On 2012-05-15 09:52:41 +0000, jmcquown said:

>>>> How do you explore them?
>>>
>>> You give them a try. Read recipes. Heck, buy beans & rice mixes and
>>> give them a try. Beans and rice go very well together. Then learn to
>>> make them yourself. I often cook rice then add canned beans (Sheldon
>>> is right, canned beans are very cost effective) and add my own
>>> herbs/spices to taste.
>>
>> Yes, I know what "explore" means, and I've eaten and cooked both rice
>> and beans on numerous occasions. By "you", I was asking how you
>> yourself had explored "combinations".
>
> And I answered you. I started with buying bean & rice mixes.
> Zatarain's offers some good rice & bean mixes.

That stuff is impossibly salty for me.

> Then you figure out how to season & cook rice & beans together. Half
> the world has it figured out.

I rescind the question. By asking how you explored them I wasn't really
challenging you, just curious about your experience. That curiousity
has dissipated.

> Apparently your vegan daughter has figured it out. Why don't you ask her?

Again, it's not a question of my needing to "figure it out" it was a
question of what "exploration" was comprised of for you. I've lost
interest.

I don't have a daughter and none of my relatives are vegans.