Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Platter of fresh picked purple hull pea pods - Jim Bowie/Shutterstock In the heart of the American South, there lies a cherished ...

I like red beans and rice on Mondays, black bean soup to begin a Latin-inspired meal, white beans and rice to go along with fried catfish, lima beans smothered with bits of ham to accompany smothered ...

The deep purple-burgundy color of the dried hull are what give purple hull peas their common name. A subspecies of the cowpea, purple hull peas have a buttery, earthy flavor and can be used much in ...

Few things beat down home country-cooking. Purple hull or crowder peas simmering on the stove, okra and tomatoes sizzling in the skillet and corn bread baking in the oven signal that good eating is ...