Black Eyed Peas
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 9:13 am
From time to time some in this group talk about the pain of cooking BEP. I don't get it.
If I have fresh ones, they cook in no time...about the same as fresh green beans.
Dried ones, I wash, put in pan with boiling water, little ham or bacon, salt and cook. They are done in a much shorter time than pinto beans.
I don't want mine cooked to mush, just soft peas. I doubt the dried peas take 2 hours, but pintos take at least 4 hours, maybe more. I allow "all day" and don't really time them.
Mine are simmering now. They were fresh when I put them in the freezer last summer.
If I have fresh ones, they cook in no time...about the same as fresh green beans.
Dried ones, I wash, put in pan with boiling water, little ham or bacon, salt and cook. They are done in a much shorter time than pinto beans.
I don't want mine cooked to mush, just soft peas. I doubt the dried peas take 2 hours, but pintos take at least 4 hours, maybe more. I allow "all day" and don't really time them.
Mine are simmering now. They were fresh when I put them in the freezer last summer.