https://travelingboy.com/travel/hoppin-john-a-journey-from-west-africa-to-the-americas/ Traveling Adventures Wed, 18 Sep 2024 22:51:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://travelingboy.com/travel/hoppin-john-a-journey-from-west-africa-to-the-americas/#comment-33215 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:01:50 +0000 https://travelingboy.com/travel/?p=42409#comment-33215 Sorry to disagree with Black Eye peas used in Hopin Johns. I spent four hours on a Gullah/Geechee tour last wee in Hilton Head, SC. There was a 4th and a 5th generation Gullah’s narrating the tour. They adamantly said it is field peas and not Black Eye Peas. Field peas were cheap and easy to grown in the low country. I have seen several recipes saying Black Eye’s especially for New Years. They said “if you are not using field peas then it ain’t Hopin John’s.”

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