Lima Beans

[smilie]

How do you prepare them? For the life of me, I cannot get these little suckers to taste good.

 

[bananiem]

I think my Dad is the only person on the planet that likes lima beans. They are icky.

 

[Nancy]

Thats because they are icky! You will never get them to taste right!!

 

[Pooh67_68]

I think my Dad is the only person on the planet that likes Lima beans.

I love them.



smilie, after cooking them, I just add butter, salt, and pepper. Also like them mixed with corn (succotash)

 

[smilie]

My grandmother used to make WONDERFUL lima beans. She would never tell anyone how she made them either. I wish she was still around so I could bug her about it. I'll try the butter, hopefully that will help. DH said he will NEVER eat them, even if I figure out a good way to cook them. I put them in a potpie one time (they were in the veggie mix) and after he was finished he had only the lima beans left on the plate.

 

[motherhen17404]

DH loves lima beans. What type are you using? Canned or frozen? I buy fresh limas in the summer, cook them, then freeze. They taste so much better then canned. We like ours with butter, salt and pepper. Sometimes if I have it I will add a little bacon drippings. YUM!

 

[mickeyboat]

Sorry, it's inherently impossible to make them taste good. But if you put enough butter, salt and pepper on it, cardboard would taste good.

Denae

 

[Christine]

Are you using frozen?

If so, the only way that I find them to be good is if I use a lot of salt in the cooking water (or a strip or two of bacon). This way, they absorb the salt. Then when you eat them--lots of butter.

Oh, and I'm not a *salt* person so I don't require salt on everything but lima beans seem to really need them.

 

[disallday!]

I guess I'm weird because I love lima beans!!

I put a strip of uncooked bacon in with the water

Let it come to a boil, then put in frozen lima beans (with the bacon still in there)

I cook them for at least 20 min (until fork sticks in a bean easily, I still taste it to see if the bean is soft enough)

Drain the beans, add butter, salt & pepper! Corn is a great mix too!

 

[Evil Genius]

I love lima beans. Add a little butter and parmesan cheese Yummy!!

 

[bsnyder]

I'm not a big veggie person, but weirdly enough, lima beans are my favorite!

 

[Banshee]

I boil them first for about 20 minutes then I sautee them with either olive oil or butter with finely chopped onion or leeks 1 clove garlic minced or a 1/4 teaspoon of pre minced garlic and crumbled bacon. Sautee for about 5 minutes so all the flavors can infuse into the beans. And yum even my two DS's eat these.

 

[Christine]

The Cracker Barrel does a darn good job fixing their lima beans.

 

[smilie]

Wow, bacon. I would never have thought to use that! Thanks for all the input.

 

[Straitlover]

I cook dried, fresh or frozen w/ a hambone, or you can buy a ham slice and put part of it in the pot. Canned, I sometimes add some bacon bits (real ones, not fakin' bacon), sometimes I just heat them up and pepper them (canned usually have plenty of salt).

Yum, I love lima beans!

 

[Tinijocaro]

When ds #2 was 18 months, he shoved one so far up his nose that I had to take him to the ENT to get it vaccumed out! I had thought he sounded a bit congested! Finally, when I told him to blow his nose to get that boogie out, he said "dat not a boogie, dat a bean!" Upon closer examination, he was right.

Jackie

 

[mickeyfan2]

The only way I like them is when I get them fresh from the Amish and either microwave or steam them. The can ones are nasty.

 

[Banshee]

"dat not a boogie dat a bean!!!" how cute

 

[smilie]

he said "dat not a boogie, dat a bean!" Upon closer examination, he was right.

Holy crap-that's hysterical!

 

[Pooh's Pixie]

My kids love lima beans. It's a great mystery to me, since I don't like them. I just throw frozen baby limas in the microwave with a little water and they act like I gave them candy. Obviously, this is not the most appealing way to cook them but since I don't eat them & they're happy!!...

I agree, if you put enough butter on anything it'll taste good!!!!!!!