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re: Red Beans and Rice on Mondays
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:19 pm to Peazey
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:19 pm to Peazey
quote:yes laundry day was the day you would cook red beans because the stove would be on all day to boil water for launders...it was kill 2 birds with one stone in the age of “manual
Right. This is the actual tradition, from what I have been told at least.
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Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:19 pm to cbree88
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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.
Then don’t eat it. Problem solved.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:22 pm to cbree88
RBnRice is a tradition in S La. because on Sundays after Church you usually had a nice meal -for bck then esp during the depression.- A ham.
To feed large families (7-9 kids) on Mondays one cajun woman put all the leftover ham and hock in a pot made a roux and threw in what was cheap-red beans. It caught on...
Some traditions never die.
To feed large families (7-9 kids) on Mondays one cajun woman put all the leftover ham and hock in a pot made a roux and threw in what was cheap-red beans. It caught on...
Some traditions never die.
This post was edited on 5/6/18 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:24 pm to cbree88
It's crazy how cheap a lot of cajun food actually is.
red beans and rice and jambalaya BAWS
red beans and rice and jambalaya BAWS
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:25 pm to cajunangelle
No cajun woman would ever make a roux for red beans. Ham in red beans is also a New Orleans thing.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:29 pm to Houma Sapien
the roux is made by smooshin the beans to the side and I meant cajuns and NOLA people. I had family from in the country and in NOLA. I was speaking overall in general-- Don't know how bayou cajuns ate, probably the same you tell us...
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:33 pm to cbree88
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Why do people in South Louisiana insist on eating this on Mondays? I
In the old days, Monday was laundry day so the woman of the house put on a pot of beans to slow cook all day while she did the laundry...
about the same reason my wife still leaves cooked food on the counter until it has cooled to room temp like her mom did. Only her mom's first fridge was an ice box with a real ice block in it. Some people are hard to change...
This post was edited on 5/6/18 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:34 pm to cajunangelle
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roux
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made by smooshin the beans to the side
Mon dieu.....
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:35 pm to cajunangelle
quote:bruh you know what a roux is right
the roux is made by smooshin the beans
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:36 pm to cbree88
Mondays used to be laundry day and red beans took all day to cook, so it worked. It’s a tradition.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:38 pm to cbree88
The only reason I’m posting is because I want you to know who gave you your 46th downvote
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:40 pm to cbree88
Nothing triggers me harder than when Northerners ask me why I’m eating a side dish as a meal. I love muthafrickin red beans and rice.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:45 pm to cbree88
I had some last Thursday. Seriously.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:47 pm to cbree88
Same reason places do fish on Friday. It's traditional and fricking delicious.
Also, restuarants love it because it's beans and rice and it's dirt cheap if they don't get crazy with the protein. They can sell a huge plate of it for $8 on Mondays because of the tradition, make the customers happy, and still make a killing on the stuff. If there's any left that has to be thrown out, again, it's dirt cheap.
Also, restuarants love it because it's beans and rice and it's dirt cheap if they don't get crazy with the protein. They can sell a huge plate of it for $8 on Mondays because of the tradition, make the customers happy, and still make a killing on the stuff. If there's any left that has to be thrown out, again, it's dirt cheap.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:49 pm to Averytiger
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This post was edited on 11/30/19 at 11:44 pm
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:50 pm to Dire Wolf
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Why did Louisiana land on red beans and not black beans?
I don't know, but were you aware kidney beans are poisonous?
Cook them beans
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:51 pm to AlbertPoolHoles
quote:they don't get the dish at all...
Nothing triggers me harder than when Northerners ask me why I’m eating a side dish as a meal. I love muthafrickin red beans and rice.
quote:
I love muthafrickin red beans and rice.
me too and I have only met one yankee that loved it.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:52 pm to cbree88
Because we like it. Go live with the yankees if you don’t.
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:53 pm to cbree88
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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.
Sounds like you know why. So that makes this thread pointless. Some people like traditional things and this is one that has stuck around. Kind of like people eating greens and black-eyed-peas on New Year's day.
ETA: It's also fricking delicious.
This post was edited on 5/6/18 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 5/6/18 at 7:55 pm to AlbertPoolHoles
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Nothing triggers me harder than when Northerners ask me why I’m eating a side dish as a meal. I love muthafrickin red beans and rice.
I'm sure that didn't happen more than once.
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