Re: Holiday Food

In a message dated 12/28/2003 7:56:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
pulis@mindspring.com writes:

> I also cook the black-eyed peas with a meaty
> ham bone and some chopped onion, so it's not just plain old peas. I wonder
> if I should throw a hot pepper or two in there. He likes chili.
> 
> 

My grandfather always dowsed his with peppersauce.  In fact he put 
peppersauce on just about everything, especially turnip or collard greens.  Tabasco is a 
good ready-made peppersauce, but he made his own by pouring hot cider vinegar 
over a bottle full of small hot peppers and letting it sit for a week or so.  
My grandfather was the editor-publisher of the local newspaper, and people 
brought him all sorts of unusual things hoping to be mentioned in the paper.   
Once a lady brought him a beautiful bottle full of peppersauce - made with tiny 
red, yellow and green peppers arrranged in a pattern - really a work of art.  
My grandmother dumped it all out.  I was too young to realize the 
implications, but I now know she was consumed with jealousy.  Oh well.

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