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Re: The Difference Between Lima Beans and Butter Beans

caroline harris — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:14:39 -0000

Untrue. They are the exact same thing lima beans/butter beans scientific name is phaseolus lunatus. If there were different species of plant, that wouldn't be so. The only real diference is butter beans are the mature bean instead of the picked early baby beans. What you are talking about is probably just heirloom varieties and not the pale green cooked/white dried beans bought from the store. Some people- like yourself call them butter beans because they have a mottled color but they are still the exact same thing.

Please stop with your misinformation

Re: The Difference Between Lima Beans and Butter Beans

caroline harris — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:10:01 -0000

Huh? Coriander is literally cilantro -- Coriandrum sativum. It's only in the US do we call the fresh herb cilantro and the seeds coriander. The rest of the world, it's just coriander.

Re: South Louisiana-Style White Beans & Rice

Budzilla — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:22:17 -0000

A must have when cooking fish.

Re: Red Bean Essentials: The Holy Trinity

Christina — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:24:01 -0000

I use it as an added flavor with my fresh chopped Trinity to my Camilla Red beans with some Richard smoke sausage..It's the bomb

Re: Alon Shaya’s Classic Hummus

BK K — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:56:50 -0000

Loved this when I had it at Shaya. I made the hummus as written but it was way too salty. Had to add a whole can of chickpeas to increase the volume and distribute the salt. Next time I'll cut back to 1/2 tsp.

Re: South Louisiana-Style White Beans & Rice

Virginia — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:30:46 -0000

I hear you, I left NOLA 32 years ago. I have visited from time to time. Miss the food

Re: New Orleans-Style Red Beans & Rice

brushjl — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:26:04 -0000

fabulous. brings me back to the big easy, even though i'm in cleveland!

Re: Instant Pot Pinto Beans & Ham Hocks

David — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:12:17 -0000

Do the ham hocks need to be completely submerged in the liquid to cook?

Re: How to Up the Protein in Red Beans & Rice

pointlessforest — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:00:19 -0000

But meat is cruel.

Re: Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice

brushjl — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:23:58 -0000

excellent. i soaked the beans and followed instructions exactly and it was fabulous. so totally delicious. my favorite dish.

Re: One Pot Winners Make Football-Watching More Fun

Duane Winningham — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:05:58 -0000

Looking for a recipe for a cold marinated bean salad that featured kidney beans, celery (pieces of the leaves as well), onions, and pickling spices…..it’s great as a side or an appetizer.

Re: Devin’s “Feed the Krewe” Red Beans

Bert — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 23:16:34 -0000

what is “pull out the gas” mean in cooking red beans

Re: Camellia’s Famous New Orleans-Style Red Beans

Laurie — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:31:54 -0000

I did add a spoonful of mayo like one of the other comments said. I did not put in the butter but I sautéed with olive oil . I also added 1 can of diced tomatoes with basil garlic and oregano. Add a little bit of vegetable better than bouillon. Everything turned out great!! 👍 😊

Re: Instant Pot Black Beans

tee O — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:55:06 -0000

exactly. If you're giving constructive criticism you don't follow up saying you'll never come back.

Re: Instant Pot Black Beans

tee O — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:52:55 -0000

Bye, your loss - you should know if you have an instant pot to add release time - this isn't a microwave recipe.

Re: Beans and Greens Soup

blaky — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:24:22 -0000

Ahem;-) So sorry! Did a bit of research and got my answer;-). I am SUPER excited to get dried beans from the store today, along with mean parts to make bone broth! I drink a smoothie made with 2 cups of greens, milk, cocoa powder, and frozen fruit every day. It's a gloriously convenient and tasty way to start my day with greens! Getting older though and drinking that frozen smoothie in the winter is beginning to be a bit torturous:-(. I realized I needed a good beans and greens soup recipe! Still need convenience to work with the work schedule!! So plan to make a boat load and freeze in serving sizes. Can take one out each night to heat in the morning and have a HOT greens breakfast;-). So thankful for a temp friendly way to conveniently continue getting my greens!! <3

Re: Beans and Greens Soup

blaky — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:16:30 -0000

Hi! I notice that it calls for dried beans, but doesn't mention hydrating them before putting them in the soup? Do they literally hydrate IN the soup?! I've just always soaked beans before adding them to a recipe, so I wanted to ask for clarification. Thank you!!

Re: How to Soak Your Beans

Bethany Beagles — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:11:44 -0000

😂

Re: How to Soak Your Beans

Bethany Beagles — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 01:54:04 -0000

Do you put the baking soda in your soaking water or while your cooking the beans?

Re: Camellia’s Famous New Orleans-Style Red Beans

mjshaffer99 — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:58:14 -0000

They have a separate recipe for the instapot-google camellia red beans in the instapot

Re: Mosquito Supper Club Monday’s Red Beans

Miriam Solomon — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:39:58 -0000

Any thoughts on how to make vegetarian red beans so that they taste smoky?

Re: Easy Instant Pot Red Beans & Rice

Marsha — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:26:57 -0000

Canned beans

Re: Easy Instant Pot Red Beans & Rice

Marsha — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:26:34 -0000

If you use canned kidney beans how long should it cook

Re: Instant Pot Navy Beans

Jim — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:24:06 -0000

The author obviously didn't test the above recipe. This turned out to be a soup. Most of the Navy beans were pureed, from excessive cook time. You don't need 4 cups of water and 32 ounces of stock - just one or the other. A cook time of 40 minutes would have been better than 65 minutes. If you added 2 lbs of navy beans instead of 1 lb., it would have been better.

Re: New Orleans Tradition of Red Beans and Rice on Mondays

persona non grata — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:11:44 -0000

Thank you for this article. I am seeing a lot of recipes online where it requires three different kinds of expensive cured meats, chicken stock, and all kinds of things, when I knew I had read that it was the tradition on Monday to cook down the ham bone from Sunday supper for Monday's meal. I didn't know that it came from the refugees of the Haitian revolution, that was new information to me, thank you. I was thinking about a pot of chili but beef is very expensive in the US right now, which turned my mind to the much more economical ham available in my area and led me to look again for an authentic Louisiana Monday red beans w/ ham recipe. (I am sure for some people the versions with the other cured meats etc. would have be traditional for them if they were home curing or had access to those at their local markets, but for me those meats are not in our budget, we don't have land or space to do our own home raising or curing of meats, I'm not in an area with feral hog hunting, and those specialty cured meats are expensive at the store if they can even be found anywhere in my area, but where I am ham is $1.99 /lb - beef starts at $5/lb- and even has a bone to keep my dog happy, so that is what I will do). I am sure a lot of people of thrift, intelligence, patience, and good taste have been making and enjoying this recipe for centuries, tasty, nutritious and economical! The dark red beans are also anti-cancer from the color (I will make sure to get them to a rolling boil for at least 20 minutes to prevent the red bean poisoning). I have plenty of spices but wondering what the traditional spicing would be. I don't like using spice mixes etc. I like to work with just the natural herbs, if anyone knows the herbs I should use for it. I am looking for a very traditional recipe not nouveau cuisine or fusion. Something from pre WWII that the working class or rural people would have been using from herbs they grew themselves or had easy access to and used as standards in this recipe. Thank you again.