In article >, "Z GIRL"
> writes:

>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.

Technically peas are beans (legumes)... purple hull beans are known as "cow
peas", aka blackeyed pea, of which there are various varietals (generally the
'eye' is of various hues, black, brown, purple, pink, etc.

http://www.southernexposure.com/thes...ods/16108.html

http://www.southernexposure.com/cgi-...chant.mvc+stor
e_code=SESE&screen=CTGY&category_code=CPEA


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