"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 22:05:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> The butter beans I have seen are larger and more of a beige/yellow color.
>> The lima beans are smaller and a pale green. Do not taste the same to
>> me.
>
> That sounds like the difference between mature lima beans and baby
> limas. I like baby limas, dislike the mature type. Didn't like lima
> beans until baby limas appeared in the frozen section. Jill said how
> much she likes so often Ford Hooks that I finally bought some
> *once*... and did NOT like them at all. :P Different strokes.

That's what I'm thinking too. I think the mature ones are more common on
the East coast. Not sure why. And I very much dislike what they do to them
in PA. I was shocked the first time I had their "baked beans". They were
butter beans in a sweet tomato sauce. Oh no. Just wrong.

I do like baked beans made with navy, pea, or other white beans. But not
butter beans and not in an overly tomatoey sauce.