We made it home safely
Few people know that the bottles of wine we consume is actually an apple-juice and water mixture so we can act crazy and still be sover! It;s an old trick I have used for years!
The next morning Robin and Bob came over with Hoppin John, a southern dish for good luck.
Did You Know? Hoppin’ John, also known as Carolina peas and rice, is a rice and beans dish of legendary origins associated with the cuisine of the Southern United States. Similar dishes are found in regions with a significant African-origin demographic like Louisiana red beans and rice. The Carolina version is known for the addition of bacon and other kinds of pork.
The starchy long-grain Carolina rice that is used in this meal must be washed well and cooked in bacon fat with onions until the grains are translucent before it is simmered with the parboiled black-eyed peas or Sea Island red peas and some chopped ham, ham hock or pork sausage. To finish the one-pot meal, the rice, having absorbed all the cooking liquid, is left to steam using the paper towel method for around 10 minutes and it is fluffed before serving. Some recipes use ham hock, fatback, country sausage, or smoked turkey parts instead of bacon. A few use green peppers or vinegar and spices. Smaller than black-eyed peas, field peas are used in the South Carolina Lowcountry and coastal Georgia. Black-eyed peas are the norm elsewhere.
In the southern United States, eating Hoppin’ John with collard greens on New Year’s Day is thought to bring a prosperous year filled with luck.
Caught, we were resting!
Bob had the evidence! Oh my, that could NOT have been us, right?
We relived the evening!
It was recorded for history and Robin and Mary re-enact the crime! Older Elks were shocked!!
More dancing?????
Time to eat some Hoppin’ John!!
Just us!
Plus we had Hoppin John courtesy of Robin!
