Doug Freyburger > wrote:

>Tommy Joe wrote:

>> Popeyes red beans and rice are on of the few, maybe the only,
>> fast food item I would like to duplicate at home ...

>I also think it's the salt.

>I tried to duplicate Popeye's red beans and rice for a while. I kept
>doctoring it with this and that. It rapidly got to the point where I
>was adding more and more salt and it finally started to approach what I
>had at Popeye's. I added as much salt as I would dare and it seemed
>like I would more than double that amount ot get there. Vast quanties
>of salt.

I've tweaked my approach to red beans and rice over the years and
am very satisfied with it. If one googles back through the group,
one should find one of the times I posted the recipe.



Steve