Hopping John - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. black-eyed peas
3 pt. cold water
1/2 lb. sliced salt pork or bacon
1 tsp. Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. bacon fat or lard
2 medium onions, chopped
1 c. uncooked long grain rice
1 1/2 c. boiling water

Preparation

Cover peas with 3 pints of cold water in large kettle.
Soak overnight.
Add salt pork, Tabasco sauce and salt.
Cover and cook over low heat for about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook onions in bacon fat until yellow and add to peas with rice and boiling water.
Cook until rice is tender and water is absorbed, about 20 to 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Yields about 8 cups or 7 to 8 servings.