Red Beans And Rice–new Orleans Style

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Cajun	Cajun, Main dish	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Dried red beans
		Water
1	c	Dry red wine, opt
3		Large onions, chopped
1	T	Garlic chopped
1/2	c	Finely chopped parsley
1/2	c	Chopped green onions
1/4	c	Bacon drippings
1		Ham bone and scraps, hocks
10	c	Ham stock or water
		Salt to taste
		Tabasco sauce to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare the beans the night before.  Clean and pick through beans to
remove foreign objects.  Rinse several times in water to make sure
beans are absolutely clean.  In a lge. mixing bowl, combine the  beans,
with enough water to cover by 1 inch, and the wine, onions,  garlic,
parsley and green onions.  Soak overnight, covered. Next  morning,
saute the hambone and scraps in the bacon drippings, in an 8  qt. pot.
Pour the beans, with soaking water and all the seasonings,  into the
pot, then add enough stock to cover the beans by 2 inches;  bring to a
boil, then reduce the heat. Cover and simmer for 2 hrs.,  stirring
occasionally so the beans won't stick and burn. Season with  salt and
hot sauce when the beans are tender. To make beans thicker,  remove
about a cup full, mash, and return to the pot. Stir in.  Serve  over
hot cooked rice.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at
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A Message from our Provider:

“Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it. #A.W. Tozer”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 71 Calories From Fat: 2 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 188.2mg Potassium: 255.5mg Carbohydrates: 14.2g Fiber: 4.2g Sugar: 3.2g Protein: 3.8g

The redemption of an eternal soul is one sale that I, in my own strength, cannot accomplish. I need to know that, not so that I won’t preach the Gospel, but so that I won’t allow my presentation of the Gospel to be molded by what I think will finally get a response and close a sale. Instead of using all my powers to convict and change the sinner, while God stands back as a gentleman quietly waiting for the spiritual corpse, His declared spiritual enemy, to invite Him into his heart, I’m going to preach the Gospel like a gentleman, trying to persuade but knowing that I can’t convict and convert and change the sinner. Then we’ll see clearly just who can really call the dead to life.

Mark Dever