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- Traditional to the Southern United States
- Primary ingredients: Black-eyed peas and rice
- Usually includes ham hock, bacon or sausage
- Meatless version can be prepared as well
- Sometimes made with onion, red pepper, mint, and other ingredients
- Hoppin' John can also be prepared and served as a soup or a salad
- "Hoppin' Juan" is a Cuban variant; dish is made with black beans
- Sometimes called "Happy John"
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Hoppin' John is a traditional dish in the Southern U.S., considered to have come from early African-American culture in the antebellum South. It is usually made with black-eyed peas, rice, bacon and various spices. The rich dish is closely related to other dishes made throughout the Caribbean.
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Good Luck
According to Southern tradition, eating Hoppin' John on New Year's Day can bring good luck, particularly in the area of finances. This may be because the peas resemble coins. Why the unusual name? One theory says Hoppin' John is so named because as a New Year's custom, children would hop around the table before eating the dish.St. Petersburg Times: Deconstructing: Hoppin' John (December 28, 2008)Hoppin' John on New Year's Day Saying
"Eat poor that day, eat rich the rest of the year. Rice for riches and peas for peace."What's Cooking America: Hoppin John History-
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plus some spicy hoppin' john as i soaked a bunch o'black-eyed peas, too. i dont even like them. wish i had some fresh field peas.
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Crab cakes from Georgetown dock, hoppin john, and boiled cabbage w/ pepper vinegar - Oh Momma!
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Had a great time @surlas! Thank you for the desserts John! The restaurant was hoppin when we left! Food was fabulous....
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Feeling like old mother hubbard. What started life as pasta with chick peas is now almost hoppin' john because we're out of pasta.
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@jaynovel so when u hoppin in the John Wilkes?
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plus some spicy hoppin' john as i soaked a bunch o'black-eyed peas, too. i dont even like them. wish i had some fresh field peas.
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Crab cakes from Georgetown dock, hoppin john, and boiled cabbage w/ pepper vinegar - Oh Momma!
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Had a great time @surlas! Thank you for the desserts John! The restaurant was hoppin when we left! Food was fabulous....
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Feeling like old mother hubbard. What started life as pasta with chick peas is now almost hoppin' john because we're out of pasta.
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@jaynovel so when u hoppin in the John Wilkes?
view more tweets...
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plus some spicy hoppin' john as i soaked a bunch o'black-eyed peas, too. i dont even like them. wish i had some fresh field peas.
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Crab cakes from Georgetown dock, hoppin john, and boiled cabbage w/ pepper vinegar - Oh Momma!
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Had a great time @surlas! Thank you for the desserts John! The restaurant was hoppin when we left! Food was fabulous....
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Feeling like old mother hubbard. What started life as pasta with chick peas is now almost hoppin' john because we're out of pasta.
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@jaynovel so when u hoppin in the John Wilkes?
view more tweets...
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