notbob wrote:
> On 2008-11-21, Kate Connally > wrote:
>
>> my experience in the past that store brands and other lesser brands
>> of frozen veggies pretty much suck.
>
> It's been my experience that any frozen lima bean of any kind pretty much
> sucks. The bean skin is always too tough.

I have not found that to be the case, but then I only eat
Birds Eye. Maybe other brand and generic are of lesser
quality and have tougher skins.

> I completely avoided lima beans
> of any kind for decades until a friend introduced me to dried lima beans and
> showed me how to cook them. Just boil in hot water at rolling boil till
> done. No pre-soaking. The skins become a thin diaphonous whisper of a
> skin, not tough and chewy as old rubber.

Yeah, but dried limas are a totally different thing. I love
dried limas but they're not the same as green fresh or frozen
limas. You can't really replace one with the other. Although
I do have a great Brunswick Stew recipe which uses dried limas
instead of the traditional green limas. I like B. S. both ways
but like the dried limas better. Nevertheless I have no desire
to substitute dried for green in my vegetable soup.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?