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Submitted by cajunhippiegirl
"Good ole Southern Cooking at it's best. I looked forward to these every summer when the fresh black eyed peas were plentiful. Maw Maw would get them by the bushel, we'd sit out back under the big old oaks in the afternoon, enjoy the breeze & shell peas. Once she cooked them up, you knew it was worth all the effort. Add some cornbread & sliced home grown tomatoes and you didn't need anything else. Fresh Frozen Black Eyed Peas come close. They taste much fresher than dried peas, and taste like summer even in the winter."
photo by breezermom 
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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1 Pot
- Serves:
- 8
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ingredients
- 16 ounces frozen black-eyed peas
- 1 ham hock
- 1 tablespoon bacon grease
- salt (be careful Ham is salty)
- black pepper
- water, to cover and bring all to a boil
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directions
- Based on the amount of Peas you are cooking, add water to Pot.
- Start to bring to a boil.
- Take Ham Hock and score skin side if needed and add to pot.
- Boil Ham Hock for about 20 minutes to season water, add Bacon Grease & stir until melted.
- Add Peas.
- Boil at a rapid boil for the first 20 minutes, then turn down to a low boil and cover pot. Continue cooking until Peas are getting soft.
- Take a taste.
- Season with Salt & Pepper to your taste.
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Reviews
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This is the way my Grandma taught me to cook black eyed peas, but she told me to put in bacon slices and a ham bone instead of ham hocks. I made this exactly as directed, except I used a sliced ham hock because I halved the recipe. The recipe was delicious, but it was very salty, even without adding any salt to the peas. I added a potato to cut the salty taste and it was good. I give this recipe 5 stars with the condition that you add some potato to suck up some of the saltiness in the ham hock. Otherwise, this recipe is just too salty tasting. Made for Spring PAC 2009.
breezermom
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Tweaks
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This is the way my Grandma taught me to cook black eyed peas, but she told me to put in bacon slices and a ham bone instead of ham hocks. I made this exactly as directed, except I used a sliced ham hock because I halved the recipe. The recipe was delicious, but it was very salty, even without adding any salt to the peas. I added a potato to cut the salty taste and it was good. I give this recipe 5 stars with the condition that you add some potato to suck up some of the saltiness in the ham hock. Otherwise, this recipe is just too salty tasting. Made for Spring PAC 2009.
breezermom
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I decided to re-do my "about me" page. The first one has been up since I joined in 2005. The other page was kind of long and strung out, so I decided to condense. I am originally from New Orleans and have also lived in Florida for many years. We recently moved back to the panhandle of FL after living for many years in Jacksonville. It is great to be back over here where the pace is slower and the people are nicer! I come from a long line of good cooks, and learned a lot from them, and I love to cook. Although I am not much of a baker, other than a decent pound cake or key lime pie. We like spicy food, but not so hot that you can't taste what the dish is really about. At this moment I am not working, but I am the caregiver for my elderly Mom. It has been nice to have the time to really cook and enjoy it, not just be trying to get something on the table. I have had time to garden and other things I just didn't really have time for when I worked. 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