Red Beans & Rice

[cksunshine]

Goomba wrote:

No, alas, Jill wanted to make the point that the customer is always right. I
just hope the staff ate her order and charged her for it.

Orlando

[jahladanuts]

In article ,
Leonard Blaisdell wrote:


Leo, the only reason for the granules is that they are dry. You could
as easily use base (powder or paste) or cubes (as you mention). I made
the seasoning blend in bulk a few years ago and made up packages for my
son and son-in-law. The granular form was easy to work with.

I made a batch for dinner this evening and used 2 cups of homemade
chicken broth for the liquid (not much in the way of dry herbs in
tonight's) and it was very nice. Enough flavor but far less salty
tasting. I broke vermicelli into ~1/2" pieces. It worked a treat.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

[buddy g]

Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:

and didn't spit in her replacement meal.

[simple yet astonishing]

Melba's Jammin' wrote:


It's definitely degraded right now. If I go to
groups.google.com, check "google groups only", and enter search
terms of "Steve" and "red beans and rice" I get a large volume of
results that includes posts that click through to my past posts.
If I add "rec.food.cooking" to the search terms in an attempt
to narrow it down, I get zero results! Definitely borked.

To me it has the appearance of omitting the header, and the last few
lines of each each post from the search base.

Steve

[JSJellyBean]

On 2011-02-13, zxcvbob wrote:


Wiki says either are acceptable. Most recipes indicate KBs, but then
show an almost refried bean texture in pics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Red_beans.jpg

I've never had authentic RB&R in LA, but I love Popeye's version,
which is suposedly award winning, if chain food can actually aspire to
such a thing. Popeye's is almost like refried beans, in texture.

What I see in pics of RB&R are beans that appear to have been boiled
w/o pre-soaking, my preferred bean cooking method. It would be near
impossible to mash or get bean cream from pre-soaked or frozen or
canned beans, as KBs have extremely tough skins. I'm not a KB fan for
that reason alone.

OTOH, I used to feel that way about lima beans, too, till I discovered
boiling dried lima beans w/o pre-soaking caused the skins to turn
almost gossamer/diaphanous in texture. I've not tried it with dried
KBs, but should. It would explain the creamy, almost refried, texture
of KBs in RB&R dish pictures.

I agree about the cayenne. Needs some HOT. I've been using Tabasco
habanero, of late. Not really that hot and has great flavor.

nb

[mecandes]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:29:37 GMT, l, not -l wrote:


no matter how lousy the wine is, you still have to pay taxes on it (and be
licensed to sell it, etc.). hence the salt.

your pal,
blake

[<3 Funny - Chick <3]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:57:39 -0800, sf wrote:


Navy beans work as well... with most red beans the color lightens to
pale pink or completely fades to white during cooking... calico,
cranberry, all those fancy schmancy beans the color disappears when
cooked.

[mommy2J]

zxcvbob wrote:


+1.

It is too bad there are so many suggestions out there to
substitute kidney beans, because it doesn't work nearly as
well and a few people even actively dislike the spongey texture
of kidney beans.


Steve

[plecostomusmodel]

On 2011-02-14, jmcquown wrote:


I'm tellin' ya', y'all be eating crap if you buy anything by
Zatarain's!

Jes so I wouldn't be talking out my ass, jes today I bought a serving
of Zatarain's RB&R frozen entree. Whatta joke! Allegedly 12 oz of
food, it had about six nickel-sized slices of sausage and about a
dozen red beans floating around in a sea of the most insipid rice
sludge I've ever tasted. I wouldn't recommend Zatarain's to a
starving dog.

nb

[ewick173]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:55:37 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:


i took a short romp through google and couldn't find anything explicit.
but consider this: groceries need no license to sell it and buyers do not
need to be of legal age. to me, that says it is somehow 'not wine.'

your pal,
blake