Louisianians, Mississippians, and Texans lay as much claim to the creation of black-eyed pea “caviar” as the folks in Arkansas, but since the best version I ever tasted was at an outrageous deer, possum, bear, and partridge barbecue I once attended near Jonesboro, Arkansas, in the Ozarks, I assign credit to what I call the “Catfish State.” (Arkansas is also the only state I know in the South that normally tops pork barbecue salad with Thousand Island dressing.) You can use fresh black-eyed peas if you care to go to all the trouble of soaking and boiling them and dealing with the hulls, but, frankly, canned peas are just as good for this unusual salad. Serve it at lunch with barbecue sandwiches or, in larger quantities, at fish fries or Brunswick Stew suppers.