2008 already better than 2007

[vakkotaur]

That, or I'm coming down with something and am losing my sense of smell and taste.

To end 2007 on another off-note, I had to go to the store last night to get a jar of pickled herring. jmaynard had bought a jar for me, but when I opened it I asked if he went out of his way to pick the grungiest jar. He hadn't. It was just the last jar that Hy-vee had that wasn't the sour cream variety. Unfortunately it was also sticky and leaked. Thus it was replaced.

Now, every year Jay stinks up the house with black-eyed peas, which he then - against all reason - eats. I fully expected that to happen again this year and when I woke up from a nap and smelled something not quite right, got fully dressed, including boots as I expected I'd want to take a long walk and maybe wash a nasty taste out of my mouth.

This year the smell wasn't overpowering. I tried some of the result. To my astonishment it was edible. Evidently with sufficient treatment, probably mainly the Tabasco, black-eyed peas can be made edible.

I hope I'm not just coming down with something.

Comments

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

I know Tobasco sauce is quite good at bringing stale pizza back from the dead.

[koakako.livejournal.com]

Karen & family & I had some black-eyed peas with ham bits earlier tonight. Was quite good, actually. With some cornbread to soak up all the juicy bits. :D

Only bad thing is that now it's giving me some fierce heartburn...

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I think Jay did the bit with the ham last year. I think my response was to burn a scented candle and have a shot of $STRONG_DRINK to kill the taste. In other years I burned incense. Frankincense and myrrh are actually fairly effective. This is the first year I haven't had to de-tox the kitchen.

We did have some spicy cornbread, which was good. I carefully did not use it to soak up any black-eyed pea juices. I much prefer using butter on cornbread.

[setsu-p.livejournal.com]

..JUST peas? It's not hoppin' John unless there's rice. And you don't get all the best benefits of talismanic food unless you also have collards to go with it.

... crud. I forgot MY hoppin' John! ARGH!

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Hoppin' John? Sounds like an urgent need for a plumber.

While collard is edible, it strikes me as sort of a survivalist food. I don't find much flavor in it, and it reminds me of lawn weeds.

[jmaynard.livejournal.com]

I'm from Houston. We don't do Hoppin' John. In fact, I'd never heard the name until I got soul food in Detroit not all that long ago.