Black-eyed peas on the stove

[Texasgal]

cornbread in the oven!

Happy New Year from this southerner!

[jaysunb]

1. Same here ! n/t

[Aerows]

2. Cabbage, cornbread, black eyed peas

and fried steak. YUMMY!

[TM99]

3. Definitely!

Black-eyed peas, cornbread dressing, pig bellies fried up in a skillet, collard greens, and fresh baked pecan pie!

That's our New Year's meal for today!

[Downwinder]

4. Wonder how that custom started?

I know where black-eyed peas came from.

[Rowdyboy]

11. The story I was told years ago is that when the US Army marched through the south, they destoryed

all the food crops they could find. Black eyed peas were considered cattle food, unfit for human consumption so they were left unharmed. The former confederates, thankful to have ANYTHING to eat, learned how to make them tolerable and later, pretty damn good.

Don't know that its true, but that's the story I was given.

[Downwinder]

12. Only problem with that is that people

had been eating them for quite some time prior to the Civil War.

[freshwest]

15. The story I was told was that some soldiers gathered some up for a scavenged meal, and swore to meet

in the same place the next year if they made it through. The ones who ate blackeyed peas lived to meet, the others didn't make it.

In writing down this tale I'd heard a few times, it sounds more than a bit foolish. But it was said to have them for luck and to have the greens to have prosperity in the New Year. Just part of regional culture.

[Downwinder]

17. Since Black-eyed peas came from West Africa do you

suppose the custom also derived from there?

[freshwest]

19. IDK if they held any superstitions about eating them on a certain day. IDK the belief system.

My anecdote is simply what some southern people used to say half a century ago. In thinking back, it does sound supernatural.

[japple]

5. Got my peas, got my greens, got my cornbread!!! All heating and

getting ready to eat in about 29 min. That, plus gingered carrots, and a tiny bit of BBQ'd pork I put in the freezer a few weeks ago just for this occasion.

Oh, and a few Lagunitas Dogtown Pale Ale.

Happy New Year from Georgia!!!

[japple]

6. My late husband always cooked hog jowl for New Year's dinner. For many years,

after he died, I fried up a skillet full for family and friends. This year, I didn't cook up a big dinner for the whole family and didn't buy any hog jowl. It is a lot like fatty bacon, though it has a crunch and taste of it's own, it is the end of that tradition for me. I will miss it, but my body will probably rejoice! I will be 65 at the end of the month and have retired from my hospital job. I hope to have a great garden this year with lots of stuff to pickle and preserve and make into jam.

Happy 2015, C & B friends

[yuiyoshida]

7. Happy New Year...

I am seriously considering ordering Sushi, if my favorite restaurant is even open. It probably will not be.. than its KFC again.

[ColesCountyDem]

8. No collard greens?

I could Fed Ex you some of mine.

[alfie]

9. Black eyed peas, collards, baked sweet taters, and crackling cornbread. Nt

[japple]

13. Sounds delicious!!

[Lebam in LA]

10. Yummy

I love black-eyed peas. Think I will make a pot tomorrow. Thanks

[freshwest]

14. OMG, I knew I forgot something today! I'm doomed!

Referring to superstitution, LOL. Usually have black eyed peas, a skillet of yellow whole grain cornbread (no sugar), sweet potatoes and greens because that was what I used to have in Texas.

[jtuck004]

16. The Hoppin' John was really good. n/t

[japple]

18. The True Story of Traditional New Year's Lucky Foods

http://seriouseats.com/2014/12/good-luck-food-new-year-pork-sauerkraut-lentil-herring-collards-hoppin-john.html

Interesting.

[Dont call me Shirley]

20. Thanks, the article was informative and fun.

Raised PA Dutch, hated the stuffed pig stomach, blah! Began cooking the southern cuisine for my husband, so the fare for new year is southern fried chicken, black-eyed peas, greens, rice, gravy and cornbread, mostly from scratch. Yummy. Can't get the cornbread right though.

Happy New Year

[japple]

21. Post a request in this group asking for advice. We have many great cooks here who would

be happy to help. I always make corn muffins and use White Lily Self-Rising Cornbread mix, to which I add one egg, 1/4 c. veg. oil, and 1-1/2 cups buttermilk. It comes out great every time. Some folks like sweet cornbread, but my family prefers it with no sweetening. It's just a matter of taste.

Your dinner sounds to die for! Happy New Year!

[Dont call me Shirley]

22. Thanks, I'll give it a try. Wish I could email you some dinner, I made enough for an army.

[japple]

23. I wish you could email me some, too!! My mouth is watering.

BTW, I have a lovely sister-in-law named Shirley and she is an outstanding cook, and animal lover, all-round beautiful soul!

[Dont call me Shirley]

24. But please...

Don't call me Shirley

[japple]

25. I won't. Promise!

I'll call you Don't.

[Dont call me Shirley]

26. K

[trof]

27. We had ours New Year's Eve.

On the road New Year's Day.
Wonder if that's close enough?