Are Fava Beans like Lima or Butter Beans?
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Fava beans - storing green beans
Comments (2)Freezing is the preservation method of choice for ease (drying takes a LONG time) and best results when 'picked green'. Link below is to a current discussion on preserving them from over on the Harvest Forum here. But if you want to dry them then the Harvest Forum (focus is food preserving) also gives you links to drying instructions at NCHFP. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Freezing Favas...See Morewanted christmas speckled lima beans/butter beans
Comments (1)I have some chirstmas lima beans seed I can part with....See MoreDumb question: do lima beans and fava beans taste similar?
Comments (13)Yes, the favas (geez, I had "limas" typed out just then - even still, I'm getting the names confused!) taste quite a lot like edamame. I think that's why I enjoyed them so much. The texture and flavor were similar, but a bit more assertive in the favas than you'd find in a soybean. I was feeling too blah to cook the limas after making a batch of kale chips to snack on (have you all tried them? Holy goodness, they are SO good!), so I'll have to futz with them tomorrow. It sounds like they need a bit of cooking time, as some of the recipes I saw said to boil them for 15 minutes or until tender, and they were referring to fresh limas. That sounds like an awfully long time to boil anything green, so we shall see. I like mealy beans a lot, so that might not be a bad thing. Vall3fam, I hadn't even thought of checking out TJ's or Whole Paycheck for frozen favas, and I was just there today! I'll have to look the next time I go. I'd love to buy them fresh, but even at $1/lb, I'd end up composting 3/4 of it because the shell to bean ratio is so small, and decreases even more when you peel the skins off of the beans....See MoreNemagreen Butter/Lima Bean Seeds
Comments (2)From the NC State vegetable cultivars list: "Nenagreen (U.S. 253) - Breeder: R.E. Wester, H.B. Cordner, and P.H Massey, Jr., USDA, Oklahoma Agr. Expt. Sta., and Virginia Polytechnic Inst., respectively. Parentage: Okla. 27 (nematode resistant) x Early Thorogreen, backcrossed once to Early Thorogreen. Resistance: nematodes. Similar: Early Thorogreen. Adaptation: nematode areas. Seed World, 1958 (spring issue)." It is available from Clifton Seed I have root knot nematodes, but probably not in the populations you are experiencing. Have relatively good luck with Thorogreen. Here is a link that might be useful: Nemagreen lima....See Morelaceyvail 6A, WV
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