New Year's Southern Style: The Black-Eyed Peas - Alton Brown

Ingredients

• 4 cups fresh or fresh-frozen (not dried or canned) black-eyed peas*
• 1/2 large onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon dried Italian herb mix
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter