Ingredients:
1/2 pound bacon
2 cups chopped onion
2 cups chopped green pepper
2 cups chopped celery
3 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
3 (15 ounce) cans black-eyed peas
1 (10 ounce) can Ro-Tel tomatoes
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
White vinegar to taste
Procedure:
1. Cook bacon until it has rendered the fat.
2. Transfer bacon to a 6 to 8 quart soup pot.
3. Saute the onion, green pepper and celery in the bacon fat.
4. Pour peas into the soup pot.
5. Add the sauteed vegetables, chopped tomatoes, Ro-Tel tomatoes, salt and pepper.
6. Cook over medium to medium low heat for 30 minutes.
7. Correct the seasonings.
8. Serve hot.
