On May 15, 9:36*am, notbob > wrote:

> I love beans and I occasionally eat rice. *I dearly love Popeye's Red
> Beans & Rice, though I'm not sure why. *I think it's the salt. *OTOH,
> I jes can't see Zatarain's RB&R mix. *The rice is like Uncle Bens and
> the beans are already in the mix. *Mom bought a box so I'll be trying
> it. *I'm not optimistic.



Popeyes red beans and rice are on of the few, maybe the only,
fast food item I would like to duplicate at home. Maybe I'd get tired
of it after a while. But as a snack, it was great. I used to stop at
the one on Hollywood Blvd when I was driving a cab and get a small
order of that stuff - just filling enough but didn't weigh me down. I
called the corporate office and they sent me a list of ingredients.
There was MSG in there, the last ingredient actually, and all the
others were natural but dehydrated. Not a bad little meal for a fast
food joint, not bad period.

TJ