Do You Eat Black-Eyed Peas for New Years for Good Luck?!
Answers: Or is this just a "southern" tradition? I usually make them.
Yes, but do not forget to drop a dime in the pot before serving, whoever gets the spoon full with a dime in it ,,, has the best luck.. AND this fun tradition was a way to get my kids to eat peas. They never liked peas before, but in the last few years they eat them more..........I just had to get them to try them and this tradition was a great way to introduce them
no. I eat black beans that are really sweet. Asian Tradition ^_^
No, I've heard of that though. My family believe in cabbage lol.
Must be a Southern tradition, we do pickled herring for good luck.
No Don't eat anything for NY's
I'm in Iowa and have never heard of that tradition. We just drink while listening to the Black Eye Peas.
Yes, my parents used to insist upon us girls eating a serving of black-eyed peas on new years day.
Every year on Jan 1 by order of Janus the god of the eternal sun we are obligated to indulge in an age old custom that throughout antiquity reigns supreme: Hoppin John!!!! No really we eat black eyed peas for good luck every new years and you gotta eat some turnip greens too(greens for green).you gosta eat cornbread, and i hook up a smoke ham(if I can light it) every year after the hangover wears off and the jet lag like feeling goes away from getting up at the butcrack of dawn to stoke the fires of a Cajun Microwave so that a Piece of hog meat can be properly cooked. I like to cook that nice ham shank naked for a coupla hours at a 200 degree heat in the Hondo"Cajun microwave smoker" I then cover up the beast and let it take a nice 200 degree sauna bathe for the next 6 hours,along about dark thirty or Halftime (whichever comes first) I check that meats internal temp and ease it towards the house in a nice big roasting pan to keep the critters off me. Yeah black eyed peas, what I do is soak them over night and then in the am they are soft and I put in some pork meat as a seasoning with a tad of salt. The pork releases a nice oil into the beans and gives them a nice salty taste which I love. I will toss some whole okra pods on there too if I have a notion. Ain't nothing like peas and okra, a nice slice of ham, potato salad,and some cold beer baby!!!!! Geaux L.S.U.!!!
I'm a transplant to here from Maryland (now in Florida) and I've been here for 50 plus years and have never heard of it before. I do love blackeyed peas though. I used to grow them myself because they were so much better than store bought.
Those and a piece of salt pork or ham, yummmmmy! Now I'm going to have to go find some somewhere, thanks a lot :=)
Good luck.
I don't like black eye peas. We started a tradition where I make lasagna for New Years
I always have them for the new year!!! I need all the luck I can get.lol! I used to live in Dallas, Tx....it is a southern tradition...that's where I learned it!
Hi SuziQ211,
No, but I do know about "Hoppin John" or black-eyed peas for luck. I also know about placing a coin (often a dime) in the pea recipe for "extra luck."
This is a tradition in certain parts of the south, but not everywhere in that region. As far as the coin is concerned, many people "take a pass" on inserting it, fearing that someone may accidentally swallow it - which would be very UNLUCKY. :-)
No I don't
Yes. And collard greens and cornbread. I dont mind eating the blackeye peas and cornbread but I cant stand the collard greens. It's a southern tradition. The blackeye peas represent good luck through the coming year. The collard greens will bring you money, and the cornbread represents wealth. That's why i am always broke because I dont eat the greens. lol
It is a Southern tradition to eat black-eyed peas on New Years day to bring good luck for the coming year.
These "good luck" traditions date back to the U.S. Civil War. Union troops, especially in areas targeted by General Sherman, would typically strip the countryside of all stored food, crops, and livestock and destroy whatever they couldn't carry away. At that time, Northerners considered "field peas" and corn suitable only for animal food, and as a result didn't steal or destroy these foods. Many Southerners survived as a result of this.
I've never head of that, too bad I don't like Black-Eyed peas.
Maybe that's why my year's been sucky. x]
My husband eats black-eyed peas anytime he can get them (not just for New Years)
He says "when they taste so good why wait till New Years for good luck-LOL).
Of course since he lives here in the Philippines now, it's luck if he can find them. So he eats Mango Beans instead, he says they taste like mix of Pinto beans and Black-eyed peas.
His family is from oklahoma by the way. And he says that it really is southern but with migration it is all over the U.S. now even in the Philippines - LOL
Sorry! I meant New Years
suzi --- It's a southern thing. My family migrated from TN. and brought that tradition with them now we all injoy black eyed peas on new years day. And don't forget the hog jaws { jowles } when cured and smoked they are pretty tasty, sliced and fried real crisp they go good with the peas. Happy New Year. jim b
I always eat Black-Eyed Peas for good luck. There has been one year in my entire life that I didn't. That was the year I married my 1st husband. Total disaster. LOL I have been very conscientious about it ever since.
it is a southern tradition,and yes I have hear of it my freinds mom was from Alabama and she always made it,so now I do as well but I make 15 bean soup with a left over ham bone from Christmas :) btw it has black eyes peas in it....great stuff
i have not heard of it before i eat "tang yuan" during chinese new year remember don`t sweep the floor during new year
Just to keep u happy Suzi.
Just because U made them, my dear.
Maybe it is a Southern thing, but yes, we grew up with that tradition as well (OK and TX)
My husband does not like black eyed peas, so I make a dip out of them with grated cheese, sourcream, picante, a little jalapeno and onion (heated) and served with chips or even carrots and celery.
yummy. Everyone gobbles their black eyed peas down while watching football! :)
With hog jowls. Not for luck. They is gooood!
My mother always had black eyed peas for New Year's dinner. I didn't like them, but she said, "You have to at least take one little bite." So I did. It's just a tradition. Has nothing to do with good fortune of course. We lived in S. Indiana, but she was from Kentucky. I imagine there are a lot of people that may not know about this tradition.
I never eat black eye peas. I have always hated them. They look too much like little eye balls
I'm in Texas and it is a tradition here.