CULTURETECHLENSHoppin' John
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Combined Graph record U-01031 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0631. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Hoppin' John is a peas-and-rice pilaf typical of the one-pot cooking of the South Carolina Lowcountry and the traditional dish for good luck on New Year's Day throughout the South; the South Carolina Encyclopedia entry (USC Press, reprinted by Charleston Currents) notes it is most often made with black-eyed peas and that the original 1847 Carolina Housewife version called for bacon, red peas, and rice. Stored key ingredients and the 'Lowcountry New Year's' origin_note established, subject to the pea-variety conflict below.
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Hoppin' John is a peas-and-rice pilaf typical of the one-pot cooking of the South Carolina Lowcountry and the traditional dish for good luck on New Year's Day throughout the South; the South Carolina Encyclopedia entry (USC Press, reprinted by Charleston Currents) notes it is most often made with black-eyed peas and that the original 1847 Carolina Housewife version called for bacon, red peas, and rice.
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- Work type: dish
- Category: sides
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- https://charlestoncurrents.com/2017/01/hoppin-john/ (verification source · master store)
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Hoppin' John is a peas-and-rice pilaf typical of the one-pot cooking of the South Carolina Lowcountry and the traditional dish for good luck on New Year's Day throughout the South; the South Carolina Encyclopedia entry (USC Press, reprinted by Charleston Currents) notes it is most often made with black-eyed peas and that the original 1847 Carolina Housewife version called for bacon, red peas, and rice. Stored key ingredients and the 'Lowcountry New Year's' origin_note established, subject to the pea-variety conflict below.
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