the Gumbo Pages Traditional Red Beans and Rice

Name: the Gumbo Pages Traditional Red Beans and Rice
Ingredients: 1 lb red beans or 1 lb red kidney beans, dry; 1 large onion, chopped; 1 bell pepper, chopped; 5 celery ribs, chopped; 3 -5 garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon liquid smoke, more to taste (traditional way use 1 large smoked ham hock, or 3/4 lb. smoked ham, diced, for seasoning); 1 -1 1⁄2 lb mild or hot smoked turkey sausage (more traditional is just regular sausage or andouille) or 1 -1 1⁄2 lb turkey andouille sausage, sliced on the bias (more traditional is just regular sausage or andouille); 1⁄2-1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed; 1 -2 bay leaf; as many dashes Crystal hot sauce, to taste or Tabasco sauce, as you like to taste; 3 -6 dashes Worcestershire sauce; 1 teaspoon creole seasoning (like Tony Chachere's); salt; cooked rice (I serve it over brown rice, but traditional is white)