caterina cacciatore

we eat Hoppin' John on New Year's Day to bring us luck all the year

Skaterina first had Hoppin' John when she was a delicate bride married to a southern gentleman

it's a southern thing, you see

basically black eyed peas and rice together fixed any way you can think of to make it .. uh .. delicious

well, i think maybe my true feelings about Hoppin' John have just emerged

saute some chopped onion until golden or carmelized whichever you prefer

throw in a few garlic cloves

you have already soaked the black eyed peas, have you not ?

put the soaked peas into the onion and cover with chicken broth

cook until peas are done / have some rice ready made and left over from last night

cook up a lot of bacon or ham reserving some of the grease

mix some rice into the peas / throw on the bacon/ham/grease

you can also add chopped tomato

this is pretty much how i made it today / it came out soupier than usual so we had it in bowls as our soup course