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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dish of white rice cooked with chicken livers and gizzards, onions, peppers, and seasonings.
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- noun a traditional
Cajun dish made from white rice cooked with small pieces of chicken liver orgiblets
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skipvia commented on the word dirty rice
Rice cooked with bits of chicken liver or giblets (traditionally) but also with chopped vegetables, bacon, or other leftovers.
October 28, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word dirty rice
Oh my god. I've eaten this, and I had no idea it had liver in it!
*starts to freak before realizing, hey, it was tasty.*
October 28, 2007
trivet commented on the word dirty rice
The liver is what makes it so delicously earthy.
October 28, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word dirty rice
Few words are as evocative (or is that provocative?) as the phrase "organ meats."
October 28, 2007
reesetee commented on the word dirty rice
Chained_bear, then you'd love my favorite line from Ulysses: "Mr. Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowl." :-)
October 28, 2007