Well, I just finished eating my second meal of the new year, and being from the South, that means that it included black-eyed peas. I wonder how many of us believe that eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is good luck.
Love,
Wayne
Black-Eyed Peas
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Black-Eyed Peas
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Shucks, Katie, I thought they came in CANS...with sea veggies for seasoning! Ha!
That was what I'd planned to fix us, along with the sauerkraut (cabbage is another New Year's tradition), but decided that Mom and I could use some shrimp and veggies stirfried in the roasted peanut oil I leave at our local Chinese restaurant.
We have it done this way because we were trying to avoid soy, and discovered it tastes delicious this way, One time we invited my sis and bil to eat there with us, and told my bil to order anything he wanted, and he informed us that he LIKED it the way we order it. It must be good, because we never seem to tire of it.
Anyway, while there, and I asked the waitress if they could add a couple of blackeyed peas to the stirfry (bep's). She then looked at me with a puzzled expression on her face, so I told her it was an ancient southern tradition.
Then she caught on and burst out laughing!
Think she thought I was serious there for a half a second.
Guess the sauerkraut will have to wait til tomorrow, but won't have to open a can of bep's cause while we were out, the bep fairy left a container of em in our frig. Also, the gfdfefyfsf fairy brought some cornbread, and there was a small amount of cabbage which my sister said her mil had made with a little walnut oil, and Sis said it tasted really good, so might just have to taste a bite when I along with a bep or two before midnight. Ha!
Btw, I'll just betcha that Sis's mil didn't get her bep's from a can, so the can will hafta wait. Tomorrow, we'll have a few leftover veggies (we ate all the shrimp) and a mixture of brown and white rice from tonight, and the rest of Mom's big ole sweet tater from night before, and a, by now, pretty soggy salad that she couldn't finish along with that tater. By tomorrow, I might be willing to throw in a tiny bit of the ham to the bep's.
Here comes Mom. bye, Luce
That was what I'd planned to fix us, along with the sauerkraut (cabbage is another New Year's tradition), but decided that Mom and I could use some shrimp and veggies stirfried in the roasted peanut oil I leave at our local Chinese restaurant.
We have it done this way because we were trying to avoid soy, and discovered it tastes delicious this way, One time we invited my sis and bil to eat there with us, and told my bil to order anything he wanted, and he informed us that he LIKED it the way we order it. It must be good, because we never seem to tire of it.
Anyway, while there, and I asked the waitress if they could add a couple of blackeyed peas to the stirfry (bep's). She then looked at me with a puzzled expression on her face, so I told her it was an ancient southern tradition.
Then she caught on and burst out laughing!
Think she thought I was serious there for a half a second.
Guess the sauerkraut will have to wait til tomorrow, but won't have to open a can of bep's cause while we were out, the bep fairy left a container of em in our frig. Also, the gfdfefyfsf fairy brought some cornbread, and there was a small amount of cabbage which my sister said her mil had made with a little walnut oil, and Sis said it tasted really good, so might just have to taste a bite when I along with a bep or two before midnight. Ha!
Btw, I'll just betcha that Sis's mil didn't get her bep's from a can, so the can will hafta wait. Tomorrow, we'll have a few leftover veggies (we ate all the shrimp) and a mixture of brown and white rice from tonight, and the rest of Mom's big ole sweet tater from night before, and a, by now, pretty soggy salad that she couldn't finish along with that tater. By tomorrow, I might be willing to throw in a tiny bit of the ham to the bep's.
Here comes Mom. bye, Luce
Hi Tex. I got curious about black-eyed peas on New Year's Day and here is one man's explanation: "In Georgia, it's a tradition to eat black-eyed peas and turnip greens. The peas represent copper and the greens are dollars. We say each pea you eat equals one dollar's worth of earning, and each portion of turnip greens equals $1,000." A variation says that you have to eat 365 black-eyed peas on New Year's Day to guarantee good luck on each day of the coming year!
Since I'm a New Yorker we don't much do the black-eyed peas thing for New Year's Day. But there's an old Scottish belief that has nothing to do with food: The first person to come to the door on New Year's Day should be a dark-haired male! Why? In days gone by, the Vikings were always invading Scotland. So...if a blond man appeared at the door it was likely you were going to be pillaged and robbed!
Love,
Carrie
Since I'm a New Yorker we don't much do the black-eyed peas thing for New Year's Day. But there's an old Scottish belief that has nothing to do with food: The first person to come to the door on New Year's Day should be a dark-haired male! Why? In days gone by, the Vikings were always invading Scotland. So...if a blond man appeared at the door it was likely you were going to be pillaged and robbed!
Love,
Carrie
Hi Carrie,
Interesting explanations. There are probably a number of different versions floating around.
Actually, I believe the tradition of eating black-eyed peas began after the civil war, when many southerners were short of food, and starving. There's no proof tht this is the correct origin of the tradition, but it has some support from historical writings on the subject.
There were plenty of black-eyed peas around, and they were cheap, because they were used as hog feed. It was considered undignified for humans to eat them, because they had been traditionally only used as animal feed. It saved a lot of human hides, though, and over the years, the story somehow evolved that eating black-eyed peas was good luck. Obviously, it was lucky for the starving southerners, that they were available.
Love,
Wayne
Interesting explanations. There are probably a number of different versions floating around.
Actually, I believe the tradition of eating black-eyed peas began after the civil war, when many southerners were short of food, and starving. There's no proof tht this is the correct origin of the tradition, but it has some support from historical writings on the subject.
There were plenty of black-eyed peas around, and they were cheap, because they were used as hog feed. It was considered undignified for humans to eat them, because they had been traditionally only used as animal feed. It saved a lot of human hides, though, and over the years, the story somehow evolved that eating black-eyed peas was good luck. Obviously, it was lucky for the starving southerners, that they were available.
Love,
Wayne
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
