Black-eyed Peas

A New Year Tradition

Here's my first shot of 2007 - a 'lucky' Black-eyed pea (or bean).

Did you know that Cowpea is another name for the black-eyed pea? Do you care?

The Smithsonian Centre for Education and Museum Studies says (and I quote)...

"Black-eyed Pea (Vigna unguiculata unguiculata)"

"Black-eyed peas are an ancient African crop that spread from central Africa. Around 1700, slaves brought it to America. By 1903 George Washington Carver, the famous African-American agricultural chemist, was promoting black-eyed peas as excellent food for man or beast..."

www.smithsonianeducation.org/migrations/zoofood/kipea.html

So there you have it. Happy New Year !!!