First time trying this recipe, only had 1 pack of sausage so I threw in a ham hock or 3.

Waiting for the rice to finish.

Looks delicious!

Looks good to me ! Never do the hamhock tho but that's just me

I do ham hock because I can't get tasso here. A pound of conecuh sausage and a couple pounds of hocks. Pull the hocks out at the last and pull out and chop the meat discarding bones and skin. Add meat back.

Someone on another site said to try picklemeat. Whatsthst?

Pickled pork.

Pickle meat and tasso were both ways to put up seasoning meat pre refridgeration. As was the smoked sausage.

Thanks

Eat the skin and suck all the meat and tendons off the bones. Then you suck all the marrow out of the bones.
That is pinto beans,right?

Red beans is either red kidney beans or small red beans. I prefer small red. Kidneys taste more starchy to me.