Name: New Year's Day Black-Eyed Peas
Ingredients: 2 lb Dried black-eyed peas; 1/2 Slab of lean bacon*; cut into 1/4" cubes; 1 Green or red pepper; finely chopped; 1/2 c Onion; finely chopped; 1/2 c Celery; finely chopped; 2 ts Red wine vinegar; 3 1/2 c Chicken or turkey stock; Salt; to taste; Freshly ground black pepper; to taste; 2 Dried hot red peppers; crumbled; 6 c Water; (approx) (up to 7)

When a person who is inhabited by evil spirits dies, these demons need to relocate. Often they choose to stay in the place where the death took place (this seems particularly true in the case of violent deaths, such as murder or suicide). They will take the name and characteristics of the deceased person and make occasionally appearances under these pretenses. Such entities (as they are frequently called today) are evil spirits who often pose as “friendly ghosts.”

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Holiday, Southern	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Dried black-eyed peas
1/2		Slab of lean bacon*; cut into 1/4" cubes
1		Green or red pepper; finely chopped
1/2	c	Onion; finely chopped
1/2	c	Celery; finely chopped
2	ts	Red wine vinegar
3 1/2	c	Chicken or turkey stock
		Salt; to taste
		Freshly ground black pepper; to taste
2		Dried hot red peppers; crumbled
6	c	Water; (approx) (up to 7)

INSTRUCTIONS

*(about 2 cups)
Rinse the peas and drain. Put the bacon in a heavy kettle and cook stirring
until rendered of fat and browned. Add the chopped sweet pepper, onion, and
celery, and cook, stirring until wilted. Add peas, vinegar, stock, salt,
pepper, and dried hot peppers. Bring to a boil. Cover closely and let
simmer about 1 hour stirring occasionally from the bottom. Check peas, and
if necessary, add more water. Continue cooking 30 minutes. (Total cooking
time is 2-1/2 hours or longer).
Recipe by: Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking, 1987, p. 188
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 422 by Lou Parris
<[email protected]> on Dec 30, 1997

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