GFB wrote:Kiamichi wrote:Of all the many varieties of what are called field pies (purple hulls, crowders, etc.) black eyes are the worst.
Can you translate those into "Yankee?"
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These are names of varieties of peas. "field peas" is a term used to let the other person know you are not talking about peas such as English peas.
All these peas are "cousins."
Purple hull peas = pea looks very similar to a black eyed pea, but the hull (pod) is purple.
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Crowders = a variety in the same family, but crowders are more white (no black eye)
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