Posted on 01/01/2007 10:50:17 AM PST by blam
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Texas-Caviar-I/Detail.aspx
happy vittles!!!
mmmm okra. I don't have that tradition. Wish I did. I will fix pork roast, black eyed peas with onions and mushrooms (it's different every year but hubby bought fresh mushrooms so in they go) and spinach since I really don't care for collards but some kind of greens are required. I'm trying to cut back on the carbs but will probably do either hot water cornbread or a more traditional cornbread in my old cast iron muffin tin. We just had some shrimp and crab for lunch. So blessed.
If no one's posted the Texas Caviar recipe on here in a few minutes or if you haven't found it elsewhere, I'll post the one from the big Texas Home Cooking book (best book, IMHO). It works well - and shocks Californians, this transplanted Texan can tell you.
Well somewhere, sometime back someone in your family sure nuff knew bout hopping john.
Just opened my can of blackeyed peas. Living in CA, I miss the restaurants Black Eyed Pea around Texas - they probably still give a free cup of blackeyed peas if you go there on New Year's Day.
My husband born and bred here in Florida would have candied tomatoes with his hopping john. Course collards and cornbread are a must do as well.
That is what my grandmother told us every year as well. Now if only all her wonderful biscuits and cornpones held the same luck we would have been rolling in dough :-)
PS.
It's called hopping John cause after eating that meaning beans and rice you will be hopping to the john.
Somebody who specializes in doing research on Southern cuisine did a historical study on this a few years ago. The dish appears to have originated in South Carolina.
There are a thousand versions. Mine is onions, crumbled bacon, and garlic sauteed together in a bit of bacon grease, then steeped in rice with chicken broth; add the black-eyed peas and top with tomatoes. You have to add Tabasco, of course. Fried okra and corn bread are what God intended us to eat with Hoppin' John so I'm there with ya, Blam. I dunno about the milk, though.
But if you don't eat this on New Year's Day you'll have bad luck the rest of the year. I think that's the problem with a lot of people, they forget to eat Hoppin' John on New Years Day and then they're surprised their luck stinks.
My family went to Texas in the GTT era and they've had the black-eyed susan tradition. The theory seems to be that if you're eating the dirty beans on New Year's day the rest of the year can't get much worse ... We like to keep it simple with the susies, hamhock, canadian bacon and onion. Yummie.
"'Texas Caviar?'"
That is some delicious stuff. I think it is lightly tossed in olive oil and is served chilled. It is wonderful, and I, too, would like the recipe. So, I'll google and post it.
TEXAS CAVIAR DIP
2 (14 1/2 oz.) cans black-eyed peas, drained
1 (15 1/2 oz.) can white hominy, drained
2 med. tomatoes, chopped
4 green onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 med. bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 c. chopped onion
1/2 c. fresh parsley, chopped
1 (8 oz.) bottle commercial Italian salad dressing
Combine all ingredients except Italian dressing; mix well. Pour salad dressing over mixture; cover and marinate at least 2 hours in refrigerator. Drain and serve with fritos or corn chips. Makes 7 cups.
Thanks!
That sounds about right. Thanks!
"I've never heard of 'Hopping John'"
Never heard of it.
Just opened a can to go with barbeque and fries.Been eating these in Kentucky for 57 yrs.Ain't got rich but do love eating them!
That sounds delicious, but haven't you guys heard of salt pork?
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