If they're blackeyes, they do, anyway. Here's a post from me dating
from 1997:
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Grind in a food processor a pint of fresh black eyes, a quarter cup of
bread crumbs, the juice of a lime, three cloves of garlic, a
tablespoon of fresh mint, a teaspoon of Thai fish sauce, a teaspoon of
soy sauce, a teaspoon of fresh lemon verbena (the lemon grass isn't
doing too well as yet in the herb patch this spring), a little fresh
Mexican mint marigold (Texas taragon), one dried japone chile. I had
to add a touch of water to aid the processing.
Formed the paste into balls using a soup spoon. Fried in olive oil
and kept warm in the oven while I made the sauce:
Popped a scant tablespoon of black mustard seeds in oil, added a dash
of turmeric, one yellow bell pepper, chopped, and 6 crimini mushrooms,
sliced. Sauteed them, added a chopped chipotle chile and let cool a
little. Put it all in the blender and added the juice of a lime and
buzzed it up.
We put one or two pea patties on a lettuce leaf dolloped on the sauce,
and ate 'em like veg burritos. Messy, tasty, and fun.
[end quote]
They're pretty good. I plan on making a version with the stuff I have
on hand for some guests tonight.
modom
"Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
-- Jimmie Dale Gilmore