POLL - Beans: Side dish or star?

I love 'em and will eat them either way. Just don't go puttin' 'em in Chili .

rwj

I will put them in my chili until the day I stop cooking....it is not chili unless it has beans!

This could get ugly.

rwj

So, are the beans in cassoulet the star or not? It wouldn't be the same dish without the various meats that go in it. FWIW, I voted for "most of the time" as I rarely use beans as a side dish, though Stuart's mention of hummous does give me pause. And, like Robin, when I go meatless (6-8 times per week I'd guess) beans are usually the central player in the meal... except when they're not

Mark Lipton

This sequence of messages has me imagining a "Texas Cassoulet"

I suppose it would be a pile of meats, duck and sausage etc., with a few herbs and spices and duck fat, simmered into a tender goop.

Probably that's what RWJ would prefer, right? Sans legumes.

It's a good thing Cassoulet belongs to the French...

F

And it looks like the poll is giving us a nearly-perfect Poisson distribution of responses, which I am sure tells us something profound...

Mark Lipton

And it looks like the poll is giving us a nearly-perfect Poisson distribution of responses, which I am sure tells us something profound...

Mark Lipton

No matter how you serve 'em up, we all eat beans.

Not a poisson distribution.

I don't eat fish, if I can avoid it.

-Paul W.

As I understand it, Poisson distribution works better if there are also Baguettes.

You can feed a huge crowd with only a little food that way.

F

As I understand it, Poisson distribution works better if there are also Baguettes.

You can feed a huge crowd with only a little food that way.

Ideally, accompanied by the ultimate in "winemaker's wine."

Mark Lipton