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                           Hoppin' John Salad

Recipe By     : John Martin Taylor in  ___The New Southern Cook___
Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Beans and Legumes                Herbs, Fresh
               Luncheon                         Meatless
               Salads                           Southern

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2      cups          black-eyed peas -- cooked
  3      cups          long-grain rice -- cooked
    1/2  cup           red onion -- chopped
    1/4  cup           celery -- chopped
  1                    jalapeno pepper -- seeded and minced
    1/4  cup           fresh chervil or parsley -- loosely packed
    1/4  cup           fresh mint -- loosely packed
  1      clove         garlic
    1/2  teaspoon      salt
  3      tablespoons   lemon juice -- freshly  squeezed
    1/4  cup           olive oil
    1/4  teaspoon      black pepper -- freshly ground

Combine peas, rice and next three ingredients in a large bowl.

Place herbs and garlic on a cutting board, and sprinkle evenly with
salt.  Finely chop herbs and garlic.  Sprinkle herbs over rice mixture
and stir gently.

Combine lemon juice, oil and pepper.  Stir into rice mixture.  Makes 6
cups.

[Formatted into MasterCook by Terri Law on 8/22/96. Posted by Terri Law
to the MC-Recipe List and others on 12/29/96.]

Cook's Notes:  This recipe, which is adapted from John Martin Taylor's
__The New Southern Cook__, was published in the March, 1996 issue of
Southern Living magazine.


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NOTES : The mint in this Southern black-eyed pea-and-rice salad makes it
exceptionally original...so says Southern Living.