# So who decided to mix THESE veggies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024 "2018-02-02T13:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/1 "2018-02-02T13:20:51Z")
Heated up and ate some frozen mixed veggies yesterday. (Had bought - but didn’t use - them for some soup.) Neither my wife nor I really like mixed veggies. Just seems like an odd mix that doesn’t really go well together. Which got us thinking, who decided what would constitute mixed veggies? Since I was a kid in the 60s, they have always been peas, corn, green beans, carrots, and lima beans. Is it just a plot to get rid of all the excess lima beans that no one in their right mind wants to eat? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/2 "2018-02-02T13:26:41Z")
There is a brand (Birdseye?) that leaves out the lima beans. I always use them when I’m making shepherd’s pie because I figure lima beans are too starchy and don’t go properly with the potatoes. I like lima beans fine under other circumstances, I suppose it’s possible this isn’t my right mind. How would I know? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/3 "2018-02-02T13:39:12Z")
The whole concept behind ‘mixed veggies’ is that by putting them together, you end up with a dish that has **all** the essential amino acids, and thus is nutritionally complete, and you won’t die for the lack of one of them. That’s how succotash got started (a mix of corn and lima beans). I don’t know if the modern food marketers are still paying attention to this when they make their modern mixed veggies, but they ought to. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/4 "2018-02-02T13:48:19Z")
Hot damn! 2 of my favorite posters were the first 2 to respond to a thread of mine. Now if THAT didn’t put a warm start to my Friday, I don’t know what would! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/5 "2018-02-02T13:48:32Z")
I thought it was based on which vegetables were the cheapest. Broccoli with carrots in frozen dinners became carrots and broccoli. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/6 "2018-02-02T14:01:23Z")
Aw shucks. I like you too, **Dinsdale**. :o About the veggies, my feelings are mixed. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/7 "2018-02-02T14:11:16Z")
Not frozen, but canned mixed vegetables: Veg-All. Are the WORST tasting things imaginable. Even for canned veg, these are just VILE. I don’t know how it’s possible to utterly ruin the innocuous canned vegetable, but they manage to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/8 "2018-02-02T14:16:29Z")
Kroger store brand mixed veggies do not have lima beans, just corn carrots peas and green beans. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/9 "2018-02-02T14:30:03Z")
OK, so now I gotta know why some brands dropped the much maligned lima? Was it a result of consumer demand? A longstanding lima drought? Maybe an upswelling of anti-Peruvian sentiment? A shoptcoming of the lima lobby? I don’t think I have EVER eaten a lima bean other than in mixed veggies - or possibly as some unidentified bean-type “filler” in some soup or stew. I’ve had corn, peas, beans, and carrots on their own both plain and in various configurations, but I’m not sure I ever had a nice old plate of limas. Even in bean-type dishes, such as chili or bean soups, the bean of choice more often seems to tend towards navy, kidney, or any direction other than lima. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/10 "2018-02-02T14:33:07Z")
Is there a difference between a lima bean and a butter bean? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/11 "2018-02-02T14:55:14Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Is there a difference between a lima bean and a butter bean? Now you got me thinking about “Cornbread and butter beans, and you across the table. Eatin beans and makin love as long as I am able.” Gotta love them Carolina Chocolate Drops! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/12 "2018-02-02T14:58:21Z")
I thought the lima beans were the best part of the mixed veggies. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/13 "2018-02-02T15:04:08Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I thought the lima beans were the best part of the mixed veggies. Someone is _wrong_ on the internet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/14 "2018-02-02T16:33:46Z")
Why so much lima bean hatred? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/15 "2018-02-02T17:09:10Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Someone is _wrong_ on the internet. 😉 So very, _very_ wrong. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/16 "2018-02-02T17:11:51Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Why so much lima bean hatred? I love lima beans. I hope one day to visit Peru and have them really fresh. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/17 "2018-02-02T17:30:23Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Why so much lima bean hatred? Because lima beans are Satan’s droppings. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/18 "2018-02-02T18:03:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I love lima beans. I hope one day to visit Peru and have them really fresh. You could save on airfare and just drive to Ohio [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lima,+OH](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lima,+OH) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/19 "2018-02-02T18:06:06Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Why so much lima bean hatred? I find they tend to be mealy. I do vaguely remember liking broad beans when my paternal grandmother made them. They probably involved bacon grease and corn bread. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/20 "2018-02-02T18:06:46Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Because lima beans are Satan’s droppings. If that were true, then Satan has some tasty droppings. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024.md?page=2)