{"id":220773,"date":"2025-10-29T09:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?post_type=recipe&#038;p=220773"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:48:25","slug":"texas-caviar","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/recipe\/texas-caviar\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Caviar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Michael W. Twitty based this no-frills recipe on a black bean and black-eyed pea salad that cookbook author Helen Corbitt created while working at the Houston Country Club. \u201cIt is jokingly compared to caviar because of the visual similarity of black-eyed peas to fish eggs, yet it\u2019s incomparably cheap to make,\u201d he writes in his new cookbook, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/1939\/9781837290871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recipes from the American South<\/a>. <\/em>\u201cNevertheless, it\u2019s a great addition to any party with crackers, chips, and crudit\u00e9s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/michael-w-twittys-new-cookbook-is-a-sweeping-ode-to-southern-cooking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read our Q&amp;A with Twitty here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Promo shortcode start --><div id=\"nlf-1c\" class=\"gg-promo topic-distilled big\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"title\">Get Our Bourbon Newsletter!<\/div><div class=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/promos\/bourbon-newsletter-big.jpg\" alt=\"glass of bourbon with ice\"><\/div><div class=\"right\"><form id=\"nlf-1\" method=\"post\" class=\"form\" action=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/newsletters\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"gg_form_submit\" value=\"nlf-1\"><div class=\"dek\">Distilled is our newsletter about the South\u2019s favorite spirit.<\/div><div class=\"action two-items\"><div class=\"input-left\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" class=\"email-input\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"group_id\" value=\"151240180\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode_form\" value=\"nlf-1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"subscription_99416\" value=\"on\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"prev_page_id\" value=\"220773\"><\/div><div class=\"gform_footer\"><div style=\"display:none;\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-st\" id=\"nl-nov-st1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-b\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-r\" id=\"nl-nov-r1\" value=\"2025-11-14\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-et\" id=\"nl-nov-et1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div><button data-sitekey=\"6Lc-hRkaAAAAAI84hbB81Jl48pGievR_C_UgHdnY\" data-callback=\"on_submit_nlf_1\" data-action=\"submit\" class=\"g-recaptcha button button-primary after-email\">Sign Up<\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"captcha-terms\"><p>This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p><\/div><\/form><script>document.getElementById('nl-nov-st1').value=Date.now();document.getElementById('nl-nov-r1').value='';function on_submit_nlf_1(token) {document.getElementById('nl-nov-et1').value = Date.now();document.getElementById('nlf-1').submit();}<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Promo shortcode end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From pantry staples to party-ready platter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":220774,"template":"","categories":[1780,2391],"tags":[29711,261],"authors":[],"issue":[],"recipe-type":[],"class_list":["post-220773","recipe","type-recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-drink","category-recipes","tag-food-drink","tag-sides"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Caviar &#8211; 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