Sea Island Red Peas (Vigna unguiculata) almost gone. My partner Chris made peas, mac and cheese, and cornbread, from my friend Becca Munro's fresh ground bloody butcher corn! Didn't think to take a picture of the whole thing because I was so hungry. Our friend Shakara Tyler gave us a few seeds of this Gullah heirloom black-eyed pea a few years ago, and it has taken this long to multiply the seed so we can grow enough to share it hopefully next year. I gave my supply to Karen Washington (friend/hero/family, and of Gullah ancestry) to grow out on a larger scale in the Bronx. I ordered the peas you see here from Anson Mills near coastal South Carolina where this variety was used to make Hoppin' John. They are DELICIOUS! The peas Shakara gave us are more consistently red. #seaislandredpeas #vignaunguiculata #reezypeezy #hoppinjohn #gullahfood #slowfoodarkoftaste #ansonmills #seedkeeping #latefarmlunch (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)
