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black-eyed bean
(redirected from Black-eyed peas)

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black-eyed bean or black-eyed pea: see cowpea cowpea, black-eyed pea, or black-eyed bean, annual legume (Vigna sinensis) of the pulse family. Introduced in the early 18th cent.
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Cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata), also known as black-eyed peas, are actually more like ordinary beans in their culture, preferring to be planted in spring, as opposed to regular peas, that require a fall or early winter sowing.
HOPPIN' JOHN SALAD (Serves 5) Black-eyed peas are eaten on New Year's Eve to guarantee a prosperous year to come.
With black-eyed peas and candy yams Picked and boiled You ward off borrowed diseases.
 
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