Dumb question: do lima beans and fava beans taste similar?
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Are Fava Beans like Lima or Butter Beans?
Comments (25)Camp, I too cannot stand butter beans from a can nor frozen, these are just as terrible and overly large and tough as the green peas found in tv dinners, yuk. Wayne, thanks for the Fordhook bush tip but my bush days are over except for snaps (green beans) which is the best way to freeze large fresh batches at once. My back ain't what she used to be so my days bending over to pick BBs is behind me. Last year while I was expecting a dismal repeat of King of the Garden limas I planted Butter Peas bush variety as a back-up, these were productive and tasty but way too much effort bending over to harvest. Sticking to pole picking. PN, wonder what the heck happened to Sieva seed beans? If King of the Hill seed wasn't offered around here we'd have zero pole varieties on the market today. Wish too that I had saved some Sieva seed :(...See MoreQ re Fava beans
Comments (12)adamark - if my autumn (early November) sown broad beans fail, as they sometimes do since they are prime mouse food and are prey to various rots if the winter is wet, I start some indoors in an unheated greenhouse, ie temp of around 40f, mid January. I have 2 dozen just showing now. A little bottom heat helps germination but they do not need any heat to grow on - it will just make them weak. After planting out in about the third week in February they are ready at about the same time as autumn sown ones would have been. I also sow two or three more rows outdoors in succession and get beans from late April to early June. Maybe in your climate you could also get some started inside and plant them out later. Imperial Green Longpod is a good cropper. My favourite is Masterpiece Green Longpod. Always eaten young and green so there is no need to peel. The Bean, Peas and Legumes forum has a lot of people who have grown broad beans in US conditions....See MoreWhat makes butterbeans different from lima beans?
Comments (13)I can't believe this is confusing to people. All you have to have is a little common sense. It does not matter what people call them in different parts of the country. They are the same. They are light green Lima beans when picked fresh, shelled and cooked. They are grayish/white after being dried for you to cook. However, you can also buy them canned where they are cooked for you after they are dried - and these are sometimes incorrectly called Lima beans even though they are no longer green. Technically you can call either one by either name. It's a cultural thing....See MoreBroad / Fava Beans
Comments (55)Wow, now I am worried about planting the favas I ordered from an Italian importer. Favas aren't on the seed racks around here. From the sounds of your posts it might get too hot here in the summer and too much snow in the winter. Oh well, all I can do is try. I shared a few with a friend who planted them in peat pots and they sprouted right away indoors. Lately, I've seen many cooks on the food channel using fresh favas in recipes. My family is of Portuguese descent, and my late mother fixed dry ones with onions and curry which were wonderful. It's a childhood memory of mine having grown up in Hawaii. I have heard about them causing severe allergic reactions in certain people, but I don't know much about that. I see where freedom farmer mentioned that. But he also says they grow fairly well in MA. I shall give it a try since there is more snow there than in Kansas....See Morevall3fam
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