Fond memories of "The Silver Moon" a shack close to LSU campus in Baton Rouge, on the side of a highway. Crescent silver moon painted on the side, dirt parking lot. Two very large women inside were cooking on a couple home kitchen ranges, big steaming pots of red beans and rice. Smoked hot sausage. Cash only. Folding chair furniture. I don't think a health inspector ever saw the place. It was awesome. The beans were spicy but the sausage knocked it out of the park.
The day to eat red beans is Monday. Traditionally the washing day, so the women put an extra pot on the stove with the fire already going. Long gone are the days of doing laundry by hand but restaurants still offer red beans and rice as the special on Monday.
The Silver Moon moved to Chimes St. and got more main stream, not as tasty and now is closed. I sure wish I had asked those ladies for the recipe at the time.
I can cook up some respectable red beans and rice but have since wandered off to other beans, rarely making it back to red. My favorite beans are Peruvian beans followed by blackeyed peas.
May the gas be with you!
G