Hopping John (Black-Eyed Peas On New Year's Day)

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[kalee]

What are candied tomatoes, recipe please?

[HIDEK6]

WAY too bitter for me!

You might be overcooking them.

Try sauteing a little onion and red pepper in bacon fat. Add the stemmed and cleaned collards, some chicken broth and a little sugar.

If you have ham hocks, you can add, maybe 2 of them now. Simmer for about 2 to 2-1/2 hours.

They should be excellent.

[kalee]

Those sound yummy. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

[kalee]

LOL You gave me the recipe last year. Duh. I copied it off today and will make it for 12th Night. Thanks

[Jackknife]

Here in Georgia, and traditionally in my family history, we must have three things in the New Year’s day meal. Black-eyed peas (and cornbread) for good luck, greens (collard preferred, spinach acceptable) for prosperity, and pork for good health. I had all three yesterday !

[dearolddad]

Now how do you cook those black eyed peas like I do (dried and soaked over night), or fresh off the vine?

Fresh off the vine, some shelled, some snapped with a ham hock and a little onion is good eats.

[SuziQ]

I don’t want to fool with them that much. I do like spinach, though.

[HIDEK6]

You can cook turnip greens with the same recipe. They are much more mellow than collards.

[SuziQ]

I don’t like any of those green, collards or turnips. My Daddy loved them, and used to soak up the pot liquor with his corn bread. He was an old country boy, for sure!

[hennie pennie]

Hi there, Blam — you soaking your blackeyed peas tonight?

[blam]

"Hi there, Blam — you soaking your blackeyed peas tonight?"

I had a poker party tonight with 'fresh green' black eyed peas...we ate ours tonight already with jalapeno corn bread, honey baked ham, cole slaw and pecan pie for dessert.

[JustPiper]

BlamabamabambaBlam!

[chris_bdba]

I always thought it was from all of the “hoppin” to the bathroom you do later after having black eyed peas?

[BnBlFlag]

Hot water cornbread is made like that. I used to do it all of the time, until we could no longer eat flour. Now I just use the old Betty Crocker recipe of cornmeal, salt soda, egg and buttermilk. Cook it in a hot iron skillet, and it is just like eating cake.

Mmmmmmmmm! I love hot water cornbread. My Grandmother made ‘em all the time. She made patties and fried ‘em in an iron skillet.

[BooBoo1000]

I vote for Fairview, Black Eyed Peas, cut up tomato's onion cut up and some Tabasco, also include the dime....Hoooo Ahhhh

[BooBoo1000]

I vote for Fairview, Black Eyed Peas, cut up tomato's onion cut up and some Tabasco, also include the dime....Hoooo Ahhhh

[BnBlFlag]

“Cow peas....... distant cousin of the ‘black eye’ and ‘crowder’ pea...... Purple hull is the name most commonly associated with them. I’ve planted and hoed a many row of them during my early years along picking and shelling.”
“Well, Bless your pea pickin’ heart”. - Tennessee Ernie Ford
I can remember pickin’ and shellin’ peas myself. LOL!

[gitmo]

Cornbread crumbled in milk or buttermilk. I can make a meal of that.

[lonestar]

Texas Caviar

(Makes 6 cups) 2 15.5oun. cans black-eyed peas w/jalapeno peppers

1 10 oun can diced Rotel

2 avocados, diced

1/2-1 purple onion, diced

3/4 cup zesty Italian dressing

1 fresh lime, juiced

1/4 tsp salt Rinse & drain peas, stir in all ingredients & chill, if desired. Serve with tortilla or corn chips.

[hennie pennie]

In this article, there were several different reasons givin' for the "hoppin'" --- one of them is that young children were supposed to hop around the table once for good luck, before eating the traditional New Years meal of blackeyed peas and either cabbage or greens.

Thank Gen. Sherman for our black-eyed pea tradition. - NewsFeed Researcher - peas, pea, year, years, new, black-eyed, day, goes, luck, days, good

http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_e1/peas-year-black-eyed.html

This time of year, someone always brings up the subject of eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day to promote prosperity and bring good luck. This tradition seems to have Southern roots. The story goes that during the Civil War, Sherman's army stripped the South of nearly all of its crops and livestock but left the black-eyed peas, also known as cow peas and field peas. The Northerners considered such fare livestock fodder. [1]

Eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is an important Southern tradition to bring you good luck in the coming year. These lessons helped me, a bona fide Yankee carpetbagger of nearly 18 years, acclimatize to my new environs south of the Mason-Dixon line. [2]

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Eating black-eyed peas on New Years is supposed to bring the eater good luck and prosperity in the coming year. [7]

My favorite dish to prepare is "Hoppin' John." This is a traditional southern dish containing black-eyed peas and rice, with chopped onion and sliced bacon, seasoned with a bit of salt. (Good hearty eating on that COLD New Year'''s Day.) [7]

A staple in the Southern diet for more than 300 years, the black-eyed pea originated in Asia and is thought to have been introduced to the United States through the African slave trade. Hoppin' john -- a dish made with black-eyed peas and rice -- is one of the more popular ways of serving peas and rice, but they also can be combined in salads and soups or simply cooked as a side dish.....