purple hull peas?

[ninjapoodles]

I don't know what possessed me, other than the fact that my daughter liked the look of them, but I bought a mess of purple-hull peas at the farmers' market today, and I'm shelling them now, with ZERO idea of what to do with them. I've never cooked black-eyed peas, either, so all the people telling me to "cook them just like you would black-eyed peas" did not help!

Any ideas to make them tasty?

 

[MissPrissy]

Wash them, look them, set them to slow boil with a piece of bacon. serve them with fresh tomatoes, corn on the cob and corn bread with butter! Good eating!

 

[Weewanona]

Why are you shelling? Snap the ends off and steam them.

 

[ninjapoodles]

We can eat the whole thing? My mom told me to shell them, and the people I got 'em from said to, as well! Well, I'll be.

I have a freaking ton of these things. Should I maybe shell some, and keep some in the pod to cook tonight?

Miss Prissy, what is that 2nd step there in your instructions?

 

[MissPrissy]

You can only snap the very youngest and smallest. you have to shell purple hulls.

"look them" - take a a small hand full and roll them over 'looking' for bug bites or bad spots.

 

[ninjapoodles]

OK, now I've found several recipes for making jelly from the hulls! Has anyone ever done that?

 

[MissPrissy]

My great aunts used to make jelly with them.

 

[FarmGirl01]

Purple hull peas are the best. Make cornbread with butter.

 

[sundance]

After you enjoy the peas for dinner, feed the hulls to your chickens, they will love them marrie

 

[ninjapoodles]

DEFINITELY cornbread! Maybe I will make some Hoppin' John!

And I was wondering if the chickens would eat these tough old things (the hulls).