Comments on: Black Eyed Peas

By: Summer

Summer — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:37:50 +0000

Aw, I love this! I dated a Yankee from Connecticut for several years, and I’ll never forget our first new years together when he told me he’d NEVER HEARD OF EATING BLACK EYED PEAS ON NEW YEARS DAY!!! I think my first words after the shock were, “HOW are you still alive?!?!?!?!” :P

Happy new year!

By: Rooster

Rooster — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:35:47 +0000

In Virginia we like our black eyed peas served with stewed tomatoes and corn bread. Yes it has always been a New Year’s tradition! Yummy yummy enjoy and Happy New Year!!!

By: Sunshine

Sunshine — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:09:38 +0000

Love that you wrote this post! I just shared my favorite way to do Black-Eyed peas… it’s a little spicy, a can of rotal and cook them with hog jowl! That’s Southern style!
http://our-southern-roots.com/black-eyed-peas/

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:54:16 +0000

Yes, half of my husband’s family is from Memphis so he introduced this to me years ago. We even make sure our dogs get a few black eyed peas. Many years back I started making Hoppin’ John…it is sort of a stew with collared greens and ham and I make my husband’s great grandmother’s buttermilk cornbread to go with it. Yummy Good Luck for Us!
Many years ago we decided that in addition to the New Year’s kiss, the new year would be marked with prosperity if we ended the year with a decadent meal. We make a big meal of crab legs and bubbly and I usually buy a fancy cake from the bakery. It’s become such a fun tradition that now we get together with friends and bust through crab legs all night together. :)
Happy New Year!
Best,
Tina

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:50:26 +0000

I don’t claim any Southern heritage, but I love to make Hoppin John for New Year’s Day! I like the recipe in Joy (of Cooking).

By: Kace

Kace — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:54:47 +0000

I took my mother to New York City one year to see the ball drop in Times Square and we woke up New Year’s Day in a panic–neither of us had thought to bring a can of black-eyed peas nor knew our way around the city enough to know where to buy one. Luckily, the concierge at the West Side Y where we stayed was kind enough to point us to Sylvia’s “Queen of Soul Food” in Harlem. After a call to verify that they had black-eyed peas, we hopped the subway and made sure we got a good start to the year!

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:20:35 +0000

I’m from Virginia but now I live in Ireland, and I’ve already stocked up on black-eyed peas for New Year’s Day. I think I’d feel panicky if I skipped a year!

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:19:41 +0000

I’m from Maryland originally and we always had a spicy New Year’s soup with black eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck.

By: Giulia

Giulia — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:51:00 +0000

yes! here in barcelona the churches and the cathedral’s bells strike twelve and we eat one grape for each ring. i can’t do it at all! i can’t even eat three single grapes that fast, imagine 12! it’s kind of gross but extremely funny. i like to eat M&Ms instead :)
my mom is from italy, so on new year’s day we eat lentils. it’s an old tradition, it means that you’ll be lucky and have money that year.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:29:06 +0000

We live in Raleigh and celebrate the new year this way too! Looking forward to the traditional lunch at my mother in laws!