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Good Luck Black-eyed PeasSide Dishes
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Submitted by GCHC
on Friday, December 17, 2004
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| Makes: | 8 servings |
| Prep Time: | 15 minutes |
| Cook Time: | 45 minutes |
| Ready In: | 1 hour, 0 minutes |
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Back-eyes are a traditional New Year's Day dish especially among Cajuns along with pork and cabbage. I can remember talking to my parents and siblings every New Year's day, wishing good health and prosperity. To this day, the remaining siblings share that wish with each other.
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| Ingredients |
| 4 strips of bacon |
1/2 cup onions chopped |
| 1/2 cup bell pepper chopped |
1 jalapeño seeded and chopped fine |
| 2 cans black-eyed peas |
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| | | Directions | In a medium saucepan, chop four strips of bacon and fry until slightly brown. Add the onions, bell pepper and jalapeño if you are using; sauté the mixture for 15 to 20 minutes or until onions are golden. Add the two cans of black-eyes to the mixture, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. My New Year's wish for you is to have a happy, healthy and prosperous 2005 - 2006.
From Vickie at the Friendly Little Recipe Club
Q. How did the belief that eating blackeyed peas on
New Year's Day
start?
A. Back in the days of the Wild West, Southern gentility, and Northern hostility, our celebrated blackeyed peas were used strictly for the feeding of cattle in the South. During the Civil War battle of Vicksburg, the town was under siege for over 40 days. No supplies went in and none came out The entire town was on the brink of starvation. So they ate those humble "cowpeas," thus starting a southern tradition. Nowadays blackeyes are eaten every New Year's Day to bring good luck for the coming year. All the way back to the days of the
Pharaoh, blackeyed peas have been a symbol of luck and fortune. The superstition is that those who eat blackeyes, an inexpensive and modest food, show their humility and save themselves from the wrath of the heavens because of the vanity they might have. Blackeyed peas are neither a pea nor a bean |
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