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Don't listen to Emeril. He knows shit about red beans and rice! I'm born and raised in New Orleans, and let me tell you that man is not the real thing.
We use pickled pork meat from the grocery and smoked sausage. Both can be bought at the grocery prepackaged and ready to throw in the pot of beans. The pickled pork is so tender. Buy regular or spicy sausage, whichever your taste prefers.
There ain't no tricks to red beans and rice. Rinse the beans first, soak them overnight so you don't have to cook 'em as long, add chopped onions and green peppers to the pot of beans and meat then bring to a boil, reduce the fire and slow cook 'em several hours, mash a few beans as you stir so they are thick (not runny or watery), and stir frequently to make sure they don't stick to the bottom of the pot and burn (cuz that's nasty). I like mine with a little Tabasco sauce and some corn bread on the side - yum.
Emeril who? He isn't even from here!
posted by
bettyboop1967
on July 18, 2005 at 8:00 PM
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what a riot!
posted by
Original_Influence
on July 17, 2005 at 8:00 PM
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Hi Joe_Love...
I think you were supposed to cut the hoof off also...you use the hooves for making glue and soap, not for eating. But it probably tasted great anyway. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I don't know that the swim was cancelled, I just couldn't get Alisha to wake up intil after the race would have been over. Her friend Allison will probably blame the new boyfriend (Me) for that, but it really wasn't my fault. Anyway, have a nice day...
posted by
jimmy68
on July 17, 2005 at 6:06 PM
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Funny...
Cooking has the same effect on my husband and son. Neither will leave me alone or in peace unless I'm in the kitchen preparing food.
posted by
SilverMoon7
on July 17, 2005 at 2:48 AM
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Krisles
I got the recipe online, so I didn't get to see him pull out some hocks. LOL I had an older woman that I know explain to me that you're supposed to cut something off or something.
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 16, 2005 at 9:56 PM
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Joe_Love
Well, Emeril is on the tube in our bedroom right now and my hubby is glued to it...he is addicted to the Food Network...amazes me because he doesn't even boil water...just runs it really hot in the sink for his instant oatmeal...ugh. He has gotten me addicted to Iron Chef since I have been here.... Anyway, ham hocks don't have feet attached to them! What kind of place did you buy your pig's feet in!!! Ugh!! I grew up eating ham hocks and beans...and they are great with collard greens, too....never had pig's feet in my life...someone mentioned the hock is higher up...that's right to my knowledge. Feet...ugh!!! Anyway, I know that once you got it all in the pot and spiced up it all tasted delicious and it's just the thought of it that I'm sayin' "ugh" to. I made mashed potatoes tonight ...picked each one individually....peeled for 30 minutes...used real butter, evaporated milk, sea salt...they are delicious....hubby is very "respectful". Great post.
posted by
Krisles
on July 16, 2005 at 9:48 PM
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Ham hocks -- my grandmother would cook with those quite a bit. Most cooking from scratch does take time, and a lot of prep, but the results are worth it. A big pot, like a dutch oven, usually does well with hocks. And thank you for stopping by my humble blog.
posted by
telynor
on July 16, 2005 at 7:33 PM
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Hahahahaha!
I used to work in a butcher shop, but I never heard of a ham hock that came with the rest of the hoof attached! LOL this post cracked me up! Just for reference, next time you can use a piece of smoked ham and the result should be what emmeril had in mind!
posted by
allicat275
on July 16, 2005 at 12:13 PM
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Taps, OMG I don't know what I would do
if I were eating soup and a chicken foot got caught between my feet!! I'm surprised you'll even eat any type of chicken at all, Taps!
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 15, 2005 at 11:40 PM
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Joe_Love, this is great. ROFLMAO. I would have substituted ham bouillon. When I was a child, we had chickens and my dad killed them and my mom cooked them. Since we had seven kids she never wasted anything and the bowl of cream gravy always had the chicken feet floating in it. Oh, she skinned off the yellow skin and cut of the tallons first but they still looked like chicken feet. We would all groan as my dad would put both of them on his plate and gnaw on them, spitting out one little knucklebone at a time. So, you can see why I cook with bouillon for flavor.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 15, 2005 at 9:40 PM
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Quirky
Actually according my husband (I swear I will not kiss him till he brushes his teeth after these). They are not actually the feet but more of the calf area...seems it has more meat...it's still NASTY!
posted by
Bel_
on July 15, 2005 at 9:00 PM
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Well...you ARE a tease! I thought you were going to give up a little more detail about the monster, seeing as how so many of us have been begging for that for...oh...DAYS now!! But I know you will get to it in due time. In the meantime, did the monster ask for seconds? And...I did not know what ham hocks were! Ugg...I could not have cooked one.
posted by
Julia.
on July 15, 2005 at 8:58 PM
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HolyGrail
LOL! Maybe they all moved to Texas after I left!
posted by
Bel_
on July 15, 2005 at 8:05 PM
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Military_Wife
Yeah no doubt! But at least I saw a couple of dead ones when I was still here in Texas.
posted by
Holy_Grail
on July 15, 2005 at 8:04 PM
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HolyGrail
No Armadillos? Must have been a slow day.
posted by
Bel_
on July 15, 2005 at 7:57 PM
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Oh my lord, that was funny. But gross. I remember stopping at a gas station in Louisiana once and seeing pickled pigs feet in a jar by the cash register. I thought I'd seen it all until the next time I was driving through Louisiana and saw three dead alligators in the parking lot.
posted by
Holy_Grail
on July 15, 2005 at 7:56 PM
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JoeLove
Uh, nope, anything with a foot in it I don't eat. LOL Good post though
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 15, 2005 at 6:28 PM
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Ham Hocks
Pickled at that, is the only thing my husband has really asked for since he left the country. Minor problem (THANK GOODNESS) customs won't allow pork products into the mideastern countries for religious reasons. What's way messed up is they get a choice of ham, bacon or sausage every morning in the mess hall...go figure.
All I know is I am sooooo grateful I don't have to go buy those things where someone might see me buying them. 
posted by
Bel_
on July 15, 2005 at 6:20 PM
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Oh man, I don't think I could ever eat a pigs foot! Or any sort of foot for that matter. Isn't it wonderful how cooking and the glorious smells that eminate from the kitchen can work wonders on other people's personalities? Last night as I was cooking dinner, my son was telling me how good it smelt and he got more mellow as the evening went on.
posted by
Ca88andra
on July 15, 2005 at 6:17 PM
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That must have been one monstrous pig.
We call them not ham hocks but pig trotters. They're small, delicate (if delicate's a word that can be used to describe a pig) and make a delicious mean! Yum! Yum! Did you ever come across some smaller feet?
posted by
word.smith
on July 15, 2005 at 5:48 PM
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Joe
The real monsters are we, who are so addicted to "meat." George F. Will, of all people, has an article at the end of the most recent Newsweek magazine, entitled "What we owe what we eat." I recommend everyone read it before they buy their next ham hock. Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on July 15, 2005 at 2:02 PM
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Eat More Chicken!
posted by
I-R-William
on July 15, 2005 at 1:44 PM
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Joe I am sitting here chuckling at your post. I used to be a big eater of
pork until I went to Asia. One walk through the open air market with a severe hangover, cured me of eating piggies for a long time. In the place of hocks, feet, or other extremities of Porky, I just substitute ham now. Try that next time. Have a great day.
posted by
I-R-William
on July 15, 2005 at 1:40 PM
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Love
You mean the hoof by saying the black part? The only way you are cutting that off is with a saw, preferably a chainsaw. I have raised pigs, Ham is my favorite meat, but I have seen what pigs walk around in; Sorry
And you were yelling at poor Sierra for eatting goose poop?
posted by
Tweeter65
on July 15, 2005 at 11:52 AM
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Medusa, I think
I think you were supposed to cut the black part off of it. It looked like the FULL foot of a cow or a pig or whateveritwas.
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 15, 2005 at 7:16 AM
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Hi Joe Love.....I am a good cook, but how do u work a ham hock?
HaHa. What does the hoof look like? Are you sure you weren't supposed to cut off something before popping the hoof into the pot? I like Emeril, too, but my fav cook on there is the Barefoot Contessa. Love her house in the Hamptons. I want to hang at her place. She is excellent!
posted by
MedusaNextDoor
on July 15, 2005 at 7:13 AM
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Nice Recipe
And you are a horrible tease.
posted by
Bel_
on July 15, 2005 at 5:23 AM
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ummm........ respectful?
so, what was more....... respectful? that nothing "special" happened or that it should have.... (thats disgusting by the way... the recipe... well not the recipe-- the hoof.... did it taste right?) i just woke up, having a tough time forming words......
posted by
mmm-w
on July 15, 2005 at 4:33 AM
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