"barbie gee" > wrote in message
crg.pbz...
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> On Sat, 6 Oct 2012, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "notbob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> ...that I've made from scratch.
>>>
>>> I'm not a big rice fan, but love beans. So, to stretch that limited
>>> income dollar, I'm making red beans and rice. So we don't get off on
>>> another stupid red vs kidney bean tangent, I bought and used beans
>>> labeled "red kidney beans". 'nuff said....
>>>
>>> I'm using chuck tagart's recipe from the gumbo pages. All this time I
>>> thought he was a working chef. I was wrong. He's a freakin' disc
>>> jockey and wannabe southern gentleman. In short, a flim-flam man! Oh
>>> well, I've always found his recipes to be excellent, so I went with it.
>>>
>>> http://www.gumbopages.com/food/red-beans.html
>>>
>>> I had some andouille sausage, but discovered they were a)
>>> turkey/chicken shit, and b) spoiled, after only two days outta the
>>> freezer. Nevermind. I hate chicken/turkey based faux crap meat,
>>> anyway.
>>>
>>> I had a big ol' ham hock and all fresh trinity veggies, so that's
>>> good. I also had some leftover elk summer sausage, which is very
>>> flavorful. I added that instead of andouille, which I can't do-ie, cuz
>>> I un-douilled it into the trash.
>>>
>>> I got about 2 hrs of simmer time left, then will put in fridge till
>>> tomorrow when I cook up some long grain white rice and give 'er a try.
>>> I'll get back to y'all on the 'morrow.
>>>
>>> nb
>>
>> I tried that once, from Popeye's chicken. As much as I love beans and
>> also
>> rice and even beans and rice mixed together, I did not like the
>> seasonings
>> in there and could not eat it.
>
> This is funny to me, because I'd give my eye teeth if I could find a
> recipe that replicates the flavor of those beans! The rice is always
> pretty awful, but those beans are yummy to my tastes. Smokey, savory, not
> too salty... Love them.

Well it's possible that mine were made wrong. They did come from the little
place at Travis AFB and it has been my experience that those food places
don't necessarily have the full menu there. But Smokey isn't a flavor I am
overly fond of. I don't remember them being Smokey. Just highly seasoned
and somewhat overcooked.