Black Eyed Peas are associated with good luck . I'm testing the theory tonight.

Add some collards, hog jowl and corn bread to the menu and your 2010 will be healthy, wealthy and lucky.

I don't think I'd be putting any coins into the peas.

Might have been okay when they used actual silver, but now, you don't know what it's made from.

DU nickel plate or some shit, who knows.

Thank you for reminding me to put some black eyed peas out to soak

LOL, spoken like a true southerner.

We never had a new years without black eyed peas and cornbread.

where is the love?

My father had to have ham, cornbread, blackeyed peas and stewd tomatoes.

His mother made the best stewed tomatoes.

She canned her own tomatoes in the summer, so she cooked those with onions, sugar, salt, buttered bread cubes and lots of black pepper. Served in a bowl.

She made a kickass coconut cake, too.

I don't think I'd be putting any coins into the peas.

Might have been okay when they used actual silver, but now, you don't know what it's made from.

DU nickel plate or some shit, who knows.

Agreed. I didn't put any coins in my recipe tonight.

Make sure you sort through your dried beans carefully. I found several small pieces of gravel in a bag of dried beans once. Dust, loose bean skins. Sometimes you'll find an alien bean.

And rinse, rinse rinse!





Love,
Ma

Black-Eyed Peas

Start the New Year with a dish of good luck!

A staple in the Southern diet for over 300 years, black-eyed peas have long been associated with good luck. A dish of peas is a New Year's tradition in most areas of the South, thought to bring luck and prosperity for the new year. According to Jessica Harris, author of "Welcome Table," some add a dime to the peas for an extra "boost" of luck to the recipient. Greens, thought to symbolize folding money, are often eaten eaten with the peas.

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I am making black eyed peas for the first time. I just started a pot. Here's the recipe I am using:

2 1/2 cups dry black eyed peas
1 large white onion
1 fresh green jalapeno pepper
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 tbsp. red chili powder (mild)
1 yellow pepper
1 orange pepper
..................most Louisianas do not use jalepena or chili on black eyed peas ..
they cook up fresh bacon drain it well and add it to black eyed peas with some onion .cook it down well til it is almost creamy not full of water . ps just saying.. also your recipe sounds fantastic .............................................................​.........................................
Add 2 quarts of water to black eyed peas in large pot and bring to boil. Turn off heat and let soak for 1 hours.

Pour soaked black eyed peas into colander and rinse with cold water.

Put soaked black eyed peas back into pot. Add water to cover peas. Add chopped white onion and thinly sliced jalapeno. Bring back to boil and then reduce heat to medium. Simmer for 2 hours.

Add chopped yellow and orange pepper, salt and pepper and simmer for 10 more minutes.

Turn off heat and let sit for 10 minutes.

Serve and enjoy.

More recipes at link above and a Happy and Properous New Year to everyone in 2010.

Where's the cabbage? Cabbage is for money.
Don't forget to add a bit of ham seasoning to those peas! Mmmm. Good stuff!

Where's the cabbage? Cabbage is for money.

I'd say double up the jalapeno and throw out most of the be peas. They taste like dirt, that's why you have to season them like that.

Don't get me wrong, I'll eat them. I need all the luck I can get.

Where's the cabbage? Cabbage is for money.


That's what collards are for. (Collard leaves look a lot more like dollars than cabbage) Collards are a good source of Protein, Vitamin E, Thiamin, Niacin, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Potassium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Calcium, Iron and Manganese.

The hog jowl is cut in 1/4" slices, fried until crisp and then crumbled to season the black-eyed peas. Of course, you save a few pieces to eat on the side.

We always eat turnip greens for money. Apparently, all you have to do is have SOME KIND of green. Be it collard greens, mustard greens, spinach, turnip greens, cabbage, etc.