The account of the Red beans

It came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Princess Shannon that all the beans should be cooked. (And this cooking was first done when Shannon was new to India.) And all the beans were cooked, and the beans were divided into portions of two; that they should be consumed at various times.

This is the account of the first portion of beans. Verily, the beans were added together with savory spices from many lands; including The United States of America and Mexico (in the New World); Kenya (on the Dark Continent) and India, which is known to many as the very land of spices and savoriness. Also added together with the beans and the savory spices was Sweet Yellow American corn, healthy tomato puree, water which had spurt forth from the tap, a smallish red onion-chopped and garlic-crushed.

This combination was indeed to become most delicious, and the scent of its cooking was pleasing to the nostrils of the LORD- the God of the Nations, as to His humble servant, Princess Shannon. Surely this pleasant and acceptable dish did cook upon a gas fire, as is right in the land of India.

As time passed Princess Shannon did take note with her senses that there was an odor which verily did not please her nostrils, (nor the nostrils of the LORD.) She did dismiss this scent saying unto herself: “India doth muchly have a foul order like unto burning.”

As more time passed Princess Shannon did go forth unto the kitchen and sadly she did see that her red beans were red no more, nor was her Sweet Yellow American corn any longer sweet or yellow (perhaps not even American) for it had all been sacrificed on the fire known as “The Gas Stovetop” to the demon god known as “Charcoal.”

Sorrowfully, Princess Shannon did mourn this tragic loss of savory goodness.

Verily I say unto thee: cooking doth require much hardship in this exotic land known as India. Two days did the beans soak, far had the spices traveled, and the corn, the Sweet Yellow American corn surely had been cut off the very core by hand!

Thus ends the account of the first portion of red beans.

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I burned the second portion too!

Thus ends the account of the second portion of red beans.