One of Lance's coworkers, Rob, came over for dinner last Tuesday. He is originally from New Orleans and during dinner we peppered him with questions about growing up and of how he ended up in Seattle. He told us about learning to cook from his mom when he was kid and about her fantastic food. Somehow that led to him giving us recipes (from memory) for red beans and rice and fried chicken. Rob said he'd given his recipes to several friends in Seattle and no one had ever actually made them that he knew of.
We thought we would show him that the Hoffmans follow through... so Lance decided we should make fried chicken, red beans and rice, and cornbread Friday night. So we did. Just the two of us... and it was good. We took pictures of the food as it cooked and sent them to Rob. He was impressed. We asked him what kind of food he it is... creole? soul food? cajun?
He said "Monday night in New Orleans" food. According to Rob, if we peeked into the households of families living in New Orleans, many of them would be eating chicken and red beans and rice on Monday night. "Beans go a long way," Rob said.
2 comments:
fried chicken is my fav! is there a secret? oh yum!
Looks yummy! I had to learn h ow to make fried chicken once we moved out here...it's a staple to a lot of people here. It's yummy, we just don't eat it that much. :)
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