Candy’s Pea Salad

A friend of mine from “back home” said this is a staple of their New Years Day tradition. It’s a little different take on the two blackeyed pea salad recipes I included in the New Years Favorites recipe collection and it sounds delicious!

pea salad


Serves: 10-12


Source: Greg Thomas


Ingredients:

3/4 cup vinegar

3/4 cup sugar

1 Tbsp water

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

1 can Early June peas (Le Sueur), drained

1 can shoepeg corn, drained

1 jar pimento, drained

1 C celery, finely chopped

1 C onion, finely chopped

Directions: 

Combine first five ingredients in a saucepan and boil  for 1 minute. Remove from heat and cool completely.

Then combine peas, corn, pimento, celery and onion in a bowl. Pour cooled liquid over vegetable mixture. Toss lightly, cover tightly, and refrigerate overnight.

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