MMMMM. Two POUNDS of frozen baby lima beans. Bring on the angel hair.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Just bought two one pound bags at Lucky for $3.00.

I put them in the rice cooker on "steam" setting for 25 minutes and they come out perfect. I don;t know why baby lima beans take twice as long to cook as the regular "fordhook" lima beans, but they do.

Steam up a cup or so, mix them with 8 ounces of cooked angel hair pasta tossed with fresh ground black pepper, olive oil, and freshly grated Parmesan cheese...a "comfort food" from my youth.

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[Demoiselle]

1. That sounds really really delicious, Amerigo.

Obviously I'm going to have to go out and find some baby lima beans.

[hobbit709]

2. Keep the beans.

Lima beans is one of the few things I don't care for.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Ever try it with fava beans?

That's the way Italians would make it and favas may still be around in the local farmers market. I know it wouldn't be the comfort food of your youth but it is pretty tasty.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. I'll have to try it some time...

...the baby limas work better with angel hair, but fava beans with a thicker pasta, like linguine, might be worth a try.

:toast:

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. LOVE and eat lots n lots o' lima beans...

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...often topped with a little bit of Ranch with Bacon salad dressing.
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One of my favorite veggies. Fordhook frozen have 0 gms sodium in my
local store (Fry's) , but the baby limas have 200mg (!!!) per serving.
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Same generic brand. Same packaging. Same everything.
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WTF?!?!?!?
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