As a child I hated lima beans.
I mean, what child doesn't?
They're lima beans! They're the punchline of a thousand jokes, the substance of a thousand threats, the stuff of a thousand nightmares.
Look up "lima beans" in the dictionary and you will see, "The food that all children and most adults hate."
It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized I had never even tasted lima beans.
They've been so demonized that they rarely show up on any restaurant menu or home table.
And once I did taste them, I really can't tell you why.
Little velvet pillows with a mildly nutty flavor -- what's not to like? It might help that the first time I ever tasted lima beans was in this succotash.
(Frankly it's the only wa...