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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2010 3:23:01 GMT
Beans and rice? Classic Southern US or Cuban dish. Try it! Gosh,traditionally,nearly every home in New Orleans has red beans and rice on Mondays,served up as the Blue Plate Special at local eateries. EnGRAINed into the culture here.(I am not a huge fan of kidney beans  ,my sister in law got it into my childish pea brain that they reminded her of a particular local insect and I can't get it out of my head...). |
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Post by existentialcrisis on Feb 2, 2010 8:41:12 GMT
Hey casimira, would you be able to explain to me whether butter beans and lima beans are the same thing?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2010 10:29:07 GMT
Hey casimira, would you be able to explain to me whether butter beans and lima beans are the same thing? Good question and one that has always alluded me. Where I grew up we had fresh lima beans,the taste of the baby limas were so reminiscent of what I would call butter beans. Up North,the dried white beans which I believe are lima's,were called Navy beans. Here,the dried white ones are called butter beans. Did I sufficiently confuse you? I think that Bixa would be able to expound on this more or someone more learned on beans,(dried ones are not my area of expertise). I am the potato queen...   . |
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Post by existentialcrisis on Feb 2, 2010 13:27:38 GMT
oh dear... now i AM more confused! lol
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2010 14:32:59 GMT
Lima beans have always been green as far as I'm concerned. There are dozens of different beans in France, but strangely enough, the French do not eat lima beans to my knowledge. They eat a somewhat similiar smaller bean called 'flageolet' (and yes, the name is linked to flatulence).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2010 10:43:47 GMT
I'm still looking into this Existensia.
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Post by hwinpp on Feb 5, 2010 11:08:16 GMT
I am passing Asian cuisine in review in my head, and the only use I can find of kidney beans is in dessert cakes or those strange lumpy drinks.  Here too. I order it without the beans though.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2010 10:46:13 GMT
OK Existentia, after working at the election yesterday,and sitting at a table with 4 other people for almost 14 hours  ,part of the discussion was about food.(god, I love talking to these older ladies,two of Creole descent,the stories!!!)The consensus I got was that lima beans refer to fresh green as K. said and butter beans refers to dried limas. Got some great recipes too! |
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Post by existentialcrisis on Feb 9, 2010 8:18:53 GMT
Hmmm. Fresh vs. dry? I've just had the green ones out of a can (yuck) and frozen (yum). Not really sure what to do... I was thinking about trying to make succotash. Got a recipe for that?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2010 9:05:48 GMT
Now I am suddenly craving navy bean soup with bacon bits. The snow falling outside might have something to do with that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2010 10:32:28 GMT
Hmmm. Fresh vs. dry? I've just had the green ones out of a can (yuck) and frozen (yum). Not really sure what to do... I was thinking about trying to make succotash. Got a recipe for that? Yes,I do,will post for you today EC. (I am in most of day due to rain,again....) |
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 9, 2010 15:51:55 GMT
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Post by livaco on Feb 9, 2010 17:34:23 GMT
Beans and rice seem to me to go together very well. But one that seems unusual to me would be rice and pasta. It always seems to me that you have to have only one or the other at a meal. And that has caused many a dinner-planning argument in my household since I am a pasta lover and hubby prefers rice.
But I have heard there is a common dish in Egypt that has that combination. I think it's rice, macaroni, and lentils. Has anyone here tried it or know about it?
(And... now that I think about it, Rice-a-Roni has vermicelli pasta in it, and that is yummy.)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2010 17:50:26 GMT
Yes, that's a basic Egyptian dish (which I have never had the privilege of trying, but I've seen people diving into it all over downtown Cairo).
I think that pasta and rice are just fine together -- in a hearty soup.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 9, 2010 19:46:00 GMT
Aaaarghh -- I knew I'd heard of that dish, and went rummaging in my recipe files. The recipe I found only had lentils and pasta, but at least I found out the name: Koshary <--- click |
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Post by existentialcrisis on Feb 10, 2010 2:55:34 GMT
Yes, I've heard of that dish too. Wrote down a recipe for it when I was researching Egyptian cuisine. The pasta/rice combination has sort of made me hesitate from making it though. I was really surprized to learn that much of Egyptian cuisine is actually pretty basic pasta dishes.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 10, 2010 6:17:38 GMT
Well, they adhere pretty closely to the food pyramid.
;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2010 6:24:21 GMT
Egypt is not known for sophisticated cuisine. In that region of the world, it is Lebanon that holds that honor. If I learned that it was because the French came along and meddled in their cooking pots when they were administering the country, I wouldn't be too surprised.
If I learned that, no, it is because of all of the Ottoman invasions, that wouldn't surprise me either. Actually, I think they were lucky to have both the Turks and the French in their kitchens.
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Post by lagatta on Feb 10, 2010 12:00:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2010 0:35:57 GMT
Lagatta,thanks for posting this link. I heard this piece when it ran and had wanted to remember to post....
17 different kinds of KIBBE!!!!
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Post by lagatta on Feb 11, 2010 17:47:13 GMT
One of my favourite restaurants/cafés here is the pair Restaurant Alep/Le Petit Alep. The restaurant side is more formal; I've been there for charity suppers for Middle Eastern concerns, and as you can imagine everyone dressed to the nines for such occasions. Le Petit Alep is a more casual café-restaurant and serves little mezze as well as sandwiches, salads and full meals: they share the same kitchen. Petit Alep is VERY popular with people in my neighbourhood and elsewhere - it is often busy and can be a bit noisy.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 30, 2022 15:42:32 GMT
I wandered back into this thread which had one of the best discussions ever. Maybe it is time to continue.
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 30, 2022 21:00:10 GMT
Strange that in 2010 I was living in Egypt but missed this conversation about koshary.
It is one of the favourite meals of both my daughters.
I also ate it at least once a week.
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,my sister in law got it into my childish pea brain that they reminded her of a particular local insect and I can't get it out of my head...).
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,part of the discussion was about food.(god, I love talking to these older ladies,two of Creole descent,the stories!!!)The consensus I got was that lima beans refer to fresh green as K. said and butter beans refers to dried limas.
