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Lima Bean Soup
"A yearly Lima Bean Festival in nearby West Cape May honours the many growers there and showcases different recipes using their crops. This comforting chowder was a contest winner at the festival several years ago." —Kathleen Olsack, North Cape May, New Jersey
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Slow-Cooked Bean Medley
"I often change the variety of beans in this classic recipe, using whatever I have on hand to total the...
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Cowboy Calico Beans
"This is a tradition at the table when my girlfriends and I go up north for a girls' weekend. The...