Arkansas Caviar

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