Lima beans in cream from The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis

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Accompaniments: Baked rabbit; Biscuits; Boiled Virginia ham; Bowl of nuts and oranges and raisins ; Caramel fudge ; Chocolate fudge ; Christmas fruitcake; Cucumber pickles; Divinity cream; Fresh peach cobbler with nutmeg sauce; Grape jelly; Hot mince pie; Hot spiced beets; Persimmon pudding; Roast chicken with dressing; Smothered new cabbage; Spiced seckel pears; Steamed wild watercress; Sugared popcorn; Whipped white potatoes

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  • redbird on December 10, 2025

    Interesting side dish. Used RG baby green lima beans cooked with onions and carrots. Added a bit of dried thyme to cream. Will definitely make again.

  • mcvl on May 14, 2020

    Luckily, I've always felt that dried beans are like money in the bank, so when Covid confinement began I was already well stocked. (Rancho Gordo is currently sold out of */everything/*.) I cooked dried lima beans in a broth made from braised lamb shoulder with many Middle Eastern herbs, then, at Edna Lewis's suggestion, ate the beans with cream. Wowsa.

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