I have multiple apps I check into daily that update me on the inner workings of the restaurant, as well as project management systems to monitor progress of group planning..
The other kinds of rice that she made, I never made them.I mean, I saw a little bit of the beginning, and I saw the finished product, but I don't know that I ever paid any attention to the middle.
So, I didn't know how to make hoppin' john, and my mother only made that for New Year's Day.She would cook the black-eyed peas with the hog jowl with the teeth, and then she would put the rice in it and cook it all together.When it was done, it was perfectly fluffy with this frightening piece of seasoning meat in it..
I wasn't that wild about black eyed peas as a kid, so I had to try to recreate it.I don't know if I asked my mother.
I just worked on it when I opened the restaurant, but there was a lot of trial and error—emphasis on error..
If you ruined the rice, it was more than inconvenient; it was almost tragic.. Rice is a really emotional thing for so many people.Originally appeared: July 2012.Credit: Jen Causey.
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