I'm a Bad Southerner.

[Lyric]

I confess: I can't stand black-eyed peas. I know, my Southerner Card is now officially revoked. I might as well admit my aversion to collard greens and okra, too, since I'm already kicked out of the club.

But seriously: black-eyed peas taste like DIRT. No matter how I've cooked them, no matter how well they're seasoned, they never fail to taste like dirt. Blech.

On New Year's Day, I'll be making pork and sauerkraut like my Grandma did before me, and ThinkBlue can have all the black-eyed peas to herself...although I'll happily share her cornbread. :P

[miss_american_pie]

1. Hee

My bigger kid decided his hot dog counted as pork. And my father *rinses* his sauerkraut.

Happy new year. :hi:

[Lyric]

4. I bet he puts ketchup on his pierogies, too.

:grr:

[miss_american_pie]

5. LOL!

His father got into the epic battle of all dinnertime wars with him beause he would not put one bite of pierogi in his mouth.

I disavowed any knowledge of birthing him. ;)

[Lyric]

8. You sound like a sensible, rational girl.

Until I lured ThinkBlue into my wicked grasp, she had never had pork-n-sauerkraut OR pierogies. It's so nice, being the Bearer of Enlightenment. ;)

At this moment, I would kill for some of Gramma's fried noodles with onions, salt pork, and bread crumbs. :9

[miss_american_pie]

14. I've been craving

my grandmother's stuffed cabbage...

[Lyric]

16. Mmmmm...cabbage rolls...

*drool*

Now I'm wondering about the possibilities of cabbage rolls tomorrow, lol. I wonder if any stores will be open? Hmmm.

[LiberalEsto]

2. I love blackeyed peas with rice

doctored up with a little hot sauce. And I'm a Jersey girl living in Maryland.

[GOPisEvil]

But...you have to have at least a spoonful of Hoppin' John on New Year's Day!

How else will you have good luck? :P

[Lyric]

9. Oh, I'll eat my spoonful. Grudgingly.

I always give it a shot, just in case my taste buds change and I somehow manage to perceive them as less dirt-like than last year. Still, I'm not holding my breath.

[GOPisEvil]

12. My mom's taste like bacon and jalapeno.

I find the porcine flavor takes the edge off the black eyed pea taste.

[Lyric]

13. I've tried bacon, ham, hamhocks, salt pork....

No luck yet. *sigh*

ThinkBlue is making her Hoppin' John with jalapenos this time, so maybe the heat will cover up the flavor, which has always reminded me of what I'd imagine a dirty knapsack would taste like, with nuances of forest floor and a hint of well-used Welcome Mat.

:hi:

[Captain Hilts]

19. They have almost no flavor ,so buck up and put Hershey's chocolate syrup on them!

[Franzia]

3. I'm also a bad southerner. I don't like sweet tea.

[Jamastiene]

32. Okay, I'll PERSONALLY revoke your Southerner Card for that.

:P

[hippywife]

6. I'm with you, sweetie.

Altho I'm only a southerner by injection. ;)

I would much rather have the pork and sauerkraut. Yum!

A friend gave me a recipe for black-eyed peas and they really aren't half bad. I can even choke 'em down. I can't find it at the moment but if I do, I will pass it along to you. Nothing says love like learning to eat beans for the one you love. LOL

Happy New Year, darlin'. I really am proud of you for all you've achieved this past year and know there's more to come into the future. :hug:

[Lyric]

11. Thank you!

:hug:

Let's hope the coming year is even better for everyone.

[hippywife]

20. Okay...

I got her to email it to me again. It's really a very simple thing. I was just getting it mixed up with another bean recipe she gave me:

She sent the following:

Using canned black-eyed peas, rinse the beans very well, then add them to a hot skillet with olive oil - sprinkle them with garlic salt, then cook them (my addition: without stirring)until the the beans begin to brown - that's it!! This is our traditional New Year's day menu, served w/steamed spinach and cornbread, complete protein, complete meal ... theoretically, the beans represent coins and the greens represent folding money, insuring prosperity in the new year ...

[NightWatcher]

7. what we're dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law

:spank: Bad Southerner

[unsavedtrash]

10. It's ok, I will eat your share.

I'll be up early cooking away.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

15. There are black-eyed peas,

and then there are black-eyed peas. I worked out my version of Hoppin' John, and, let me tell you, you'd be all over it like white on rice.

Listen up:

OK, I use canned peas. I'm a northerner by birth - I'm allowed.

Into the peas, throw shredded carrots, chunks of ham, chopped scallions, black olives halved, shredded red cabbage, and chopped parsley. Toss it all with balsamic vinaigrette.

Cook up the jasmine rice with tons of raisins thrown in. Add a bit extra water for the raisin.

When you're ready to eat, you might want to throw a bit more vinaigrette over the whole thing, and maybe a hit of salt.

And that, you poor dear, is my version of Hoppin' John. So far, my luck has held.

Happy New Year.................

:toast:

[Gormy Cuss]

17. I'm not a Southerner, yet I love Hoppin' John.

I even liked black eyed peas in other dishes too, but pierogies or pork & sauerkraut aren't hard eatin' either.

[Captain Hilts]

18. Just get a can and rinse them thoroughly and put them in a chili. There you go!

[Inchworm]

21. Is that like bad sex?

:D

They don't have black-eyed peas around here. (or grits thank goodness)

:hi:

EDIT: I mean.. don't have as a staple.

[BarenakedLady]

22. Hey, did you fix your internets?

:hi:

[Inchworm]

24. I got laptop to work

and I refuse to mess with big computer tonight so I can sip my beer, listen to music, and want.

Glad to see you seksey! :woohoo:

:hi:

[Jamastiene]

33. How the HELL can you live without grits?

OMFG, you should sue your local government for that. :P

[Inchworm]

34. The local Gov't is in kahoots with the Man!

:rofl:

We do have all of the above but they don't make it to my table. :P

I tease those who do hog jowls, collard greens, and black-eyed peas around here as being more hillbilly than I. I don't care one bit if you substitute the actual jowl with fatback either.. just the thought of putting a jowl on my plate does it for me ;)

:hi:

[Jamastiene]

35. Don't forget pig's feet!

:rofl:

[RoyGBiv]

23. Okra!

You have an aversion to okra!

You could get away with the black eyed peas thing, but OKRA!

Blasphemer. :-)

I hate black eyed peas myself. The only way I can eat them is if they are prepared so I don't taste them at all ... lots of jalapenos and pork and very few peas.

[csziggy]

25. I made my hopping john tonight with onion, garlic, green pepper

sauteed in the fat from hog jowls. Added golden rose brown rice, then added cumin and red pepper. This year I took a short cut and just used canned black eyed peas. It was better than any other hopping john I have ever had.

That with salad, oven baked hog jowls and cheesy spoon bread were our dinner tonight and will be tomorrow. Hubby liked it best with the hog jowls crumbled over the black eyed peas.

[sasquatch]

26. ¡Muerte al Sur! The East, North, and West has always been better and always will

:P

[dbt]

27. There is no shame in not liking Black-Eyed Peas.

The Goddess has long been aware that they do not suit the taste buds of a great number of Her children, so She has favored them/us with the noble and glorious Purplehull Pea, some varieties of which yield two crops in a season.

In addition to being more flavorful than the Black-Eye, the Purplehull is not prone to the mushiness of the Black-Eye and its texture is firmer upon the tooth. When cooked with no more than salt and water, the Purplehull blesses us with the fabled velvety, dove-gray pot likker that is said to have made William Faulkner actually slap his Grandma--thus, the expression has come down to us.

Many have stated that a well-cooked pot of Purplehull Peas is a religious experience and, indeed, this is how my own Grandmother explained it:

"Black-Eyed Peas is Old Testament, Purplehulls is New Testament."

Praise the Goddess and pass the cornbread!

dbt

PS: "Bad Southerner" is nearly redundant.

[davidinalameda]

28. I throw them in veggie soup with ham

I eat them for the protein

I also soak them for a good 24 hours and rinse them a few times as well

[mitchum]

29. I hate boiled peanuts, collards, Baptists, football, NASCAR, confederate memorials

I am also a bad southerner

[redqueen]

30. Ah screw that crap.

I don't like them and won't eat them.

[Jamastiene]

31. Buy a can of Luck's Black Eyed Peas and add a teaspoon of sugar

when you heat them up. They are not nearly as horrible as all those other brands. I don't like them either. I'd rather eat dirt. I know it would be easier to get the taste of dirt out of my mouth. Don't ask. :P

[Sultana]

36. Black-eyed peas is the shit, if cooked right. Yum!

Okra :puke: