Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> Tara mentioned them.
> I'm not all that familiar with the dish�educate me.
> Is that the main course? What's a typical side?
> What are the critical components?

Cajun, Tex-Mex, American south-western cuisine uses them as a stand
alone main dish, but often served with cornbread, carne asada, jambalya,
gumbo, etoufee or just about any other foods from the aforementioned
cuisine's.

While often times the, rice & beans are cooked just in water with S &
P, cooked very simply and served equally simply, they are also cooked
and spiced in various ways, often times emphasizing hot pepper.

Lots of people cook up meats, especially various sausages with the beans
and lots of other veggies are some times added.

Some times the rice is cooked with the beans, sometimes separately and
then served together with plenty of hot tortillas

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-...s_rice,FF.html
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JL