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White beans or Red beans

Posted on 7/13/20 at 3:33 pm
Posted by LoneStar23
USA
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Posted on 7/13/20 at 3:33 pm
I pretty frequently have beans on Monday and alternate between the two. It’s very cheap and easy to make and gets the family through the first couple of days of the week for dinner. What is your favorite? If I could make my white beans as good as my grandmother used to make them before she passed I would make them every week. Any special additions to these two dishes that I might not have tried?
Posted by Ragin Tiger 91
Houston
Member since Apr 2016
428 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 3:36 pm to
My mom preferred and cooked white beans growing up, but I’m team red beans
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
18421 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 3:36 pm to
I prefer white beans. Regardless of which I'm cooking, I always add sausage, tasso and ham to it.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
15096 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 3:36 pm to
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Any special additions to these two dishes that I might not have tried?


I've got a friend who lives outside Raceland and his wife always makes white beans on Monday and adds shrimp to them.

I prefer red beans with sausage, ham, pickle meat or ham hocks for flavoring but I'm not going to turn my nose up at some good lima beans. Besides, limas cook up quicker than red beans, so less work to make them.

And like you, I wish I knew how my grandma made them since they were the best I've ever tasted and I can't duplicate that taste to save my life.
Posted by Saskwatch
Member since Feb 2016
16551 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 3:39 pm to
If I'm eating them as the sole dish then red beans

If I need a side then I opt for white beans

my grandmother would always serve white beans as the side if she cooked pork chops
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
81194 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 3:40 pm to
White beans forever and always.

I actually don’t really like red beans.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39500 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 4:00 pm to
red beans over rice with sweet corn bread and a glass of milk

one of my favorite meals of all time
Posted by Speckhound
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2020
150 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 4:04 pm to
White beans for me. Try frying some specs and put white beans and rice over a few fillets.
Posted by LoneStar23
USA
Member since Aug 2019
5162 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 4:06 pm to
quote:

Try frying some specs and put white beans and rice over a few fillets


Now that sounds delicious
Posted by fatboydave
Fat boy land
Member since Aug 2004
17979 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:27 pm to
Yall gonna need some beano up in here
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
5835 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:30 pm to
white is always the correct answer, in this and most situations
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
9401 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:33 pm to
Some kind of smoked meat is what puts them over the top. I use smoked sausage and smoked turkey necks or ham hocks.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
41500 posts
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:44 pm to
We always eat beans on Mondays, too, but I rotate among red, white, black and pinto.

The black & pinto I'll mash up for refried beans for later in the week if we have any left.

My white beans aren't as good as my grandfather-in-law's used to be ... but they're edible.

We use salt pork for the white beans and pickled pork for the red.
Posted by Ryan3232
Valet driver for TD staff
Member since Dec 2008
25794 posts
Posted on 7/14/20 at 12:12 am to
My red beans always come out better.

But I still take white beans out to the dance sometimes.


They’re so damn similar in taste to me, but look so different (color). I essentially cook them both the same way most of the time. Trinity, sausage, tasso, and stock.
This post was edited on 7/14/20 at 12:48 am
Posted by Gris Gris
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Member since Feb 2008
47375 posts
Posted on 7/14/20 at 12:41 am to
I like to simmer smoked hocks in chicken stock to use in certain bean dishes and soups.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
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Posted on 7/14/20 at 11:01 am to
quote:

I prefer white beans. Regardless of which I'm cooking, I always add sausage, tasso and ham to it.





Agreed. I love red beans, but white beans have that special flavor that can't be beat.


I've never added tasso before. Always sausage and pickled meat for me, but I will throw this in next time for a meat trinity
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
18421 posts
Posted on 7/14/20 at 11:51 am to
quote:

Agreed. I love red beans, but white beans have that special flavor that can't be beat.


I've never added tasso before. Always sausage and pickled meat for me, but I will throw this in next time for a meat trinity

Bruh some smoked tasso with those white beans....

Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
54085 posts
Posted on 7/14/20 at 12:56 pm to
Love both equally, one of the greatest things of all time to eat.

I could red or white beans every day.
Posted by CBandits82
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Member since May 2012
54085 posts
Posted on 7/14/20 at 12:57 pm to
Gotta have pickle meat in there too
Posted by msu202020
Member since Feb 2011
4142 posts
Posted on 7/14/20 at 1:48 pm to
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If I could make my white beans as good as my grandmother used to make them before she passed I would make them every week.


mmm, I can smell the trinity and bacon cooking to this day.
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