Hoppin' John - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked rice
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 cups tomato juice
1 package grated pimento cheese
1 medium sweet onion, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1/4 cup butter, cut in pieces (or use 1/4 cup bacon drippings)
3 -4 slices of cooked crumbled bacon
1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, undrained
parsley
pimentos

Preparation

Mix all ingredients before the bacon.
Pour into a 2 qrt buttered casserole with cover.
Bake at 350, tightly covered, for 1 1/2 hours.
Uncover, stir and toss lightly with blackeyed peas; cover and bake 30 more minutes.
Garnish with bacon, parsley and pimento.