Talk:Rice and beans

message: I don't think rice & beans is at all unique to Brazil.  It seems to me that it is popular throughout Latin America, much of the USA, as well as around the world. This article needs to be broadened in scope.  NTK 02:08, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. This is a major dish throughout Latin America, especially the Caribbean.Cheapestcostavoider 23:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article was probably written by a Brazilian, it's a staple dish in Latin American cuisine, especially Puerto Rico, Cuba and Dominican Republic. It's also widely eaten in Spain. This articles needs to be updated, I'll research the origins of rice and beans and add additional information. Thanks MagicKnight 09:53, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brazil? 

message: I love rice and beans.
 
It's great that rice and beans has its own page. It's popular in Reunion island in the Indian Ocean except that the beans are called 'grains' and are often substituted by lentils (JJ (talk) 22:08, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  hmm 

message: In Nepal rice and beans is a very common dish and is called "dalbat" -- I may have the spelling wrong. I was told that the combination of amino acids from the rice and beans makes protein.
It is true that rice and beans together contain all the essential amino acids71.225.83.159 (talk) 17:35, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dalbat

message: Please stop adding the unreferenced assertion that rice and beans was introduced to the Americas by slaves.  Everything I have ever seen or read about chattel slavery in the Americas strongly implies that these unfortunate folks were NOT given the opportunity to schlep bags of groceries on their voyage.  It makes perfect sense that this dish was introduced by the Spanish or Portuguese who were also doing their colonialist business in India and Africa.  It may have been soon become associated with the slaves, but that's different.  Please note that I am adding my conjecture to the talk page not to the article itself because conjecture is unencyclopedic. - Boston (talk) 16:16, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: *I've integrated a mention of the slave connection in the "history" section.   There is no need to repeat that it is nutritious, ubiquitous, economical or culturally important as these facts are all mentioned in proper context elsewhere in the article. Please note also that reference indicates that it was Asian rice, not an African variety, that was adopted by slaves in the New World.  This demonstrates why we use references and further highlights how inappropriate your comments were.  Perhaps you should have followed your own advise: "It would be best if you did more research on the topic and stop your senseless ramble".   --Boston (talk) 23:00, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Introduced by slaves?

message: The Rice and peas page states that it's made with any available legume.  Shouldn't it be merged with this page and identified as the local name for this dish in Jamaica?  Rojomoke (talk) 09:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: An editor with a 3 day old account has reverted back to an older version. --Boston (talk) 00:58, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: *User:jheiv, if you are going to revert the article you might want to revert to the version that includes the "history" section as you did before.  That discusses the whole African rice vs. Asian rice thing with references that this editor ignores. At any rate, the whole matter will be settled eventually.  Peace. --Boston (talk) 01:30, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  To be honest, I really have no idea about rice and beans and the introduction to the Americas, but the sourced material that Boston added seems like a fine addition.  I might be overlooking some hidden agenda that someone has, I don't know enough about the article to say either way, but I was just fixing what looked to me like a removal of decent, sourced content.  I cleaned up the article as best I could without reverting the contentious content.  Can this be discussed on the talk page rather than an edit war?  I know I perpetuated it (I guess), but I just thought it was an unknown editor who kept reverting yesterday and now today.  jheiv (talk) 01:53, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I have come aross many editors like you 1st you lie about my account now this? Please free feel to report me for sockpuppetery if you like. Just like I am going to report you Also I don't know why yo keep going back to the another topic you don't know about the  "introduction of rice to the americas" when it article is not about that but about the dish rice and beansNillarse (talk) 02:13, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  March Reverts 

message: :the consumption of the two in tandem provides all the essential amino acids.
As far as I can tell most beans (e.g. black beans) provide all the essential amino acids in reasonable quantities. Which one is missing? --96.241.176.56 (talk) 18:23, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Legumes are low on methionine, while rice is limited in lysine. Both complement each other pretty well.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.248.252.32 (talk) 10:32, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  amino acids