09/02/2026
We got as close to a fresh Mississippi meal as we could last night, but this was more of a snack! Yellow summer squash and a farm fresh onion we got from two separate vendors at the Ortonville Farmers Market. The purple hull peas we have to order in a can because we cannot find fresh ones here in Michigan.
Yes, we bread and fry our squash and okra in Mississippi! All we needed was some stewed potatoes, country ham, cornbread, and a sliced homegrown tomato and this would be the perfect Mississippi supper.
In Mississippi my family and myself grew Mississippi Pink Eye Purple Hull Peas for generations. We grew up shelling peas and butterbeans and learning how to preserve them so we could eat them all winter! I've tried to grow them in Michigan with no luck. The frozen and canned ones do not compare to freshly grown in any way, but it's as close as we can get. These peas are comparable to black eyed peas, but also very different. There's nothing like a bowl of purple hull peas over cornbread soaked in "pea juice" or "pot liquor" as some folks call it.
When we get our commercial license I'm gonna go to Mississippi one summer and bring back bushels of purple hull peas and make y'all a Mississippi Supper! Everyone should get to enjoy a taste of the South!
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