On Jan 4, 9:35*am, The Ranger > wrote:
> On Dec 31 2009, 6:59*pm, Kris > wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> > How do you do yours?
>
> Cooked up some bacon, crumbled up the pieces, poured a package of
> frozen BEP over top, sprinkled the top with some onion powder as they
> sautéed, and served 'em with spears of hot cornbread. This was our NYE
> tradition growing up and I'm handing it off to my daughter-units.
>
> The Ranger

THAT sounds good! Do you use much of the rendered fat in sauteeing
them?

Kris