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CTL-W-0597 · Work

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Leite's Culinaria, chef Jennifer Hill Booker: 'field peas and Crowder peas are the same pea'; 'Field peas, crowder peas, cream peas, and black-eyed peas are all part of a larger species of beans commonly called cowpeas or Southern peas,' part of Southern food culture since the 1600s after being brought from Africa. Stored crowder peas and the Southern framing established.

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Leite's Culinaria, chef Jennifer Hill Booker: 'field peas and Crowder peas are the same pea'; 'Field peas, crowder peas, cream peas, and black-eyed peas are all part of a larger species of beans commonly called cowpeas or Southern peas,' part of Southern food culture since the 1600s after being brought from Africa. Stored crowder peas and the Southern framing established.

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Leite's Culinaria, chef Jennifer Hill Booker: 'field peas and Crowder peas are the same pea'; 'Field peas, crowder peas, cream peas, and black-eyed peas are all part of a larger species of beans commonly called cowpeas or Southern peas,' part of Southern food culture since the 1600s after being brought from Africa. Stored crowder peas and the Southern framing established.

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