"Even better the next day"

1 1/4 cups dried black-eye peas
4 cups water
1 onion, chopped
1 piece salt pork or 8 pieces bacon
A little red pepper

1 1/4 cups dried black-eye peas 4 cup s water 1 onion, chopped 1 piece salt pork or 8 pieces bacon

Put all the ingredients together in a pot and cook slowly until tender - about three hours.