Poll: Did you eat black eyed peas today?

[Anonymous]

We are immigrants and adopted the custom, but we cook them as they are cooked in our culture - very different taste. We also make cornbread, but otherwise cook a bunch of foods from our culture.

[Anonymous]

No, but only because we are out of town. Will make them this week -already bought a bag of peas and have some leftover ham. I love them.

[Anonymous]

Yes! My family is Gullah from SC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't that a Texas tradition? The only person local who I ever knew to do this was from Texas.

I’m from Mississippi. It’s definitely a thing in the Deep South. I love both black eyed peas and collard greens. Put some hot sauce or vinegar on those greens! So good. Also, we eat real cornbread, not the sweet cakey stuff Yankees call cornbread.

[Anonymous]

Yep! With ham, cornbread, and broccoli since our kids don’t like collards. It’s a long-standing family tradition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't that a Texas tradition? The only person local who I ever knew to do this was from Texas.

I’m from Mississippi. It’s definitely a thing in the Deep South. I love both black eyed peas and collard greens. Put some hot sauce or vinegar on those greens! So good. Also, we eat real cornbread, not the sweet cakey stuff Yankees call cornbread.

From Texas, and agree we don’t own black eyed peas and collards. Bless you on the cornbread point. Flour and sugar do not belong in cornbread.

[Anonymous]

We made beans and rice using black eyed peas and diced ham. Served it over sauted spinach for the "greens". We are not big followers of superstitions but given the last 2 years im willing to try it.

[Anonymous]

I made them and ate them even though I don’t like them. We all need luck in 2022 given COVID. Got my daughter to eat just one. Never have done the collards thing though. My family tradition to eat them started when we lived in New Orleans

[Anonymous]

I’m not from the south and only learned of this in the past couple of years, but I’m a sucker for superstition and tradition. All I had on hand was some dry black beans my nanny cooks with. I tried to make them and completely failed. I ate a few and forced DH to eat a spoonful before tossing. Hope we got enough bean dose to be effective.

[Anonymous]

Yes, we did.

[Anonymous]

Yes with kale greens and a little pork.

[Anonymous]

Mississippi poster here - I would bet that some of y’all who don’t like black eyed peas or collard greens have never had them prepared by a good southern cook. It’s all about the seasoning and the cook time. Greens for prosperity. Black eyed peas for luck.

Happy New Year!

[Anonymous]

Yes, with cabbage and fried pork chops.

[Anonymous]

Yes, fresh ones too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No makes me fart like 1970 Pintos.

I baked black-eyed peas and greens into a lasagna. The noodles should have meant extra good luck for a new year, right? It was ... interesting ... probably not something I'd do again. And yes, the evening was similar to the above. I used canned peas instead of dry beans, so I skipped the 24-hour soak that would have alleviated a lot of the gas. Back to a more traditional Hoppin' John style stew next year.