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Post by steev on Jul 28, 2015 2:40:35 GMT -5
No clue; pretty, though.
Hey! Glad you're back!
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Post by richardw on Jul 28, 2015 14:54:50 GMT -5
Good to see ya back alright, hope your career changes and health issues are sorted for the better.
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Post by Drahkk on Jan 1, 2016 17:25:18 GMT -5
 Has anyone ever heard of Pink Eye Butter Beans? One of our local nurseries closed, and the owner gave my brother-in-law a handful of seeds and told him that she believed they were all that was left of that variety. From what I can find on the web, she may very well have been right. They grew beautifully, and were so productive and tasty that Rodney swears 12 seeds would be enough to feed a family of four and put up plenty for the winter. We are planning to give the majority of the seed we saved back to her, but we will be keeping some to grow for ourselves from now on. I'm just wondering if anyone here has ever seen or heard of them before. If this really is the last of them, I'm going to make sure a few key growers get their hands on some so we can get this great variety back in circulation. Suzanne Arslan found mention of them in a very old gardening book, which mentions that they can be eaten as string beans: "It's mentioned in the book The Garden; a Pocket Manual of Practical Horticulture: Or, How to Cultivate ... By Samuel Roberts Wells published in 1858 How interesting! It looks like you have one that needs saving! It's tough to find any information on it." books.google.com/books?id=BBQ4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=pink+eye+lima+beans&source=bl&ots=bkmci95BKH&sig=-lycMm5qx5HV-quFDemwN1g-9_w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwik6NOm0InKAhVEKGMKHc4SBXkQ6AEISDAK#v=onepage&q=pink%20eye%20lima%20beans&f=false |
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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 1, 2016 19:08:28 GMT -5
Welcome back. I grow something called Purple Eye Lima which looks similar. Mine came from a bean breeder friend, so I have no idea how rare it might be.  |
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Post by Drahkk on Jan 1, 2016 19:19:03 GMT -5
Very similar. The eyes on yours look darker, which makes sense according to the names. Then again, it could just be a difference in lighting between the pictures. Do yours turn the water sort of dark when cooked?
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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 1, 2016 19:39:26 GMT -5
The eyes of the Purple Eye were more purple-pinkish until they dried. Now I would say they are sort of a maroon color. Because of the excessive rain and molding this year, I did not harvest enough of any one kind of Lima to cook them, so I don't know about water coloration after cooking. I also have the Alabama Black Eye Lima, I believe sourced from Baker Creek? They were smaller and the skin coloration a bit darker and and eye ring wider.  |
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jan 2, 2016 0:43:53 GMT -5
Both those look very similar to each other. It's possible they are the same. It wasn't until i watched a show on tv about the butterbean burger that i had even heard the word butterbean. Must be a southern thing. Apparently butterbeans are just smaller immature lima beans. The butterbean burger was a hit by the way.
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Post by philagardener on Jan 2, 2016 5:37:23 GMT -5
Good to hear from you again Drahkk ! Those are very nice looking butterbeans/limas. I am glad you had a good crop and that they were tasty! Sounds like a nice story to go with them too, and it is good you will keep them going. |
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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 2, 2016 11:47:47 GMT -5
keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) growing up with a mother from the deep south, we always called the really big Peruvian Limas butterbeans, and they were always cooked from dried beans. We called the green ones shelled fresh Lima beans. Now that I have collected about 30 kinds of Lima beans I have noticed it is some of the smaller ones get labeled as butterbeans. They are not immature, just smaller. I have never heard of a butterbean burger...is this some type of veggie burger?
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Post by Drahkk on Jan 2, 2016 14:25:26 GMT -5
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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 2, 2016 16:23:13 GMT -5
Drahkk the way I am reading the book link, Pink Eye is referring to the common bean not the Lima...isn't it saying the Pink Eye bean can be prepared the same as a Lima? There is also such a thing as Pink Eye cowpeas.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jan 2, 2016 17:33:37 GMT -5
I have never heard of a butterbean burger...is this some type of veggie burger? Yeah, it was some sort of cooking show where they were opening a new restaurant. The lady doing it said she needed at least one really good vegie burger. It was basically a black bean vegie burger but with butterbeans and spices. It was her own creation. I really like watching cooking shows because they always have good food and it makes me hungry. |
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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 2, 2016 18:19:50 GMT -5
I think the best veggie burgers don't try to imitate meat, but revel in their own unique tastes. I have made all kinds with different beans and mushrooms. Haven't tried Limas yet, but I will.
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Post by Drahkk on Jan 2, 2016 19:24:55 GMT -5
Drahkk the way I am reading the book link, Pink Eye is referring to the common bean not the Lima...isn't it saying the Pink Eye bean can be prepared the same as a Lima? There is also such a thing as Pink Eye cowpeas. *groan* I can't believe you're the only person who has pointed that out to me. I'm posting on multiple boards these days, and I have corrected several people who have pointed out that this place or that place sells them, when it always turns out to be pink eye purple hull cowpeas (which are as common as water around here). For some reason I didn't read that book link close enough. I guess I got a little over excited when Suzanne pointed it out. |
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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 2, 2016 20:16:39 GMT -5
Well, I still think any colored eyed Limas are not common, and that it is worth growing out the ones you have. You might send a photo to Russ Crow (A Bean Collector's Window) or Sand Hill Preservation Center to see what they think as they both are knowledgeable and have a large variety of Lima beans.
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