Yep, love em. I prefer the "baby" ones best. Guess the wife not so much so I rarely get any at home.
Little David Wilkins Born a couple hours from me here in Tennessee he is now 76. Out in 1986 "Butterbeans" was his last solo published single. I hadn't heard it in years.. Thanks Para!
"Well just, a little piece, of "Cunt...Ray...Ham" at 0:45
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April 06, 2022, 08:41 PM
sourdough44
OK, next time I’m out I’ll try buying them & cook myself. I’ve mostly done simple, from a can.
There’s another thread on food storage. I’m kinda thinking instead of going with the specialized ‘survival food’, just buy some food that stores a long time, then rotate stock.
I see many beans go out 5 years stored properly, maybe longer.
April 07, 2022, 06:50 AM
Blume9mm
Okay, did not mean to step on toes with my 'can' comment.... I was just remembering my Grandmother and her cooking. I'm pretty sure she put a small slab of fat back in with them.
Tell you what...next time I'm at the store... probably this Saturday... I'll pick up a can and give them a try.
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April 07, 2022, 09:52 AM
David Lee
quote:
Originally posted by Blume9mm: Okay, did not mean to step on toes with my 'can' comment.... I was just remembering my Grandmother and her cooking. I'm pretty sure she put a small slab of fat back in with them.
Tell you what...next time I'm at the store... probably this Saturday... I'll pick up a can and give them a try.
Those are good memories by golly. And dont eat the whole can like me...
Originally posted by OKCGene: Butter beans are Lima Beans.
Buy a couple 1-pound bags of Lima Beans, either small or large beans, whatever you like, make 1 bag at a time. Cooks just about like any other bean.
Add your butter and spices that you like.
Canned beans usually have a LOT of Sodium (salt) that may not be so good for you.
Cook your own, control your Sodium, make'em taste good without using too much Sodium.
I make mine from scratch as described. I also add a little bit of granulated onion, granulated garlic, some finely diced ham, whatever else I can think of that I have on hand. .
This thread got me thinking. I have not had butter beans since 1980-81 at the latest. Mom always made them from dry beans. I would never consider buying a can of them. Nothing is better out of a can.
April 07, 2022, 12:51 PM
drill sgt
Growing up spent many a hour sitting around shelling the fresh butter beans of different varieties as well as other bean varieties that the family would process in glass jars for late consumption.. Cooked with a little bit of fat bacon and or a good hand full of smothered okra pods ....... This posting is making me hungry. .................................................................. drill sgt.This message has been edited. Last edited by: drill sgt,
April 07, 2022, 02:29 PM
SFCUSARET
Used to love Butter beans as a kid growing up. That was until I joined the Army and had the unpleasant experience of eating a (MCI) Meal Combat Individual (or C-Rat) affectionately known as Ham and Motherfuckers. That translates to canned ham packaged with lima beans. Nasty crap that was! I have not been able to stomach Butter (Lima) beans since.
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April 07, 2022, 02:49 PM
2BobTanner
Lima/Butter Beans + off-the-cob Corn = Succotash.
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April 07, 2022, 05:12 PM
bronicabill
Just had baby limas two nights ago at a local country diner. I scarfed them so fast my wife made a comment about the way I was eating in public!
The rest of the dinner was good, but those lima beans were freakin' awesome!!!
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April 07, 2022, 06:32 PM
David Lee
Yup. Good stuff right there. I dont get them often but from here on in.
April 07, 2022, 11:00 PM
OKCGene
When making so called regular beans, navy beans or brown beans, with the traditional ham and such.....
I have some cooked ribs the day or so before, and I save a couple meaty ribs. Scrape the rib meat off, add that to your beans. Yum!
(probably not as good on lima/butter beans, unless you prefer it).
April 21, 2022, 11:02 AM
Mr. Peteroniman
quote:
Originally posted by drill sgt: Growing up spent many a hour sitting around shelling the fresh butter beans of different varieties as well as other bean varieties that the family would process in glass jars for late consumption.. Cooked with a little bit of fat bacon and or a good hand full of smothered okra pods ....... This posting is making me hungry. .................................................................. drill sgt.
Purple Hull Peas (for me), picking, shelling, canning (dad did most of the canning) and of course eating tastes better when you do the work (although I didn't really put that together until later in life)
cook with onion, and bacon grease, then some cornbread for the pot liquor, almost any bean will do
