Karol's Butterbeans

• 2 lbs (.9 kg). dried giant lima beans
• 1/2 lb (.2 kg). salt pork
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) butter (not margarine)
• water

1. Rinse beans and drain.
2. Do not pre-soak.
3. Place beans in large pot on stove top.
4. Add water to cover about 1 inch.
5. Bring to a boil then add salt pork and reduce heat to simmer.
6. Cook about 2 hours stirring occassionally.
7. Add butter and cook another 30 minutes.
8. The beans should be done but the water should not have thickened.

salt pork, butter, water

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/00011A (may not work)