Red Beans and Rice Foodways

Specialised

Red kidney beans simmered all day with the Sunday ham bone or pickled pork, served over rice — on Monday, because Monday was wash day and the pot could be left alone. A Caribbean and West African rice-and-bean form, made New Orleanian by that weekly rhythm.

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What is recorded

Rice and beans as a dish is Caribbean and West African in form. What makes red beans and rice specifically New Orleanian is the Monday rhythm — wash day, a pot left to simmer, and the Sunday ham bone to build it on. documented

Recipes

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