"Kris" > wrote in message
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> Hello all and Happy New Year's Eve!
>
> I know we had a thread about lentils a couple of months back. Made me
> think of making Black Eyed Peas for New Year's Day.
>
> Stupidly used the rest of my bacon the other day, which is usually
> what I cook with my BEP. Maybe I'll be doing a simple simmer with
> onion, etc instead? I'm thinking of serving them over rice, perhaps.

There's no substituting the bacon in hoppin' john.

>
> How do you do yours?
>

With bacon and onion. Over rice. Collards and hot sweet corn muffins on the
side.