I like the limas cooked fresh as an entrée. Dried butter beans are great cooked in a soup with ham, celery, carrots, onions, garlic, sea salt, & olive oil. Yum
I've lived in Florida, Texas (mostly Ft. Bliss), and Southern California. I've lived in Hawai'i for 34 years, which is even further South than Texas.
Everyone has different tastes, none of them are wrong. Both butter beans & limas can be found fresh, frozen, and dried.
Me ke aloha!