While it won’t do you readers any good at this point, some of you may know that eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is said to give you good luck for the remainder of the year. Here’s my freshly-developed and delicious recipe for a New Year’s delicacy:
Charlie’s Black-Eyed Peas
Ingredients:
- 1 Can black eyed peas
- 4 Strips bacon
- 1 Clove garlic
- 1 Stalk celery
- 1/2 Green bell pepper
- 100% pure maple syrup
- Crushed red pepper (dried)
- Black pepper
Directions:
- Cook bacon strips in cast iron (preferred) pan using low heat until moderately crispy. While keeping an eye on the bacon, continue to Step 2. Set bacon and resulting grease aside. Do not discard grease!
- Gather garlic clove, celery stalk, and bell pepper. Finely chop all three ingredients.
- Empty black eyed peas into a medium saucepan. Add chopped garlic, celery, and bell pepper. Break each strip of bacon into 3-4 pieces. Add bacon to saucepan.
- Add a few teaspoons of bacon grease from the frying pan to the saucepan with the black eyed peas.
- Add maple syrup to saucepan to taste. I would recommend a few tablespoons — but don’t over do it.
- Add a few shakes of black pepper and crushed red pepper to taste.
- Stir well and simmer on low heat for about 30 minutes, stirring every 5-10 minutes.
- Enjoy!