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MiladyElaine -> Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 7:49:00 AM)
Is eating these on New Year's day a regional tradition or what? I grew up in NMex with parents from Texas- we believe!

Estring -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 11:21:57 AM)
In some areas Black Eyed Peas are listened to. [;)]

MizSuz -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 11:25:36 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MiladyElaine Is eating these on New Year's day a regional tradition or what? I grew up in NMex with parents from Texas- we believe! My mother (originally from Mississippi) used to do Black Eyed Peas (with a dime in the pot) on New Year's Day. I hadn't thought of it in a long time. <smile> Thanks for the memory.

MiladyElaine -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 11:29:40 AM)
Darn- we forgot the dime! No wonder we didn't win the lottery!

MizSuz -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 11:55:32 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MiladyElaine Darn- we forgot the dime! No wonder we didn't win the lottery! Mom never forgot the dime and we never won the lottery either, so I don't think you've mucked with your odds over it. :)

proudsub -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 2:09:35 PM)
quote: Is eating these on New Year's day a regional tradition or what? Never heard of this before. Here in WA our New Years tradition is to pig out on all the junk food in the house so once again we can start our "diets". Fortunately this year we didn't have any junk food.[:)]

sting516 -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 2:11:57 PM)
Last New Years i was in Louisiana for the holiday, and i was told it's a traditional southern thing for black eyes peas, collard green, and ham for dinner on New Year's Day. i enjoyed the peas and ham....but skipped the greens. sting

MiladyElaine -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 3:36:39 PM)
So it appears to just be a Southern tradition. Thank ya'll.

velvetvixen -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 8:13:42 PM)
I do believe it is a southern thing-- I have been in the south for 15 years and have eaten black eyed peas and collards every new years day that I have been here. Prior to my move, we always ate pork and sauerkraut on Jan. 1. My grandmother always put a loaf of bread and a dollar in a basket by the door so that anyone who passed through would have food and money in the new year. The dime in the pot was a new one for me. Thanks for sharing that. Wishing all the best in 2005.

ShadeDiva -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 9:03:41 PM)
How do you cook black eyed peas? Same goes for that famous dish - beans and rice. I am SO not southern LOL. But I generally love the food even if I dont know how to cook it. ~ShadeDiva

jillwfsub4blkdom -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 9:10:33 PM)
My parents are from Missouri and they believe in the eating black eyed peas for good luck on New Years Day. You are also supposed to eat corned beef and cabbage. i don't think i would classify Missouri as the South. jill

jillwfsub4blkdom -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/2/2005 9:12:51 PM)
Shade. Get Bush's blackeyed peas with the bacon drippings in them already and just heat them up on the stove. They are great!! jill

MissEmeraldTx -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/3/2005 12:23:00 AM)
Never had black eyed peas and greens for New Years day until I moved to NC. Now since I moved to Texas, need black eyed peas, greens, grapes, and you put money under the mat before you leave than upon returning you pick the money up and it's supposed to bring you good luck.

MiladyElaine -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/3/2005 5:57:39 AM)
Putting money under the mat is new... thanks. To cook them, buy fresh ones, snap and string, cook with water, salt, and 1T. bacon grease till tender and the juice thickens. Or you can put ham in them. I believe the southern half of Missouri was below the Mason-Dixon line, so some parts could have picked up this tradition...

dixiedumpling -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/3/2005 7:45:41 PM)
Black eyed peas for luck and greens so you'll have money in the new year. I believe Missouri considers itself to be in the midwest, not the south.

MiladyElaine -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/4/2005 8:01:42 AM)
Missouri Is part of the SW now BUT back during the Civil War, part of it was Southern, hence the probability of the tradition. Heaven only knows how old it is...[;)]

sterlingsweet -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/10/2005 6:06:15 AM)
I don't know of the origins or traditions of the Blackeyed pea. I do know a lot of people use and love them them down south, and African Americans use then as a side dish up here in the North. Me, I Love Blackeyed Peas, Yummy! I like to cook them with HamHocks and other scumpsious ingredients. I cook them mostly in the Fall and Winter, nothing better on a cold Sunday Afternoon! Oh...and I am one of those that listen to them too[;)]

ruffnecksbabygir -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/10/2005 8:00:43 AM)
we do lentil beans, maybe it's just a cuban tradition, not sure....how about the dozen grapes at midnight on the 31st, is that also just a cuban tradition?

MiladyElaine -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/10/2005 8:02:06 AM)
Listen to them- LOL do they snap, crackle, and pop? I love to smell them cooking almost as much as eat them. Did a little reseach since I last posted. There's two possible origins. It did originally start during the Civil War. Seems Union soldiers came by raiding houses for food, etc. and took everything BUT some dries black-eyed peas, which they considered cow peas. The other story says they burned the fields of everything BUT the black-eyes, considering them "weeds". The southerners were so grateful to have them they made a tradition to have some every New Year's since the raiding and burning took place on a New Year's Eve night.

sterlingsweet -> RE: Black-eyed Peas (1/10/2005 7:52:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MiladyElaine Listen to them- LOL do they snap, crackle, and pop? I love to smell them cooking almost as much as eat them. Did a little reseach since I last posted. There's two possible origins. It did originally start during the Civil War. Seems Union soldiers came by raiding houses for food, etc. and took everything BUT some dries black-eyed peas, which they considered cow peas. The other story says they burned the fields of everything BUT the black-eyes, considering them "weeds". The southerners were so grateful to have them they made a tradition to have some every New Year's since the raiding and burning took place on a New Year's Eve night. Thanks Milady, For doing the reserch, I like gathering bits of trivia. Good info!

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