Hoppin' John

English

Etymology

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Noun

Hoppin' John (uncountable)

1. (North Carolina, South Carolina) A dish of rice and beans in the Southern United States, based on traditional West African dishes.

   Coordinate term: peas and rice

   • 2009, Herbert C. Covey, Dwight Eisnach, What the Slaves Ate, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 84:

     A popular black-eyed pea dish mentioned in the narratives was Hoppin' John, a common and popular dish among slaves, especially east of the Mississippi (Taylor 1982). The one-pot meal of Hoppin' John is of African origin (Singleton 1991; Thurman 2000; Zanger 2003).

   • 2013, Adrian Miller, Soul Food, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 118:

     Thus, Hoppin' John is the South Carolina cousin to New Orleans's red beans and rice, Jamaica's peas and rice, Puerto Rico's arroz con gandules, and Cuba's moros y cristianos.

Further reading

• Hoppin' John on Wikipedia.Wikipedia