A lima bean it green and a little flat. A butter bean is also flat, but much larger--often 1.5 inches long. Before cooking, the "butter bean" (as it is known in the Southern U.S. and some other places) is white or creamy colored. After cooking, it is usually a tan to light brown colored. Lima beans usually have a somewhat tart taste, while butter beans are much milder and sweeter.
It depends, which is the problem with common names. Here in North Carolina, butter beans are harvested first and and are considered more delicious. Grow them or look for them freshly shelled at farmers' markets.
No. Butter beans are lima beans or an early bearing variety of lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus). Broad beans are fava beans (Vicia faba). When you cook any but the smallest fava beans, you have to shell them and then peel each bean.
Butter beans and broad beans are not the same thing. Broad beans are part of the Vicia faba species while butter beans are part of the Phaseolus lunatus species.
No. A butter bean is a larger bean, flat, and can tend toward a chalky flavor if not cooked carefully. Navy beans are much smaller, mild and creamy.
no, edamae is soy bean, lima bean is lima bean
Fava Beans
from butter
no, the great northern bean is a fully developed "green" or "string" bean, the speckled butter bean is a flat pod bean, and bears almost no resemblance.
no, the great northern bean is a fully developed "green" or "string" bean, the speckled butter bean is a flat pod bean, and bears almost no resemblance.
we should dry butter beans by keeping it under the sun
Broad Beans
Butter beans, also known as lima beans, are native to South America. They were domesticated in the Andes region of Peru.
Broad beans
Tinned broad beans are widely available, they can be bought from most supermarkets, larger grocery shops and on line grocers.
i say lima beans, then butter beans. lima beans, Castro beans, and green beans
They are also called lima beans.
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