Geechee red pea
Geechee red pea is a pea plant variety grown on Sapelo Island on the Atlantic Ocean coast in the U.S. The small iron-colored peas "cook-up creamy and dusky-sweet" according to John T. Edge. They are a New Year's Day tradition in Hogg Hummock among the descendants of enslaved African Americans. Black-eyed peas are used elsewhere. The peas are hand shelled and sun dried.[1]
References
- ↑ "The pea that could; Geechee red peas from Sapelo Island offer new hope for a community" by John T. Edge January 2014 Southern Living p. 62
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