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Black-Eyed Pea Salad
(Serves 8)

We've dressed up the humble black eyed pea and turned an old southern classic into a refreshing salad.


Salad
2 15-oz. cans black-eyed peas
1/4 C fresh parsley (chopped)
1/4 C fresh basil (chopped)
1/4 C red onion (diced)
1/4 C celery (diced)
1/4 C ea. red, green, & yellow bell pepper (diced)
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Dressing
1/4 C white vinegar
2 med. cloves garlic (minced or crushed)
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
3/4 C vegetable oil

Drain peas. In a large bowl, combine herbs and vegetables. In a jar, combine ingredients for the dressing and shake, mixing thoroughly. Pour dressing over the pea salad, cover, and chill 4 hours or overnight. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

*Add 1/2 lb. diced ham for a more substantial luncheon salad and serve on a bed of bib lettuce.

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Tips & Glossary

Basic southern cuisine differs from its Cajun, Creole, and Southwestern cousins in its lack of hot spices. As a result, it's rich but mild—the ultimate in comfort food!

Crabmeat: meat from the body, legs or claws of numerous varieties of crab. Most prized is jumbo lump from the hind leg. But for crab cakes and casseroles, use regular lump, as well as finback from the body. Claw meat is brown and stronger flavored, though also good for crab recipes. Buy it fresh if you can.

Greens: a staple in Southern cooking, they're in the cabbage family and include kale, collards, turnip, spinach, and mustard greens. Usually served with black-eyed peas and cornbread to sop up the pot likker.

Grits: another staple of Southern cooking: coarsely ground corn, cooked as porridge. Once cooked, grits are served plain, baked in a casserole, fried or deep-fried as a fritter. (Think polenta.)

Pie Crust: store bought crusts are fine. But for the skilled (or more daring) among you, make your own. Here's our recipe—Noel's Pie Crust.

Yams: a type of sweet potato with an elongated shape and deep orange flesh. A true yam is grown in Africa and Asia is actually quite different from what Americans call yams.

 

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