Cover the bottom of a large saucepan with bacon strips. Top bacon with onion and garlic and cook on medium heat long enough to extract grease from the bacon, but do not brown. Add 6 cups of water and bring to a boil. Add white acre and butter peas, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to a low simmer and cook for 30 minutes. Add okra and continue to cook on simmer for 2 hours or until peas are tender. Add more water if needed. Serve with vinegar pepper sauce at the table.

Yield
12 servings