"raymond" > wrote in message
news
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:10:11 -0600, "Z GIRL"
> > wrote:
>
> >What are purple hull beans? I intended to buy two cans of Black Eyed Peas
> >and I find now that I grabbed one of each off the shelf at the grocery
> >store. The picture of the beans on the cans looks very similar to black
eyed
> >peas. Assuming they are similar, can I mix them?
> >
> Here in the southeast, they are called purple hull peas. No matter
> whether they are a bean or not, I have never heard them called beans,
> and you will never hear the words "purple hull beans" at the farmer's
> market here. I bought my mother some seeds for her garden last year
> and they were labeled purple hulled peas. They are interchangeable
> with black eyed peas, with some variance in taste. Black eyes are, I
> would say, perhaps a little more earthier tasting than purple hulls.
>

I checked the can and they are Peas not Beans.

peace,
Barbara