Baby lima bean frittata: Great idea or ewww?

[Bossy Monkey]

My go-to breakfast lately is a green bean frittata, but I had some baby lima beans last night and found them pleasantly nutty, at least for a while. (They wore on me a bit the more of them I ate.) I halfway think they'd be better in the frittata and halfway don't. (A frittata, as I understand it, is an omelet where you don't try to make the eggs fluffy. Someone with better culinary knowledge can offer a better definition.) Your thoughts?

[Richardo]

1. Anything that involves lima beans is of the devil.

Peeee-yuck. :puke:

On the other hand, the green bean frittata sounds delicious. :9

[Bossy Monkey]

4. Green bean frittata really is, on lettuce on soft corn tortillas

I always felt the same way about limas, but baby limas are much more palatable (or, put another way, much less vile). And having been off dairy a year now, I've got to find the calcium somewhere. Tastier than kale and probably healthier than Tums.:)

[noamnety]

6. lima bean + devil =oddest google result ever

"Psalm 20:1

May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob defend you…
You may not think of plants as being intelligent on any level since it appears that they just sort of sit in the soil and grow. However, we have done a few Creation Moments programs on plants that try to poison or repel a predator. Now we will see that the lima bean employs an even more sophisticated defense strategy that not only warns surrounding lima beans of the attack, but also calls in defenders.

Anyone who has ever worked with plants is familiar with spider mites. There are many varieties, but one of the most dangerous to the lima bean is the two spotted spider mite. These mites inject their saliva into a plant's tissues, dissolving them. One of the mites' biggest enemies is a carnivorous mite that feeds on these two spotted mites. These carnivorous mites are small and travel wherever the winds carry them. When two spotted mites attack a lima bean, the plant sends out a special chemical signal. When this distress signal reaches surrounding lima beans, they, too, begin to send the signal even though they are not under attack. The signal carries several messages to different species. Spider mites not on the plant being attacked are repelled from the area. On the other hand, any carnivorous mites that drift into the area will stay to feed on the two-spotted spider mites. As a result, the lima bean defends itself by sending specific messages to three different species!

The lima bean's intelligent defense strategy is difficult for evolutionists to explain. It is easily accounted for by a Creator Who cares about all His creatures.

Prayer:
Lord, thank You for defending me against sin, death and the devil. Amen.

Notes:
Bombardier Beetles and Fever Trees, William Agosta, 1997, pp. 28-30."

http://www.creationmoments.com/content/lima-bean-self-defense-0

(I may be an athiest, but I still appreciate any prayer that has a citation concerning bombadier beetles.)

[PufPuf23]

12. Many coniferous species do the same thing in response to regional

attacks by bark beetles.

[PufPuf23]

13. Many coniferous species do the same thing in response to regional

attacks by bark beetles.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Go for it.

Try it with just a few lima beans the first time.
Frittatas are like omelets that aren't folded.

[KamaAina]

3. Lima beans + eggs = double ewww!

:puke:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. The lima bean is the Bean of Satan.

They are mushy, mealy and generally awful. I think they would be a severe detriment to your frittatas.

[Sebastian Doyle]

20. That's really not fair to Satan

I'm sure lima beans are on the daily menu in Hell's cafeteria. But that doesn't mean he eats them. :evilfrown:

[BurtWorm]

7. I wonder if you could do a sort of succotash frittata

with corn and maybe a little tomato. I would try it in a heartbeat.

[Bossy Monkey]

15. Might try that next. Sounds like it might make a big improvement. n/t

[Arugula Latte]

8. I like limas, and I like frittata. Sound like a winner to me.

[Kali]

9. I dislike lima beans.

Even more than kidney beans. Why are you going to ruin your eggs with lima beans? :-(

[PufPuf23]

10. I like lima beans whether fresh green lima or dried lima

Thes were a common foods of my childhood produced in our garden.

I can do frittata being at least 1980's modern.

I do zuchini or yellow crookneck and garlic and ,if available, shallot fritta (plus fesh basil and maybe corriander) about one or twice a year for guests.

[Dr Morbius]

11. Given a choice between eating lima beans and starving, I'm sure I'd eat them.

Kinda sure. I don't want to die, after all.

Not really sure. I don't care for lima beans. Baby lima beans, I've never tried, but don't hold out much hope.

[Bossy Monkey]

14. Well, I don't think I'll be trying THAT again. (The EWWWs have it.)

Not that it was bad exactly, but the texture was unpleasant and the aftertaste poor. I guess I was faint-hearted, because I went a little heavy with the pepper grinder. Thus, the duringtaste was mainly pepper. On the bright side, my amaranth never tasted better.

Thing is, because the amaranth takes so long to cook, I steam the green beans for about 15 minutes, then let them sit in a little safflower oil at a very low heat for another 10, which doesn't seem to affect them much. I did the same with the lima beans (except I boiled them rather than steaming) and they just sucked up all the oil. It strikes me that if I just set them aside for 10 minutes instead it might work out better. Really, the other day I ate some after just boiling them approximately 10 minutes, then steaming them with the other vegetables for about the same length of time and they turned out quite pleasant, very un-lima-beany. So maybe I will try this one more time again. (Glutton for punishment.) Gotta get rid of the dang baby lima beans anyway.:)

[MilesColtrane]

16. Puke-worthy

:puke:

[MiddleFingerMom]

17. NO. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE lima beans...

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...but I would have them on the side of a good omelet -- maybe
dressed with Ranch w/Bacon or a good cole slaw dressing or just
butter.
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By the way, we get our "succotash" from the Indian "misaquatash"
(which I think is more fun for the lips to work with). Actually corn
and something more akin to kidney or pinto beans (corn, beans,
and squash being the "Three Sisters" of many indigenous people's
farm crops -- they complement each other well in the fields and
together can yield much more than any of the three alone. I read
the mechanics once, but I've forgotten... I think the corn stalks
may have provided shade for the other plants).
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If I were stranded on a desert island with only ONE veggie -- it
would probably be lima beans -- substantial and tasty.
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[Bossy Monkey]

18. The Three Sisters are such because between them they make a complete protein n/t

[MiddleFingerMom]

19. That's true... but there's also something about how they're...

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If I remember correctly, they were not grown in separate plots,
but the plants were mingled together for greater yield.
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[Bossy Monkey]

23. Wouldn't that make them the Three Excellent Dancing Partners? :) nt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

21. Only one market sells baby limas locally...or limas at all, for that matter...

...and that's Lucky. Safeway used to have the larger "fordhook," but no more. No limas of any kind. The other more expensive markets like PW, Lunardi's, Cosentino's, etc. might have them but these days I can;t even afford to set foot in the door.

The biggest problem with baby limas is that the package directions are never correct.

I have an National rice cooker, which includes a steamer basket. If I prepare them in that method, they are fully cooked on "steam" setting in 25 minutes.

A favorite "go to" comfort food recipe from my youth is spaghetti with lima beans, butter, and olive oil.

You do a half-and-half mix of butter and olive oil, based upon how much pasta / limas you are using.

Add fresh ground black pepper and Parmesan cheese and you have a meal fit for a king. Well...a king that likes lima beans, anyway.

:toast:

[MiddleFingerMom]

22. I saw your post before, I think, about spaghetti and lima beans and...

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...although each item is high on my list of favorite foods -- the combination
doesn't entice me at all.
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We have canned limas in all the grocery stores (kinda mushy and HIGH in sodium,
like ALMOST all canned veggies) and frozen limas in almost all.
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Weird. Where I usually shop has a generic frozen veggie brand that can be QUITE
good. All of the stores have frozen baby limas with 220mg of sodium in each
serving... but only one has the larger Fordhooks --PLUS the Fordhooks only have
10mg of sodium per serving.
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What's up with THAT?
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[crim son]

24. I say Yum!

I don't care for green beans but limas are excellent.

[Fire Walk With Me]

25. Nah, Lima beans, not so much...