Categories: Rice, Pork, Holiday 
      Yield: 10 servings 
  
      4    Bacon strips 
    1/4 c  Onion, diced 
    1/2    Bell pepper, diced 
    1/2    Red bell pepper, diced 
      2 c  FRESH Blackeyed peas 
           -or purple hull peas 
           -OR- 
      2 pk (10 oz) frozen blackeyed 
           -peas 
    1/2 c  Uncooked white rice 
      2 c  Water 
           Salt & pepper, to taste 
           Louisiana Hot Sauce 
  
  Dice bacon. brown in dutch oven with onion and pepeprs, until bacon is 
  crisp and vegetables are soft.  Add peas and rice. then water.  Cover and 
  simmer over very low heat about 20 minutes, until the rice is tender. Salt 
  & pepper to taste.  Add a dash of hot sauce (to taste). 
   
  This recipe came to America from Africa though the slave trade.  It is now 
  the traditional dish served by most Southerners on New Year's Day.  It is 
  reported to bring good luck. 
   
  Recipe fron the collection of Joan Mershon