“Cannellini beans. Lini beans are delicious but I couldn’t eat a whole can”

Cannellini beans are white kidney beans. A joke has “Cannellini beans” as “can of Lini beans.”
   
“Turns out there are no such thing as ‘Lini beans.’ I read the shopping list as a ‘can of lini beans.’ But they are cannellini beans” was posted on X/Twitter by Chris Mason on October 18, 2016. “Cannellini beans. Lini beans are delicious but I couldn’t eat a whole can” was posted on X/Twitter by Lenzie Moss on March 14, 2020. “You’re telling me you’ve got a whole can of lini beans?” was posted on Bluesky by Not Carl on July 15, 2025. “Where can I get Lonni beans from? The recipe says use a can o’ Lonni beans”—this joke probably confuses “Cannellini,” a bean, with “Cannelloni,” a pasta—was posted on X/Twitter by Robert Wilkinson on July 29, 2026.
 
 
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Cannellini Beans vs. Northern Beans
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What Are Cannellini Beans?
Cannellini beans are a type of white bean. They are popular in Southern and Central Italy and can be enjoyed in many ways. While cannellini beans are usually enjoyed cooked, in Tuscany, dried cannellini beans are a popular accompaniment to tuna, pasta and salad. In the United States, cannellini beans are often found in vegetarian dishes and used as a substitute for chicken or fish.
 
Cannellini Bean Name Variations
Cannellini beans are also known as white kidney beans and fasolia beans.
     
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Chris Mason
@ChrisMasonBBC
Turns out there are no such thing as ‘Lini beans.’ I read the shopping list as a ‘can of lini beans.’ But they are cannellini beans.
11:52 AM · Oct 18, 2016
 
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Chris Mason
@ChrisMasonBBC
If it makes you feel any better George, I was dispatched to the supermarket by Mrs M some years ago with a barely legible shopping list. When I asked where I could find a can of lini beans, the member of staff looked at the list&said ‘i think it says cannellini beans.’
7:59 AM · May 2, 2018
   
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Chris Mason
@ChrisMasonBBC
It really is. And the 2014 incident in which I asked for help finding a can of Lini beans. Until it was pointed out that my shopping list said cannellini beans
12:52 PM · Oct 13, 2018
 
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Italians who love Food ·
Vince Scotti Sr. ·
January 22, 2019 at 10:54 AM ·
I hate when she sends me to the pantry. To me it’s entertaining the Twilight Zone.  She wanted a can of lini beans. Couldn’t find them
(A can of Cannellini Beans is shown.—ed.)
 
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Lenzie Moss
@lenziemoss
Cannellini beans. Lini beans are delicious but I couldn’t eat a whole can.
5:56 AM · Mar 14, 2020
 
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in my oat era
@RoryMaybe
Having a can of lini beans for tea tonight
1:35 PM · Jul 31, 2021
 
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Sherwood B. Coole
@willplsadvise
People, it’s just “lini” beans. One can of lini beans. Toucans of lini beans. Get it together.
6:02 PM · Oct 18, 2021
 
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Guy Blackman
@guyblackman
I love Lini beans I always get them by the can
3:56 AM · May 25, 2023
 
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Guy Blackman
@guyblackman
I love Lini beans when I’m at the supermarket I’m always like “guy don’t forget the can o’Lini beans!”
5:54 AM · May 26, 2023
 
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Not Carl
@notcarl.bsky.social
You’re telling me you’ve got a whole can of lini beans?
11:18 PM · Jul 13, 2025
 
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Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
Where can I get Lonni beans from?
The recipe says use a can o’ Lonni beans.
(This joke probably confuses “Cannellini,” a bean, with “Cannelloni,” a pasta.—ed.)
8:04 AM · Jul 29, 2026