Nathalie Chiva wrote:
> I've been looking for a translation of "lima beans" in French, and I
> only found "haricots de lima" (yeah, surprise surprise, it's lima
> beans!). Well, of course, since I finally found out they are
> exclusively American (North and South). So I really don't know what
> they taste like, and I can't try since they are not cultivated or sold
> here. So, out of sheer curiosity, *what* do they taste like?

Mealy. Sort of bland. Thick skin which is horrible in the mouth.
Blech!


>If you
> want to compare, I know fava beans, black beans, red beans, blackeyes,
> split peas, green lentils, brown lentils, red lentils, chickpeas,
> cannellini beans, Soisson white beans, string beans, green peas.
> Thanks!

Probably the closest would be favas but favas are 100 times
better-tasting.

-L.