"JohnJohn" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 23:59:02 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"JohnJohn" > wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:03:05 -0700, koko > wrote:
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>>>>I was at one of my favorite places on earth today, the produce
>>>>warehouse, and bought some fresh, in the pod, lima beans, Yippie!!! .
>>>>I see some succotash on my plate soon.
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>>>>https://flic.kr/p/p1T88j
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>>> They look a bit like broad beans (fava beans). Do they taste similar
>>> too?
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>>No. Not at all.
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> Fava beans are one of those flavors that children hate, but adults
> often learn to like. I guess lima beans are more neutral tasting?

Most people I know don't like lima beans not necessarily for the taste but
the texture. They share a texture with black eyed peas. I did not eat fava
beans as a child. I had not even heard of them until that episode of Quincy
where the Japanese boy died of favism after his grandma fed him some of the
beans.

I finally tried some perhaps a year or so ago from a salad bar. They are
the one bean I do not love. I didn't hate them but I also didn't find them
to be very flavorful. They were just kind of meh. Lima beans do have a
distinctive flavor. Just not sure how to describe it. I actually can't
even remember the last time I ate any. As beans go, they are more expensive
than most and I am the only one in this house that likes them.