On Oct 29, 8:18*am, sf > wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 07:08:20 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
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> > On Oct 29, 6:07*am, Gary > wrote:
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> > > > I've never seen brown peas before. *If I did, I must have thought they
> > > > were something else. *When I have a ham bone, I use split peas which
> > > > are green - or any of a dozen or more other beans to make soup.
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> > > They must have sold them more often back in the early 60's? *When I was a
> > > kid (elementary school), pea-shooters were popular with us fellows. *It was
> > > just a large diameter plastic straw that came with a supply of "ammo." *We
> > > used to get more ammo from the grocery store...one pound bags of nice round
> > > tan peas.
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> > > I've also wondered about that because I never see them in the grocery store
> > > anymore.
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> > > Gary
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> > They were probably pigeon peas. * *Mostly you fund them where people
> > make peas and riceo on a regular basis. *More Caribbean oriented
> > foods. * Here's a pic.
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> >http://www.trimurtigroup.com/images/...uct_pigeon.jpg
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> Since we're talking about beans & rice, I need to ask you something...
> I always thought red beans and rice was a fairly dry dish. *Either the
> beans were mixed into the ricehttp://prescottollinewsletter.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/red-beans.jpg
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> or the beans were cooked down to a thick gravy and served on top of
> rice,http://www.simplyrecipes.com/photos/...ans-rice-2.jpg
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> but the red beans and rice I ran across the other day was soup. *Is
> that normal or was it just their soup of the day?
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> I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

My red beans and rice are not cooked down to a thick gravy and it
definitely is NOT a soup.

They are served with rice. I usually serve them with a scoop of rice
on the top.

http://www.hizzoners.com/recipes/lun...d-beans-a-rice