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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBlack eyed peas and collard greens...TONIGHT!
Yeah, it's superstition, but why tempt fate?
Happy New Year y'all.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)"forgotten" to buy. and still, we had a good year. go figure.
he would probably say we would have won the lotto, if only....
shhhhh, dont remind him.
HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)corned beef & cabbage to go with.
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)Good luck and money in the new year.....yeah!!
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)Good luck to all.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)I'm having black eyed peas,stew tomatoes, steamed greens and a chicken breast.
Why no?
whistler162
(11,155 posts)to Pigeon Forge for black-eyed peas. New tradition in the last 10 years since they moved south. Before that it was probably a pilgrimage to Good Steer on Long Island.
patricia92243
(12,590 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)for New Years Day.
I am convinced the reason for it is that if you eat black-eyed peas on New Years day there is likely nothing worse that can happen to you so it should be a pretty good year.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Our family started the year with that same attitude . . .
today we eat peas, tomorrow it's steak.
MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)My people came from Alabama, your tastes are like a blast from the old world.
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)I hope it doesn't bite me in the behind.
I'm not superstitious, but it's the first time in years that I haven't made Hoppin' John for New Year's.
MissMillie
(38,454 posts)but I have yet to meet a green veg that I don't like.
I love most types of beans.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Oddly enough, I've had better luck in my life when I stopped that tradition. I still like black-eyed peas anytime, though