Moonlight and Mistletoe

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Take one pound of dried black-eyed peas and soak overnight in large boiler.

Next day add smoked ham hock, salt, and black pepper to taste. Simmer until very tender.

Pour over helping of cooked rice. Serve with side garnish of chopped sweet onion, ketchup, and Tabasco sauce to taste.

Guaranteed to bring good luck if you’ve got your mouth full when the New Year comes in. At least in the South.

“Turn down those christmas carols,” Sheriff Buck Grissom shouted. “Confound it, this is supposed to be a jail!”

As the recorded strains of “Deck the Halls” faded away under the invisible hand of a deputy in the jail’s office, he turned back to the county social worker. “Am I glad to see you, Susan,” he said fervently. “I need some help.”

Susan Huddleston looked at Sheriff Grissom’s six-feet-four-inch, Marine-trained body in its crisp black and tan uniform, thinking she’d hardly ever heard the sheriff admit he needed anyone’s help. In their now-past relationship this had been one of their great problems: Buck was as stiff-necked as they came, even as a lover.

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