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Traditionally, red beans and rice are a meal for a Monday because Monday is the day you do your wash and don't have time to cook. That's why you'll find that restaurants in the South Louisiana area typically serve red beans and rice as the daily "special" on a Monday.
As a quick meal I used to buy the Zatarins or Tony Chachere Gumbo mix with rice in a box for about $2. Add a pound of authentic Andoullie sausage and a 10 oz. can of chicken. 20 minutes later you are eating. Then for the next 3 days my feet and ankles would feel like they were going to explode from all the fluid in them due to the mass dose of sodium I took from the gumbo. Same goes for boiled crawfish. The entire New Orleans/South Louisiana region sees a sharp increase in heart attack/stroke issues every year during crawfish season due to the liberal use of salt.
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