Mmmmm

[telophase]

Went to Central Markup and got a smoked ham hock*, and it's been simmering with a chopped-up onion for an hour and a half now. In 30 minutes or so, I'll shred the meat from it and toss in the black-eyed peas I got.

The house smells heavenly now, and Sora keeps lifting his head and sniffing the air. I may have to fight him for it.

I'm also going to make the new potatoes by putting the smallest ones into a pan with butter and cooking, covered, for 25 minutes. And then use the bigger ones in a chicken hotchpotch. Hopefully I shall have enough things to get me through four days of lunches next week.

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* And also a bag of fresh cream peas** and a bag of fresh lima beans, both of which are chillin' in the freezer until I get a chance to cook them.

** Not creamed peas. They're in the same general vicinity as black-eyes peas, only without black eyes and apparently a lot lighter in flavor. They're a Southern thing.

Comments

[sparkylibrarian.livejournal.com]

I had a cat when I was a kid who wasn't interested in Thanksgiving turkey or salmon... but she would lurk in the kitchen whenever ham was being cooked. Completely underfoot, until the thing was done and she got a taste.

Are cream peas anything like "crowder peas"? I can't find the latter because no one else has ever heard of them, and it seems to be a northish TX term.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Nefer likes pork, but it makes her throw up so she doesn't get it. :D

They can be (http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/creampeas), it seems, but most aren't crowders.