148. BROWN FIELD PEAS with RICE and BACON

a.k.a. "Hoppin' John"

makes 8 servings


1 cup raw cow (field) peas
4 cups water
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup raw rice
4 slices bacon fried with:
1 medium onion

Boil peas in salted water until tender. Add peas and 1 cup of the pea liquid to rice, bacon (with grease) and onion. Put in a rice steamer or double-boiler and cook for one hour or until rice is thoroughly done.


courtesy of: Mary Royall Barnwell, Charleston Recipes, collected by the Junior League of Charleston (1950).