Hoppin' John

Ingredients

• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups tomato juice
• 1 package grated pimento cheese
• 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon celery salt
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 1/4 cup butter, cut in pieces (or use 1/4 cup bacon drippings)
• 3 -4 slices of cooked crumbled bacon
• 1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, undrained
• parsley
• pimentos