Re-invented Shore Lunch

Insead of the usual shore lunch of fried fish and fried potatoes and Campbells pork and beans, try it w/ beans and rice. First saute' onions and bell peppers in oil w/ lots of garlic and cilantro and either a jalapeno pepper or cayenne pepper( half tspoon for a can of beans), simmer till the onions are caramelized and peppers are soft, then add red or pinto beans( chili beans in sauce) and get hot.

Do rice in a separate pan - if you can find it, use Basmati rice - aged rice from India. It looks like regular white rice until you cook it, and then it transforms into long curly rice that has full rice flavor with a little tang to it. The beans will be quite spicy - serve them on the side so your guests can add appropriate amounts to the rice. Spoon the bean sauce onto the fried fish,too, and by God you know you are eating when you are eating this. Good for you too the garlic and peppers and beans.

It was a good idea to reserve some frozen fish from last fall, so we could feast accordingly on opener.