On May 15, 10:53*am, gtr > wrote:
> 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.

Nobody cares about you level of interest, shitdick.