When I was a little boy, my mother worked at our family's sporting goods store with my father. We children had a daytime nanny named Georgia. She cooked red beans every Monday. We loved them. And we would often eat them everyday until the huge pot was empty. Below is a tribute recipe to Georgia.
2 lbs. Camellia Red Beans ( you can use other dried red beans but they won't be as good)
One onion cut in quarters
One smoked ham hock (I like to use one from a bone-in ham we have had for Sunday dinner)
Water
Salt and pepper to taste
Soak beans overnight in enough water to fill your large crockpot. Drain water after soaking. Put ham hock and onion in beans. Cover with water and cook on low for six hours until falling apart somewhat. Remove one cup of cooked beans and smash finely into a paste. Add back into mixture to cream the beans. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve over rice. Add Louisiana hot sauce to your own bowl as you like. We also like to fry smoked sausage links to eat with this. Sometimes we cut up the sausage into slices and precook them to add into the completed beans.
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