Black-Eyed Pea

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Jessica B Harris, Prosperity Starts With a Pea; An African legume that stars in an American New Year dish. New York Times, Dec. 30, 2010 (op-ed).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/opinion/30harris.html?scp=1&sq=black%20pea&st=cse

My comment:
(a) I do not listen to music. At last I paid attention to a music group Black Eye Peas half a year ago. I googled but could not find origin of the name-- not even in the group's web site. Later I learned that the pea MIGHT have to do with blacks in US.  This article confirms the notion.
(b) I have spent all my time in US in the North (Chicago, Manhattan and Boston). I have not seen any dish made of it--or the pea itself.
(c) black-eyed pea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_pea
(The first domestication occurred probably in West Africa; section 3 Lucky New Year food)
(c) Hoppin' John
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoppin%27_John
(d) South Carolina Lowcountry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_Lowcountry

* Lowcountry cuisine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowcountry_cuisine

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