I don't think I ever met a bean I didn't like, but black eyed peas might be my favorite. For canned, I usually buy the "Glory" brand. They're especially good with cornbread. And it turns out that they provide excellent nutrition, too. When I googled for nutrition info, I had a hard time getting past articles about the band of the same name, but eventually found several good articles, including this one:

https://draxe.com/black-eyed-pea-benefits/

Where is the love?

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I like black eyed peas, but my favorite bean-based meal is red beans & rice. Of course with andouille sausage and a little bit of ham...

No cans for me. Dried BE peas with a ham bone for New Year's. Yum.

Yes, please, cooked slowly with bacon in there, and some seasoning salt right at the end.

I loved them but can no longer eat them. No carbs for me.

Pipe Smoker, I used to make big batches of of these and then I'd can them with fresh rosemary. Email me your address and I'll send you a couple of jars.

All you have to do it open the jar, put them in a pot, add a bit of water and heat them up.

For a minute I thought you meant Fergie and her crew. I too love those peas but like Jeff, I have to lay off the carbs

I make a batch every last week of December with onions, bacon etc so the flavors have time to mature before New Year's Day.

I may have to make a batch now so I don't get out of practice. That would be bad luck!

Corn bread, chilled sliced tomatoes! Jeepers!

I loves me some black eyed peas with jalapenos and ham in there.

History of the Black Eyed Pea Tradition
May We Never Forget Our Roots & Traditions!!!
By Ron Perrin, Fort Worth Texas


"The Real Story is much more interesting and has gone untold in fear that feelings would be hurt. It’s a story of war, the most brutal and bloody war, military might and power pushed upon civilians, women, children and elderly. Never seen as a war crime, this was the policy of the greatest nation on earth trying to maintain that status at all costs. An unhealed wound remains in the hearts of some people of the southern states even today; on the other hand, the policy of slavery has been an open wound that has also been slow to heal but is okay to talk about.
The story of THE BLACK EYED PEA being considered good luck relates directly back to Sherman's Bloody March to the Sea in late 1864. It was called The Savannah Campaign and was lead by Major General William T. Sherman. The Civil War campaign began on 11/15/64 when Sherman 's troops marched from the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, and ended at the port of Savannah on 12/22/1864.
When the smoke cleared, the southerners who had survived the onslaught came out of hiding. They found that the blue belly aggressors that had looted and stolen everything of value and everything you could eat including all livestock, death and destruction were everywhere. While in hiding, few had enough to eat, and starvation was now upon the survivors.
There was no international aid, no Red Cross meal trucks. The Northern army had taken everything they could carry and eaten everything they could eat. But they couldn’t take it all. The devastated people of the south found for some unknown reason that Sherman ’s bloodthirsty troops had left silos full of black eyed peas.
At the time in the north, the lowly black eyed pea was only used to feed stock. The northern troops saw it as the thing of least value. Taking grain for their horses and livestock and other crops to feed themselves, they just couldn’t take everything. So they left the black eyed peas in great quantities assuming it would be of no use to the survivors, since all the livestock it could feed had either been taken or eaten.
Southerners awoke to face a new year in this devastation and were facing massive starvation if not for the good luck of having the black eyed peas to eat. From New Years Day 1866 forward, the tradition grew to eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck."
Submitted by:
Dylan

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Originally posted by Sig209:
Where is the love?

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This wasn't lost on me. Thanks for the chuckle.

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Where is the love?

Just can't get enough.

Black eyed peas are Fergalicious.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
For canned, I usually buy the "Glory" brand.

If I'm eating canned peas, beans, or greens - except for possibly baked beans -
you can bet it came out of a GLORY can.

I would compare a can of black eyed peas to a medieval iron Chasity belt.

You can get them both open, but only one is worth the effort.

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Black eyed peas are the essential ingredient of hoppin' John and tomorrow would be a good day to make some.

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Originally posted by redleg2/9:
I would compare a can of black eyed peas to a medieval iron Chasity belt.

You can get them both open, but only one is worth the effort.

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{Break for a chastity belt joke.}

King Arthur entrusted Sir Launcelot with the key to Queen Guinevere's chastity belt. The King rode off and was halfway across the drawbridge when Launcelot came running after him.

"Your highness! Your highness! Wrong key! Wrong key!"

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Originally posted by Jim Shugart:

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Originally posted by redleg2/9:
I would compare a can of black eyed peas to a medieval iron Chasity belt.

You can get them both open, but only one is worth the effort.

.

{Break for a chastity belt joke.}

King Arthur entrusted Sir Launcelot with the key to Queen Guinevere's chastity belt. The King rode off and was halfway across the drawbridge when Launcelot came running after him.

"Your highness! Your highness! Wrong key! Wrong key!"

Jim strikes again!

Black eyed Peas, bacon, onions, and Cajun seasoning.....now that is eating!! If out of a can, then the can will say Glory for sure.

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Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
No cans for me. Dried BE peas with a ham bone for New Year's. Yum.

With collard greens and crackling cornbread