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On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:58:04 -0700 (PDT), "
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>On Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 3:20:09 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
>>
>> BTW, I made something I think fits you but I've not seen you mention it.
>>
>> I could have missed it as I skip about reading a fair amount.
>>
>> 'Butterbeans' and black pepper are the basics in a crock pot. I used
>> dried. Butter beans techncally are large limas but when dried and then
>> cooked, the only simiarity to limas is the shape.
>>
>>

>Naw, she wouldn't like it because ______________________ (fill in the blank).
>But I've got an amusing tale, at least I think it's amusing. Years and years
>ago, about a hundred years ago, I was the grocery store looking at the bags
>of dried 'limas.' I bought a bag, cooked them and enjoyed them to the last
>bean. But I was sorely disappointed that my 'limas' were not green nor did
>they turn green after cooking. I laugh about it now but at the time I thought
>I had really been cheated.


You felt like you had bean cheated.