Bean Poll (Ranger: live, oil, rating)

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Rakin

I believe he's right that it's a Cuban, Caribbean bean and not so much a Mexico bean.

Refried beans are only good on nachos & re-plastering walls.

True dat - never been a fan!

[ETex2]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

brang it! :d

Ditto. I spent many a Sunday helping my grandmother shell a big washtub of blackeyed or purple hull peas. Cranking ice cream at a young age gave me my big muscles, too!

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

As a southern belle, I can honestly say that a pinto bean never crossed my lips till I moved to East Texas.

As for black beans, I do really like them. I'm going to ask my Hispanic friends if their Mexican families eat black beans. Interesting.

Pinto beans have their place in the south outside of Texas. Research "pinto bean suppers", to see what I mean.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

Pinto beans have their place in the south outside of Texas. Research "pinto bean suppers", to see what I mean.

Nyah. I know it, but I also know I don't like 'em and no one in my very southern family ever used them in cooking family dishes. Not even my extended family.

I also just realized that I don't recall ever having them at any sort of southern potluck dinner. I'm sure they exist and that people in the south eat them - but they've played no part in my life in the South.

But carry on.

People in Georgia and South Carolina eat Brunswick stew and you rarely, if ever, run across that here in Texas, which is also a southern state. That doesn't mean that it's not a southern dish -just not well known in all southern regions.

[Nairobi]

Hold up. Did Kat just admit that the south has varying cultures and traditions, and that it's not one monolithic entity. Say it isn't so!

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

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Now - those pinto beans and navy beans and Boston baked beans? Those are all DEFINITELY yankee-fied and will not be served in my house!

UMMMMMMM......no, you can't lump pinto beans in with yankee-fied Boston/navy....NO NO NO.

NO!!

Yes, I am shouting.......LOL!! Pinto beans aren't what I'd call "southern" but they sure as hell ain't Yankee-fied!

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by ETex2

I've been to various parts of Mexico over the last 10 years, and I don't think I've ever seen black beans served there. I've been told that they are more popular on South and Central America. I don't really like them much and would rather have refried beans or just charro beans (pinto bean soup). Nearly all authentic Tex-Mex and Mexican restaurants around here serve pintos.

I stayed in Central Mexico (San Luis Potosi) for a couple of months, and BOTH pinto and black beans were served for all meals, one or the the other or even both. That's where I learned to really like black beans...and I make them just about as often as pintos.

Black beans were not common in northern Mexico, so I never had them until I went farther south/central.

MMMMMMM! I'm glad to see that both are easily available in TX/NM/CO.......

[lonestar2007]

Thank goodness for all the varying influences we have here in Texas. It sure goes a long ways in setting a delicious table of some of the best eating you will find anywhere, IMHO.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

UMMMMMMM......no, you can't lump pinto beans in with yankee-fied Boston/navy....NO NO NO.

NO!!

Yes, I am shouting.......LOL!! Pinto beans aren't what I'd call "southern" but they sure as hell ain't Yankee-fied!

I was KIDDING about the pinto beans! I said that in the post right afterwards! I thought Reb was going to have a heart attack when I called them Yankee food! LOL

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

Hold up. Did Kat just admit that the south has varying cultures and traditions, and that it's not one monolithic entity. Say it isn't so!

I've never said otherwise. Not only that - but the South and the Deep South have varying cultures as well.