CULTURETECHLENSRed beans and rice
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Combined Graph record U-00967 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0567. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Red beans and rice is red kidney beans slow-cooked and served over rice, a beloved New Orleans meal spread across Louisiana and the Gulf Coast; Monday is the traditional day because Monday was laundry (wash) day, and the beans simmered seasoned with the ham bone saved from Sunday's dinner. Stored origin_note (Monday washday tradition) and the beans-and-rice identity established by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities encyclopedia (64 Parishes, entry by Susan Tucker).
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Red beans and rice is red kidney beans slow-cooked and served over rice, a beloved New Orleans meal spread across Louisiana and the Gulf Coast; Monday is the traditional day because Monday was laundry (wash) day, and the beans simmered seasoned with the ham bone saved from Sunday's dinner. Stored origin_note (Monday washday tradition) and the beans-and-rice identity established by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities encyclopedia (64 Parishes, entry by Susan Tucker).
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Red beans and rice is red kidney beans slow-cooked and served over rice, a beloved New Orleans meal spread across Louisiana and the Gulf Coast; Monday is the traditional day because Monday was laundry (wash) day, and the beans simmered seasoned with the ham bone saved from Sunday's dinner. Stored origin_note (Monday washday tradition) and the beans-and-rice identity established by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities encyclopedia (64 Parishes, entry by Susan Tucker).
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