MariannNOVA Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I found the recipe last night on a link from PW. Beans are soaking in boiling water which speeds the soaking process so it should only take a couple of hours. Should be interesting. My kids are totally grossed out at the thought of there being a coin in their dinner. :lol: http://threemanycooks.com/conversations/lucky-new-year/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I didn't soak any dry beans, but I have some frozen ones that I plan to cook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I wonder if her recipe could possibly make them taste more like food and less like dirt? Thanks for the link, but I'm making Boeuf Bourgungon for dinner! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeegal Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Just started cooking blackeyed peas! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Just started cooking blackeyed peas! Do you cook them in a way that makes them taste unlike dirt? If so,.....HOW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 huhh, some ppl don't eat blackeyed peas on New Year's day? :scared: How do they get through the rest of the year? Should we stage an intervention? or are you just pulling my leg? Yes, I just put them on and we'll have them for supper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Do you cook them in a way that makes them taste unlike dirt? If so,.....HOW? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I soaked them overnight and they're simmering now. Greens of some sort is a must have, too (we're having kale). Here's to a better year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Dh is making them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deacongirl Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 We have Texas caviar as a side salad. Or some years we have lentil/sausage sausage soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scmama Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I cook my black eyed peas in the crock pot and start them the night before or very early in the morning. I put salt pork in them to flavor them really well!! (add salt as needed) They are so yummy! We are also having collard greens. I thought it was a southern thing (being from the south, myself)...greens and black eyed peas for the dinner so that you have wealth and health in the New Year!! So to the Forum....Happy New Year!!! And enjoy those peas!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyinva Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 We ate them this morning. DH thinks they are supposed to be the first thing you eat. They were delicious, probably all the sausage and onions. The 8 extra teenagers who spent the night seemed a little taken aback by their breakfast, however. :D Good thing DS made pancakes, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 I cook my black eyed peas in the crock pot and start them the night before or very early in the morning. I put salt pork in them to flavor them really well!! (add salt as needed) They are so yummy! We are also having collard greens. I thought it was a southern thing (being from the south, myself)...greens and black eyed peas for the dinner so that you have wealth and health in the New Year!! So to the Forum....Happy New Year!!! And enjoy those peas!!! Yours in red: That is certainly my newfound understanding of it -- here's what I read and the link to it: Here’s a Deep South shocker: the Southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day originated with the Jews. (I guess the salt pork floating atop the pot threw me off.) Wikipedia says Jews have been eating black-eyed peas for good luck at Rosh Hashana since 500 CE, and Sephardic and Israeli Jews still do today. How come none of my Jewish friends bothered to share this with me? Apparently the Southern black-eyed pea tradition originated with Sephardic Jews who settled in Georgia back in the 1730’s. The pork addition doesn’t need much explanation. We Southerners can’t cook anything without throwing in a hunk of the stuff. Although I love the way pork flavors black-eyed peas, I don’t especially like a hunk the size of an old shoe swimming in the middle. This year I decided to change that. Thick slice the salt pork, then cut it into pieces a person might actually want to eat. Next, fry up those little bite-size nuggets. Not only is golden brown a better look than gray boiled, there are also renderings for sautéing onions and peppers to flavor the beans. Now it’s time to add the beans and liquid. I’ve always used water, but this year I switched to more flavorful chicken broth. Bring all this to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer. Keep cooking the beans until they start to break down and turn the pot juices from translucent to opaque. Otherwise you’ll end up with watery, wan beans. Salt the beans only after they have fully softened. (Salt too soon and they never will.) Now they’re ready to eat. You’ll need cornbread. Vinegar’s nice too, and if you like heat, vinegar-soaked peppers (aka pepper sauce) is even better. A little crunch in the form of minced red onion is a nice foil to the soft pork and beans. And the final Southern touch: drop a coin into the pot for good luck. This year for the first time ever (battling the Great Recession), I’m dropping in more than one. http://threemanycooks.com/conversations/lucky-new-year/ DH went to the store for me this a.m., and he said that near the salt pork, all the fixins' for the dish were there -- so that was easy. He also remarked that last night when he went to Wegman's and Safeway, there were at least 4 people in each store asking where the black eyed peas were and were the salt pork was.:001_smile: Happy New Year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 huhh, some ppl don't eat blackeyed peas on New Year's day?:scared: How do they get through the rest of the year? Should we stage an intervention? or are you just pulling my leg? Yes, I just put them on and we'll have them for supper. It's true. It's not just homeschooling mythology. :lol: I had never even HEARD of the "blackeye peas on New Year's Day" tradition until I started homeschooling! :001_huh: So, I shall ask again: How can you cook them so that they will NOT taste like dirt? I made them last year, had one bite and that was enough for me. Yuck! (I do eat other fruits and vegetables and beans. It's not like I'm all "ewww, it grew in the DIRT, so it must taste like dirt". They really taste just like dirt to me. And I had three older brothers growing up, I KNOW the taste of dirt! :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire in NM Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 :party: Claire in NM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I cook my black eyed peas in the crock pot and start them the night before or very early in the morning. I put salt pork in them to flavor them really well!! (add salt as needed) They are so yummy! We are also having collard greens. I thought it was a southern thing (being from the south, myself)...greens and black eyed peas for the dinner so that you have wealth and health in the New Year!! So to the Forum....Happy New Year!!! And enjoy those peas!!! Southern born and Southern bred (and when I die, I'll be Southern dead) . . . I'm so homesick. I may be an exile but I still eat my blackeyed peas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeegal Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Do you cook them in a way that makes them taste unlike dirt? If so,.....HOW? :lol: Not really, the family loves blackyeyed peas... I tolerate them. I just cook 'em in the crock pot in plain water. We eat 'em on brown rice with cheese on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Yes! We're having Hoppin' John, collards and ham. And ozoni, a traditional Japanese New Year soup. :) Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 We had black eyed peas last night. (Hoppin' John) Today is sauerkraut and sausages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L. Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Oh my! I hadn't thought of black eyed peas on New Years in may years! Years ago, when I was maybe 10 or 12, my Dad announced that it was a tradition in Texas (we lived in California but he was from Texas) and it seemed we did it for 1 or 2 years maybe. However, my mother chose to use the canned variety and I later discovered the frozen/fresh varieties and much prefer them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLHCO Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I forgot about it! Of course, we have left-over black-eye pea chili from a couple days ago that was on the menu anyway. I just need some meat to go on the side to round it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Black-eyed peas are how I tell if I am really starving -- because I'd have to be at death's door from starvation to eat them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I'm baking some cabbage too, because I'd like to order some money with my good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cani e porci Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 My peas are soaking right now, and we're having Hopping John for dinner. I love my blackeyed peas! I just realized I have no onion or garlic, so I'll have to run out for those before I start cooking the beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 All due respect to P-dub, but she is not Southern, and neither is that recipe. Black eyed peas are Southern. I am cooking my peas and have had my first black eyed pea sandwich of the day. Hoppin John tonight. With mountain oysters. Love them. To death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Black-eyed peas are how I tell if I am really starving -- because I'd have to be at death's door from starvation to eat them! I am going to pretend I didn't hear that. Lalalalalalalalalallalalalallalllaaaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Yep, had them last night, will have them again today. I need a double dose of luck in the New Year!:D For variation, we're having them Turkish style. MIL cooked them so I don't have a recipe, but they sure are yummy! One NYE (living in the PNW) I'd forgotten the peas and rushed to the store before it closed to get some. It was just me and an old black man in the bean aisle. We both smiled and nodded in a conspiratorial way - both Southerners out of the South looking for our peas. And peace.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Beef with black-eyed peas, cornbread and salad. Just waiting for the hubby to get home from hunting.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Though my husband grew up in Florida, his family is from Tennessee, so I make Hoppin' John and cornbread for him every year. We skip the greens because none of us like them (though some years I make spinach). I enjoy the dish too, but it's not something I *have* to have on New Year's Day. My family didn't have a traditional New Year's dish, so I don't mind doing this since I didn't have to give up a tradition of my own for his. I soaked the beans last night, and started cooking around 10 this morning. We don't actually have a sit down time on New Year's Day -- we all just get some to eat whenever we feel like it throughout the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I am going to pretend I didn't hear that. Lalalalalalalalalallalalalallalllaaaaa The one good thing about moving to Boston was that no one I knew was pushy about eating black-eyed peas and cooked greens for New Year's Day dinner. I greatly dislike Grits, too. Put that in your pipe and smoke it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 The one good thing about moving to Boston was that no one I knew was pushy about eating black-eyed peas and cooked greens for New Year's Day dinner. I greatly dislike Grits, too. Put that in your pipe and smoke it! :D You just haven't tried my recipe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 :party: Claire in NM :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I made them yesterday and passed out little dishes of them to our guests after our champagne toast at midnight. I make Texas Caviar when I make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Black-eyed peas are how I tell if I am really starving -- because I'd have to be at death's door from starvation to eat them! :lol::lol::lol: All due respect to P-dub, but she is not Southern, and neither is that recipe. Black eyed peas are Southern. I am cooking my peas and have had my first black eyed pea sandwich of the day. Hoppin John tonight. With mountain oysters. Love them. To death. Help me out here, what is Hoppin John? I googled it and the recipe looks to me like the black eyed peas recipe.:confused: You just haven't tried my recipe! :lol::lol::lol:Dd10 LOVES Grits! So I am making grits to go with the black eyed peas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 (edited) Do you cook them in a way that makes them taste unlike dirt? If so,.....HOW? Dirt? What do you mean? :confused: They don't taste like pure dirt, they taste like dirt mixed with dried shrimp! The black eye peas I'm eating for breakfast don't taste like that though, because dh has mixed them into a home made tomato based sauce. They're good. :) Rosie- who would never have imagined that black eye peas were anyone's tradition for any reason and is tickled to know some people can buy them out of the freezer section. I don't think we even have tins. Edited January 1, 2011 by Rosie_0801 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Just ate black-eyed peas and greens for luck and money! Too bad that they had boiled the peas to a mush - I rather like them whole.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in Jax Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I found the recipe last night on a link from PW. Beans are soaking in boiling water which speeds the soaking process so it should only take a couple of hours. Should be interesting. My kids are totally grossed out at the thought of there being a coin in their dinner. :lol: http://threemanycooks.com/conversations/lucky-new-year/ I planned to make them today, but woke up this morning with a stomach bug, so dh is making them. He's awesome. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 That's funny... we were at Aldi the other day and people were picking these up from a HUGE stack of bean bags. I remembered that some folks have a tradition of eating BEPs on NYD, so we picked up a pack, too. But then I remembered that we could make a recipe that my friends from Ghana taught me years ago. You cook BEPs, then add in a can of corned beef, onions, tomatoes, and (of course) hot peppers. Ghanaians like their food HOT (enough to make me sweat). They said the "tinned meat" is a real treat when city-dwellers visit their families in the villages during Christmas time, so this dish is traditional around Christmas. We'll make this sometime this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullia Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 After the peas are soft, add plenty of cajun spices and some sugar. That makes them more or less palatable, but still :ack2:. It works for lentils too. ETA: Fresh or frozen peas are the least likely to taste like dirt. Dried can be decent with spices and sausage. Cans? Don't bother unless you're really and truly hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Beef with black-eyed peas, cornbread and salad. Just waiting for the hubby to get home from hunting.:D What's he hunting? Cattle? :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 What's he hunting? Cattle? :D Bill I heard 'water buffalo'. Everybody wants one, ya know. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 We just finished our black eyed peas. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I was pleasantly surprised by the frozen peas and collards. I think that's the way to go from now on- no more washing and washing and washing those greens and then chopping forever and no more picking through the peas forever and trying to remember to soak them overnight (I'm easily distracted). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristavws Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 My dh is a native Texan, so he HAS to have black-eyed peas on New Years. they are cooking in the crock pot right now. Krista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristavws Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 What's he hunting? Cattle? :D Bill That was my first thought too! Krista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Yep, cooked and ate my black eyed peas! YUM YUM YUM and I can't wait for left overs tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 We have them every year. This year (our first year in Texas) I bought "black eyed pea relish". I think it is similar to "Lone Star Caviar". It is delicious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Help me out here, what is Hoppin John? Black-eyed peas with rice. We cook them separately and serve the beans over the rice. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 The Japanese student who lived with us last term came for dinner tonight. She liked the black-eyed peas so much that I sent the leftovers home with her and gave her the recipe. :) Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 The Japanese student who lived with us last term came for dinner tonight. She liked the black-eyed peas so much that I sent the leftovers home with her and gave her the recipe. :) I have a great idea. Let's send all the black-eyed peas to Japan! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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