Berkshire Pundit

Makin' Hoppin' John - My Recipe Dried Black-eyed peas on my cutting board, eager to become a delicious treat There are probably as many methods of preparing Hoppin' John as there are people who prepare it.  For the uninitiated, Hoppin' John is a dish that many southerners believe (at least hope, or pretend to believe) will bring good luck for the subsequent year if consumed on New Year's day. And why not?  It is tasty and nutritious, fun, easy and inexpensive to prepare.  There are various tales as to how the dish got it's name.  You can Duck Duck Go it if you care; I don't. Most of my Berkshire neighbors who were, unluckily, born north of the Mason-Dixon Line, seem unfamiliar with this tradition.  In responding to my last minute search for Black-eyed peas via a posting on "The Hill", our neighborhood Google newsgroup, ( see my previous post)   one of my neighbors asked how we prepared Hoppin' John. One cannot merely post a reci