Peas And Rice

Ingredients

• 14 lb salt pork chopped fine fat from a baked ham or bacon drippings
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 c canned tomatoes or 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• salt and pepper to taste
• thyme to taste
• 1 c pigeon peas or black-eyed peas
• 2 c rice

Directions

1. Fry salt pork to get the fat
2. Add onion tomato salt pepper and thyme
3. Stir all together and continue cooking
4. Add peas and 3 cups water
5. Let come to a boil and stir in rice
6. Cover and cook until rice is tender and water absorbed
7. Add another cup of water and cover to swell the rice
8. Add more water if needed Yields 6 to 8 servings