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      Title: Red Beans and Rice
 Categories: Cajun, Vegetables, Ceideburg 2
      Yield: 8 servings
 
      2 lb Dried red kidney beans
      2 c  Chopped yellow onions
      1 bn Of scallions, chopped
      3    Or 4 finely sliced cloves
           -of garlic
      1 bn Parsley (chopped)
      3 lb Smoked sausage *
           Salt and pepper to taste
      3 qt Of cold water
 
  * cut into 2 inch lengths (smoked ham or ham bone works fine)
  
  I just made no-fat refried beans last night completely by accident.
  
  I was making this recipe and discovered it in the process.
  
  Soak beans overnight if possible.  Drain water and add beans to a
  large 8- or 10-quart pot.  Then add enough of the cold water to cover
  the beans. Add chopped yellow onions and garlic and bring to a boil.
  Cook for one hour and add all the other things and more water if
  necessary.
  
  Simmer (slight bubbling action) for 2 more hours or until the beans
  are soft.  Then remove 2 cups of cooked beans without juice and mash
  very good. Then return the mashed up beans to the pot and stir into
  the mixture. This makes a creamy, thicker gravy.  If the beans are
  too dry, add enough water to make them like you like them.  Good over
  boiled rice.
  
  Serves 8.
  
  If you're in New Orleans on a Monday, this is the only thing you can
  eat.
  
  From "White Trash Cooking", Ernest Matthew Mickler.  Ten Speed Press,
  1986. ISBN 0-89815-189-9.
  
  When I got to the point where you take the two cups beans out and
  mash 'em, I put them in the food processor to puree.  They came out
  smelling and tasting just like refried beans.  The texture was a tad
  thin, but that could be remedied easily.  You could probably even
  "re- fry" them in a non-stick skillet to reduce the water content.  I
  used skin-on ham hocks to make this batch of beans, but you could
  easily leave that out and still come up with something close to what
  you want, I think.
  
  Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; August 27 1992.
 
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