Hopping Johns - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 16 oz pkg blackeyed peas
1 c. chopped onion
1 c. rice (uncooked)
1 lb. sausage (browned)
1/2 c. chopped green pepper
1/2 c. chopped red pepper
salt & pepper to taste

Preparation

In large sauce pan cooke peas according to pkg.
instructions until almost done; add remaining ingredients and simmer untile peas are tender, about 30 minutes.
Add warm water untile there is enough pot liquor.
Serve with cornbread and slaw.
(This is a tradition at the Stoker's on New Year's Day.)