# Need name of a Lima Bean snack **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854 "2005-02-07T19:06:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/1 "2005-02-07T19:06:24Z")
A friend of mine was on a trip and had some kind of Lima Bean packaged snack that she really liked (sounds nasty to me but to each their own). I have wanted to find it for her here in Chicago but cannot find it anywhere. This is partly due to the fact I am not very clear on exactly what it is called. So, thought I’d ask the Dopers. The lima bean snack (I think) had a lemon-pepper seasoning on it. The beans were dried and eaten out of a bag just like peanuts in a bag. Anyone know what this is and, more to the point, where I can buy some? ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/2 "2005-02-07T21:33:06Z")
Where was the trip to? Once you have that, try ethnic food stores that match. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/3 "2005-02-07T21:43:03Z")
Are you positive it wasn’t soybeans? I see those tarted up like peanuts all over the place, but it seems like a lima bean would be hard on the teeth. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/4 "2005-02-07T21:51:33Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > A friend of mine was on a trip and had some kind of Lima Bean packaged snack that she really liked (sounds nasty to me but to each their own). I have wanted to find it for her here in Chicago but cannot find it anywhere. This is partly due to the fact I am not very clear on exactly what it is called. > > So, thought I’d ask the Dopers. The lima bean snack (I think) had a lemon-pepper seasoning on it. The beans were dried and eaten out of a bag just like peanuts in a bag. > > Anyone know what this is and, more to the point, where I can buy some? Yes. Find them at Mexican groceries. I can’t for the life of me what they’re called, but they sell them in the same section where they sell lime-and-hot-pepper peanuts, lime-and-hot-pepper tamarinds, and other snack goodies. One place you can find them for sure is at Pete’s Market on 43rd and Pulaski. I’ll have a look when I get home what they’re called, if no one beats me to it. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/5 "2005-02-07T21:52:46Z")
My guess is seasoned soybeans as well. There’s a number of brands. The one I get at People’s Market/Wild Oats is [Mighty Mo Munchies](http://www.mightymomunchies.com/). They’re actually pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/6 "2005-02-07T21:53:28Z")
I just remembered. They’re labeled as “Habas.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/7 "2005-02-07T22:00:26Z")
PS. If per chance you work in the Loop, I can always pick some up when I go home tonight and drop some off to you tomorrow. IIRC, they’re flavored with lime and hot pepper. (Notice a trend in Mexican snacking?) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/8 "2005-02-08T01:40:25Z")
Update: At the local Pete’s Market I found two brands of the stuff, both sold near the checkout counter (in the same place you’d find candy bars and the such): La Fiesta _Habas Picositas_ Roasted & Salted Hot Fava Beans, and Mi Costenita _Habas Con Chile_ Fried Limabeans [sic] with Chili. That should give you enough info to find it at your local Mexican grocer’s. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/9 "2005-02-08T02:32:58Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Mi Costenita _Habas Con Chile_ Fried Limabeans [sic] with Chili. That should give you enough info to find it at your local Mexican grocer’s. Yep…that’s the stuff. Thanks! I do work in the Loop but it is too much to ask to have Dopers go shopping on my behalf (very nice offer though so thank you). I live on the north side and there are some Mexican restaurants about so I’ll go check them out. Thanks again for the help! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/10 "2005-02-08T02:41:16Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > … there are some Mexican restaurants about so I’ll go check them out. Some Mexican markets too :smack: ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-name-of-a-lima-bean-snack/288854/11 "2005-02-08T03:13:22Z")
Just offering. You should be able to find it, methinks. Otherwise, you know definitely where to get them.