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I like red beans but white beans are better

Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:49 am
Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:49 am



I know red beans are steeped in tradition and rule in Louisiana, and I’m certainly a fan, but I can’t be the only one who prefers white beans to red beans.
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
14108 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:54 am to
Same. White beans every time.
Posted by tLSU
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:55 am to
I do prefer white beans but I usually crave red a few times in the winter and will throw a pot together.
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 1/3/21 at 9:16 am to
Agreed
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49638 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 9:40 am to
I cook and eat both with equal enthusiasm.

Also baby Lima’s, speckled butter beans, black eye peas, cream peas, pintos, black beans , Jacobs cattle beans, cranberry beans, snow cap beans all of which I have grown.

Not many I will pass up.

I grew up eating both great Northern and Navy pea beans whichever my mother was in the mood for. For some reason she always put a small dollop of ketchup in her bowl. Never seen anyone else do this.

I’ve been growing Cannellini beans and Hericot Tarbais beans which are thin skinned and using those for my white beans. I enjoy them. Whole Foods might carry them dry.

Make a cassoulet with them for something a bit different.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 1/3/21 at 9:58 am to
quote:

Make a cassoulet with them for something a bit different.



LOVE a good cassoulet. Ive been wanting to try cooking one with duck, but haven’t gotten around to it.

Made a pot last night with some turkey stock I made over the holidays pork fat and some very serious andouille. Lights out. So simple yet so tasty.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
23134 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 10:57 am to
Butter Beans are my favorite
White Beans
Petite Pois with a Roux
Red Beans
Smothered Green Beans

I like them all
Posted by jfw3535
South of Bunkie
Member since Mar 2008
5454 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 11:08 am to
I'm a big fan of both. Depends on my mood. You really can't go wrong with either though.
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
6122 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 11:45 am to
Da Truth
Posted by CrazyTigerFan
Member since Nov 2003
3561 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 11:47 am to
quote:

LOVE a good cassoulet.
If you ever fry turkeys, throw some of that meat into a cassoulet. Good stuff.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53205 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 12:07 pm to
I like both but we generally don't make white beans as a standalone meal like red beans.
Posted by EastCoastCajun
New Bedford Massachusetts
Member since Aug 2015
2171 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 12:14 pm to
I love white beans over rice and gravy served with a stuffed pork roast.
Posted by Jim Thompson
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2016
160 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 12:33 pm to
A big plate of white beans garnished with fried catfish fillets is one of the River Parishes finest contributions to Louisiana food.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 12:59 pm to
Red Beans Matter
Posted by Nicky Parrish
Member since Apr 2016
7098 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 1:01 pm to
Me
Any meat, beef, chicken, pork, fresh or smoked sausage, red beans.
Any seafood, fried fish, shrimp, oysters and or jambalaya, white beans
But there’s always exceptions
JMO
This post was edited on 1/3/21 at 1:03 pm
Posted by DocHolliday1964
Member since Dec 2012
1377 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 1:08 pm to
I know, prejudiced here, but white beans every time all the time. Occ baby limas or pintos. Not a red bean fan
Posted by Kim Jong Ir
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2008
54935 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 1:26 pm to
quote:

Same. White beans every time.



Not every time, but I do prefer white beens. I just started a pot of great northerns with andouille and ham.
Posted by theantiquetiger
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Posted on 1/3/21 at 1:44 pm to
I like white beans as well, but a good red bean is hard to beat. I like my red beans creamy, a little over cooked, so they are nearly mushy.
I like my white beans a little more crunchy (but not undercooked)
Posted by Saskwatch
Member since Feb 2016
18033 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 1:48 pm to
quote:

cook and eat both with equal enthusiasm.


Same for me. Red Beans are always a stand alone dish. White Beans are always a side for pork chops, fried fish, etc..
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49638 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 1:58 pm to
My wife thawed out some of her incredible dirty rice (with liver) for New Year’s Day and I added my black eyed peas over the top-hybrid hopping John. Good stuff.
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