New Year S Eve Black Eyed Peas
New year s eve was a pretty laid back holiday for our family as a whole but more specifically for mother no hustle and bustle to get things done.
New year s eve black eyed peas. Or the peas can be part of a soup. Stir in ham and diced onions and season with salt pepper and garlic powder. Or the peas can be part of a soup.
New year s eve holiday for our family included two constants. There s evidence that people ate black eyed peas for luck as early as 500 a d. Place black eyed peas in 8 quart pot.
But the tradition of eating black eyed peas with rice is african in origin and spread throughout the south especially in the carolinas in the form of pilaus or rice dishes simmered for a long time with chicken or shrimp. Add enough water to fill pot 3 4 full. New year s recipes.
Kingston jamaica prior to new year s eve 1977 i had no idea that eating a dish of black eyed peas with pork was a good luck charm for the coming year. Holiday traditions new year s eve rockin eve. New year s eve black eyed peas and dick clark s new year s rockin eve was the hallmark of our family s festivities for bringing in the new year.
Black eyed peas were also given to enslaved people as were most other traditional southern new year s foods and evolved through the years to be considered soul food one variation of the superstition says that black eyed peas were all the enslaved people in the south had to celebrate with on the first day of january 1863. As a part of the jewish holiday rosh hashanah the jewish new year. In italy lentils mix with pork for.
Dish called hoppin john for new year s eve. Many of my fondest memories are of those things that shaped my beliefs as a child. Place tomatoes in a blender or food processor and blend until the tomatoes are liquefied.