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Red Beans and Rice on Mondays
Posted by cbree88 on 5/6/18 at 7:05 pm2191
Why do people in South Louisiana insist on eating this on Mondays? I know in the past this was a tradition because people felt like it was a good, hearty, protein-rich food to start the week off with. A lot of people worked hard physical labor jobs on farms at the time, so this was a good idea.
Why do people do it now? Are they just blindly carrying on a tradition from the past which is now pointless? It seems like everywhere you go to get lunch on Monday there’s a red beans and rice special. It gets kind of old sometimes.
Why do people do it now? Are they just blindly carrying on a tradition from the past which is now pointless? It seems like everywhere you go to get lunch on Monday there’s a red beans and rice special. It gets kind of old sometimes.
This post was edited on 5/6 at 7:06 pm
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by fr33manator on 5/6/18 at 7:06 pm to cbree88
Because have you ever tried eating Red Beans and Macaroni?
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by fallguy_1978 on 5/6/18 at 7:07 pm to cbree88
It was originally because it was made with the leftover meats from Sunday meals. And I absolutely love red beans and rice
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by starsandstripes on 5/6/18 at 7:08 pm to cbree88
Not good protein. Sounds more like tradition from when people were poor.
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re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by Averytiger on 5/6/18 at 7:09 pm to cbree88
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Why do people in South Louisiana insist on eating this on Mondays?
I don’t. You can eat at my house if you’re homeless and have no other food options. Otherwise, why do you care?
This post was edited on 5/6 at 7:58 pm
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by tiggerthetooth on 5/6/18 at 7:09 pm to cbree88
That's what slaves used to eat pre civil war.
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by TigerintheNO on 5/6/18 at 7:09 pm to cbree88
Monday was laundry day, back in the day women used to soak their beans while they did the family's laundry.
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by fr33manator on 5/6/18 at 7:11 pm to tiggerthetooth
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That's what slaves used to eat pre civil war.
it wasn’t just slaves. The poor of every color would eat red beans and rice.
This post was edited on 5/6 at 7:14 pm
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by Big EZ Tiger on 5/6/18 at 7:12 pm to cbree88
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It seems like everywhere you go to get lunch on Monday there’s a red beans and rice special. It gets kind of old sometimes.
So don't get the special. Go back on Tuesday.
I love red beans and rice with meat/sausage on any day though.
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by fallguy_1978 on 5/6/18 at 7:12 pm to TigerintheNO
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Monday was laundry day, back in the day women used to soak their beans while they did the family's laundry.
Accurate
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Meats such as ham, sausage (most commonly andouille and Chaurice), and tasso ham are also frequently used in the dish. The dish is customary - ham was traditionally a Sunday meal and Monday was washday. A pot of beans could sit on the stove and simmer while the women were busy scrubbing clothes. The dish is now fairly common throughout the Southeast. Similar dishes are common in Latin American cuisine, including moros y cristianos and gallo pinto.
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by Dire Wolf on 5/6/18 at 7:13 pm to TigerintheNO
Why did Louisiana land on red beans and not black beans?
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by Peazey on 5/6/18 at 7:14 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Laundry day.
Right. This is the actual tradition, from what I have been told at least.
re: Red Beans and Rice on MondaysPosted by fr33manator on 5/6/18 at 7:14 pm to Dire Wolf
I don’t know if frijoles negros are native to here
This post was edited on 5/6 at 7:15 pm
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