I like red beans and rice on Mondays, black bean soup to begin a Latin-inspired meal, white beans and rice to go along with fried catfish, lima beans smothered with bits of ham to accompany smothered ...

Cornbread is wonderful with Marcelle's Purple Hull Peas. Makes about 6 servings 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 tablespoon butter 1/4 cup chopped ham, tasso or bacon 1/4 cup chopped shallots or scallions ...

The deep purple-burgundy color of the dried hull are what give purple hull peas their common name. A subspecies of the cowpea, purple hull peas have a buttery, earthy flavor and can be used much in ...

Southern Pea Salad with Herbed Buttermilk Dressing is a fresh, flavorful twist on a classic Southern side. Made with tender white acre or purple hull peas, crisp summer vegetables, and tossed in a ...

Few things beat down home country-cooking. Purple hull or crowder peas simmering on the stove, okra and tomatoes sizzling in the skillet and corn bread baking in the oven signal that good eating is ...

Southern pink lady peas are here! If you are not from the South, you are probably scratching your head about now and wondering what in the world I’m talking about. “Peas” have a special meaning in ...

Crowder peas, black-eyed peas, lady peas, purple-hulled peas, pink-eyed peas, and butter peas have fed Southerners for centuries. They were brought from Africa to the Americas as part of the slave ...

Crowder peas, cow peas, black-eyed peas, pink-eye peas, purple hull peas -- these Southern peas start making their appearance in the market this time of year. Because they love a long, hot growing ...

Field peas are the South's most varied legume, but many cooks never venture past black-eyed peas and might not realize there are other choices. We should, however. Although black-eyed peas are good, ...