[cloud8]

> There are a thousand versions. Mine is onions, crumbled bacon, and garlic sauteed together in a bit of bacon grease, then steeped in rice with chicken broth; add the black-eyed peas and top with tomatoes. You have to add Tabasco, of course. Fried okra and corn bread are what God intended us to eat with Hoppin' John...

That sounds delicious, but haven't you guys heard of salt pork?

[neal1960]

Just finished a great New Years dinner. We had blackeyed peas, hog jowls and collard greens fried in the grease from the jowls. Oh, and cornbread.

Now I have to double up on my BP meds for today.

Happy New Years all.

[neal1960]

"That sounds delicious, but haven't you guys heard of salt pork?"

Do you mean fatback?
If so, it makes some good gravy for biscuits!

[Alkhin]

Our recipe is simply peas in beef broth with a can of Rotel tomatoes and diced chiles (seasoned with garlic and cumin).

and we are having collard greens too...although I suspect Im going to be the only one eating them. I like to saute the 'trinity' (onion, celery, bell pepper) with bacon pieces in a bit of olive oil and then add the cut up greens in at the last fewe minutes and stir until the greens just begin to wilt. a dash of salt and pepper and Tabasco and they are perfect!