Home-Style Butterbeans

I refrained from giving this recipe a 1 because I had to substitute lima beans for the butterbeans and therefore didn't feel I gave the recipe a fair chance. In my defense, I couldn't find butterbeans and the recipe stated lima beans would be an adequate substitution. The beans were too sweet and NEVER cooked away the water. I'm thinking the 12 cups of water was a misprint. Perhaps there was supposed to be a dash between the 1 and 2. I will not be experimenting again, as the flavor didn't suit my taste.

I had such high hopes for this recipe, but instead, I had the exact same problems as the other reviewers. I could not find butterbeans, so I substituted butter peas. I knew the water sounded like too much to begin with, so I doubled the amount of beans. I still ended up with 1 quart of liquid left. They never did cook down...took much longer than 2 hours... and it seemed like an awful lot of wasted flavor when I had to drain the excess liquid off so I could carry the dish to a potluck. I certainly didn't want to risk it sloshing all over my car!

This recipe was amazing! Everyone in the family loved it when I made them. Although I did use butterbeans (not lima beans) and only about 5 cups of water (which was probably still a little more than I needed). Next time I will probably use only 2 -maybe 3 cups of water. I'm making them again for Easter and everyone can't wait.

12 cups of water??? Really??

I can't belive this recipe has gotten any bad reviews! I cooked this to go with our christmas buffet dinner and they were fabulous. I did use lima beans and they turned out perfectly sweet and wonderful. Reheated well too. I was told I had to make this every year!

I made the recipe as directed using butter beans. Found the recipe very sweet and the water did not cook away at the 2 hour mark. By the 3 hour mark, I moved the heat to boil, and still was not able to drain enough water away by the time I was ready to serve. I ended up draining the remaining water away. Not a recipe I would make again. I am not a huge fan of butter beans to begin with, but as I have found out, it usually takes finding the right recipe to fall in love with an ingredient. This definitely is not the right recipe.

Well, I'm not chef but do enjoy cooking. I was disappointed with this recipe for one reason, 12 cups of water was entirely too much. After 6 hours..yes 6 hours of simmering I still had way, way too much water and I even tripled the amount of butter beans the recipe called for. The flavor was good but the 12 cups of water was ridiculous. I lost alot of faith in MyRecipe.com because of this lack of quality assurance prior to posting a recipe for others to try. Does anybody test these to make sure they work before giving them out? As stated in the first sentence, I am not a chef, so originally I wanted to triple this recipe, thank goodness I didn't have a pot big enough to hold 36 cups of water.

I have made this recipe on more than one occasion. It is always good. Last night I halved the recipe, used baby limas and cooked on medium low for about 1 1/4 hours. They were perfect. Not sure why others ha problems.