# So who decided to mix THESE veggies?

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/41 "2018-02-06T13:08:19Z")

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I can take or leave lima beans. The regional grocery store chain in these parts, Meijer, does not have lima beans in their frozen mixed veggies. Most other store brands IME do.

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**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 6, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/42 "2018-02-06T15:05:56Z")

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I do find that frozen lima beans can sometimes be difficult to find. It must be because they’re so popular that it’s difficult to keep them on the shelves.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/43 "2018-02-14T19:37:48Z")

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> [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](#):
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> You could save on airfare and just drive to Ohio
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> [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lima,+OH)

The one in Ohio is actually properly pronounced the same as the bean, “lime-a”. The on in Peru is more like “leema” instead.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/44 "2018-02-14T19:41:21Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Aren’t limas and butter beans the same thing? (So far as I can find, they do seem to be two names for the same bean.)

Nope. Butter beans are bigger and pale yellow. Lima beans are smaller and brighter green.

Not that I eat lima beans, but I’ve seen them. My mom does use butter beans in a type of bean dish she sometimes makes. I’d just as soon she leave them out at IMO they’re the worst part of it, but I have eaten them.

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**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 14, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-decided-to-mix-these-veggies/808024/45 "2018-02-14T19:48:43Z")

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> [@TBG](#):
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> The one in Ohio is actually properly pronounced the same as the bean, “lime-a”. The on in Peru is more like “leema” instead.

Foreigners can’t pronounce English.

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