What !?
I think they taste starchy, & bitter and dislike them. Even with salt and margarine/butter on them. My wife keeps buying them and can only get me to eat them if they are snuck into a stir-fry or soup, etc. Plain, & as a side dish- I'll pass, thank you. Just MHO.

Oh, I don't think they are bitter at all. You know some people low in zinc have different taste preferences. Taste is also genetic with some people testing aversive to many veggies. I think Edamames taste buttery and better than lima beans, and other things!
If anything for me they are kind of bland...sometimes I put a few drops of Italian dressing on them, but not alot.

I buy the frozen precooked ones at Costco. I just thaw them in hot water for 5 min and they are ready to go!

I wonder, Bob, if you hate other veggies like broccoli and brussel sprouts?

Ms D.,
I've gotten used to broccoli (hated it as a kid), won't touch brussel sprouts, limas were overdone in college when all we cooked was limas with fatback until we got a care package from home or someone in the apt got a job that paid, and we went grocery shopping. Ate a lot of limas in college. Cooked cauliflower is a no-no, but raw with dip is OK. Cabbage is off my menu too. I'm OK with cole slaw, but cooked cabbage is for St Paddy's day and not much else for me.
I'm really not too picky cause I'll eat just about anything else, from Kim Chee to oysters. Hummus to eggplant. Jalapenos to Sezchuan. Love seafood (except Tilapia- bass poop eaters)
Love fresh garden salads.
Go figure!