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Mother's Recipe · Personally Made · Printable
Hopping John
Black-eyed peas with fried jowl, served with traditional sides.
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried black-eyed peas
- Jowl (amount not specified in the notebook)
- Water, to cover
- Salt and pepper, to season
Directions
- Soak peas overnight. Drain, then add water in a pan to cover.
- Simmer for 2 hours.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Fry the jowl.
- Serve with fried potatoes, kraut or kale greens, and cornbread.
Notebook detail: The directions mention frying the jowl separately but do not explicitly say to mix it into the peas.
Family history
The creator's mother taught her to make this Hopping John. Unlike some other family recipes in the notebook, she prepared this one many times because her family absolutely loved it. The ingredient quantities and steps are preserved as written.