusually long growing season,

65 to 80 days, depending on variety. They talk about two crops per
growing season on your web citation.

> and need full sun, they
> will not produce in shade.

<LOL> Shecky cites this web site at the end of this post:
"Lima Beans
COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE PRODUCTION"
<http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/C716-w.htm>

Perhaps that "COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE PRODUCTION" part slipped past him. As
though home gardens are operated on the same principles as commercial
farming. And, BTW, it's for Georgia.

And, they list 11 different types including 3 kinds of butter beans.

> There are a number of lima bean cultivars,
> any of which can and are refered to as butter beans (in the US south),
> but they are all lima beans regardless, whether you wanna call em
> "butter beans" or "hillybilly fart makers".

<LOL> I notice you ignored the long post I offered with citations and
relevant information that, as usual, showed your idiocy in full color.

I like this one you posted to Elaine in another post:

Large Lima

* Flat-shaped, white-colored beans
* Smooth, creamy, sweet flavor
* Also known as Butter Beans
* Popular as a sidedish or added to soups and casseroles
<http://www.americanbean.org/BeanVarieties/Home.htm>

<LOL> Sheldon goes to a dictionary for horticultural and culinary info.
What a brilliant researcher.

> Merriam Webster
> butter bean
> noun
> 1 : LIMA BEAN: as a chiefly Southern & Midland : a large dried lima
> bean
> ---
> http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/C716-w.htm

Yeah. A real good cite if you're growing limas commercially in Georgia.

Bwah...

Pastorio

Sheldon wrote:
> Elaine Parrish wrote:
>
>>Yes, Sheldon, I understand that, for the last 10 years, every time there
>>is a topic you wish to address, you run to the internet, Google, and copy
>>and paste what ever it says, and post it to the group.

> The only good reason for the the use of the expression "butter bean" is
> to distinguish the six fingered southern trash from normal folks.
>
> http://www.americanbean.org/BeanVarieties/Home.htm
>
> Large Lima
> Flat-shaped, white-colored beans
> Smooth, creamy, sweet flavor
> Also known as Butter Beans
> Popular as a sidedish or added to soups and casseroles

<LOL> He didn't even read it. It says "large lima" not "Fordhook" or
"Baby" which he said, yesterday, were the only two types of limas. It
says "white-colored beans." Limas are green. The picture shows *white*
beans.

Bwah...

Pastorio

DAGO ****torio wrote:
> <LOL> I notice you ignored the long post I offered with citations and
> relevant information that, as usual, showed your idiocy in full color.

OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY!

MY HEAD WAS UP MY TOO-AMPLE ASS AND I WAS WRONG!

Sheldon

"Sheldon" > wrote:

> OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY!
>
> MY HEAD WAS UP MY TOO-AMPLE ASS AND I WAS WRONG!
>
> Sheldon


Gotta be somebody spoofing Sheldon. Anybody else think so?

Bob

On 20 Nov 2005 03:35:02 -0600, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>"Sheldon" > wrote:
>
>> OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY!
>>
>> MY HEAD WAS UP MY TOO-AMPLE ASS AND I WAS WRONG!
>>
>> Sheldon
>
>
>Gotta be somebody spoofing Sheldon. Anybody else think so?
>
>Bob

If it's legit, someone ought to carve it in stone for posterior. Er.
Posterity.

:-)

TammyM

Sheldon wrote:

> DAGO ****torio wrote:
>
>><LOL> I notice you ignored the long post I offered with citations and
>>relevant information that, as usual, showed your idiocy in full color.
>
> OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY!
>
> MY HEAD WAS UP MY TOO-AMPLE ASS AND I WAS WRONG!
>
> Sheldon

<LOL> Really captured the spirit of Sheldon's normal grace and elegance.

Ok, now. Who did it...?

Pastorio

Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Yes! I had them in New Orleans a few years ago. I thought they were
similar
> to another favorite of mine, fresh (FRESH, I say!) black-eyed peas. (In
> fact, you can make Hoppin' John with them.)
>
> But I understand that they're really exactly the same as a lima bean. :-)
>
> Bob

Hoppin' John made with Lady Cream peas?? What a terrific idea! As I think
on it, they *are* rather like really fresh black-eyed peas, the latter
bearing NO resemblance to those canned atrocities.

Lima beans, butter beans, favas, black-eyed peas . . .
Who cares the size of the molds, as long as they're fresh!

Spitz
--
"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"

One time on Usenet, "Bob Terwilliger" > said:
> "Sheldon" > wrote:
>
> > OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY!
> >
> > MY HEAD WAS UP MY TOO-AMPLE ASS AND I WAS WRONG!
> >
> > Sheldon
>
>
> Gotta be somebody spoofing Sheldon. Anybody else think so?

That was my thought as well, Bob...


--
Jani in WA (S'mee)
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

Christine Dabney wrote:

> For those of you who know about butter beans, what is your description
> of them?
>
> Christine

You can have fun with butter beans. I once met a Japanese guy who had
never heard of them, at least not by that name. So I pseudocasually
told him butter came from butter beans, with a straight face. We argued
about it for a minute, me pretending I was serious, and I said, ok,
I'll prove it to you. Went and got a can of butter beans - the look of
confusion on his face way a joy

NT

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
...
> DAGO ****torio wrote:
> > <LOL> I notice you ignored the long post I offered with citations and
> > relevant information that, as usual, showed your idiocy in full color.
>
> OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY!
>
> MY HEAD WAS UP MY TOO-AMPLE ASS AND I WAS WRONG!
>
> Sheldon

OK - who the hell are you and what the heck have you done with our beloved
<choke!> Sheldon?!?



Shaun aRe

In article ews.net>,
"Shaun aRe" > wrote:
>"Sheldon" > wrote in message
...
>> DAGO ****torio wrote:
>> > <LOL> I notice you ignored the long post I offered with citations and
>> > relevant information that, as usual, showed your idiocy in full color.
>>
>> OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY!
>>
>> MY HEAD WAS UP MY TOO-AMPLE ASS AND I WAS WRONG!
>>
>> Sheldon
>
>OK - who the hell are you and what the heck have you done with our beloved
><choke!> Sheldon?!?

That reference to a too-ample arse may give a clue:


Cheers, Phred.

--
LID