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2. Black-eyed pea - Wikipedia

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   The black-eyed pea or black-eyed bean [2] is a legume grown around the world for its medium-sized, edible bean. It is a subspecies of the cowpea, an Old World plant domesticated in Africa, and is sometimes simply called a cowpea. The common commercial variety is called the California Blackeye; it is pale-colored with a prominent black spot.

3. Cowpea - Wikipedia

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   Black-eyed peas, a common name for a cowpea cultivar, are named due to the presence of a distinctive black spot on their hilum. Vigna unguiculata is a member of the Vigna (peas and beans) genus. Unguiculata is Latin for "with a small claw", which reflects the small stalks on the flower petals. [7]

4. New Year's food - Wikipedia

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   Blackeyed peas, usually in the form of Hoppin' John, are a common New Year dish in much of the southern United States. [30] The dish also often includes pork, considered symbolic of good luck, [4] and often is served with collard greens [49] and cornbread; a common New Year saying is "Peas for pennies, greens for dollars, and cornbread for gold."

5. New Year's tradition to eat 12 grapes or black-eyed peas for luck

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   For the black-eyed peas: 2 Italian sausage links, uncased. 1 medium yellow onion, chopped (about 1 cup) 1 clove garlic, minced (a scant 1 tablespoon) 3 cups chicken stock.

6. Taste tradition: Why we eat black-eyed peas, greens, and ...

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   Black-Eyed Peas. You can make the peas in one of two ways or go for the easiest possible method. Stovetop. One pound of Black-eyed peas takes about 90 minutes to soften. Put them in a bowl, rinse ...

7. Why do we eat black-eyed peas on New Year's? - AOL

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   Americans eat black-eyed peas for New Year's to bring about good fortune in the coming year. But that's the short answer. The long one involves a shared family tradition that celebrates the legume ...

8. Why do we eat ‘lucky’ black-eyed peas? In 1937, a Texan sold ...

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   It took Texas to make America swallow the idea of lucky New Year’s black-eyed peas. More than 85 years ago, in 1937, an East Texas promoter put the first national marketing campaign behind what ...

9. Hilum (biology) - Wikipedia

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   The hilum is the white region in the center of the namesake "black eye" of the black-eyed pea. In botany, a hilum (pronounced / ˈ h aɪ l ə m /) is a scar or mark left on a seed coat by the former attachment to the ovary wall or to the funiculus (which in turn attaches to the ovary wall). On a bean seed, the hilum is called the "eye".