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Bought a ham,head of cabbage and black eyed peas (Original Post) Kajun Gal Dec 2017 OP
That was my moms traditional New Years dinner. She said you had to have black-eyed peas notdarkyet Dec 2017 #1
I'm sorry. The holidays are hard. Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #5
From my 💙 to yours. I'm missing everyone lately. sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #21
Remember Jason Chaffetz Ohiogal Dec 2017 #2
Same here in western PA! blue neen Dec 2017 #3
Thank you! Ohiogal Dec 2017 #8
Thats what Im making spinbaby Dec 2017 #34
I shopped on Friday. blue neen Dec 2017 #35
Very southern of you. Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #4
I still don't get the significance of black eyed peas ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #6
after the civil war when sherman marched to the sea questionseverything Dec 2017 #17
Well Wikipedia doesn't help much ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #18
Ive grown black eyed peas GulfCoast66 Dec 2017 #29
Most Americans will be eating a lot of Stone Soup once they realize democratisphere Dec 2017 #7
I bought red beans and thick cut bacon for my Hopping John csziggy Dec 2017 #9
I assimilated down south. MB my Slav heritage helped. sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #20
Love kholodetz dhol82 Dec 2017 #27
Baba made our 'Studenina'. sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #30
what??? onethatcares Dec 2017 #23
Hog jowls are pretty much bacon taken from the pig's double chin csziggy Dec 2017 #24
My wife bought hog jowls for the first time at the local Piggly Wiggly... yallerdawg Dec 2017 #28
Here's a good article about hog jowls csziggy Dec 2017 #25
Hopping John. Yankee viddles! Lol! Kajun Gal Dec 2017 #32
Cabbage?!? Cabbage?!? And black eyed peas? GulfCoast66 Dec 2017 #10
I was gonna holler COLLARD GREENS but, Yonnie3 Dec 2017 #12
Wow, just reading the list gives me gas. nt Blue_true Dec 2017 #11
Trade that cabbage for collards. Lochloosa Dec 2017 #13
Icky! Lol! To each his own! Kajun Gal Dec 2017 #31
I break from my mom's fare FormerOstrich Dec 2017 #14
Low Country Boil for NYD DAMANgoldberg Dec 2017 #15
Cotechino sausage and lentils Drahthaardogs Dec 2017 #16
Found two ham hocks today and got two cans sprinkleeninow Dec 2017 #19
Don't eat pork but smoked chicken will do malaise Dec 2017 #22
Here in PA Dutch country Freddie Dec 2017 #26
Cabbage for dollars. Blackeyed peas for coins. Ham? No clue. Kajun Gal Dec 2017 #33
And cornbread, I'm sure aikoaiko Dec 2017 #36
When I was young remembered having that too! duforsure Dec 2017 #37
Good luck will surely follow! Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #38

notdarkyet

(2,226 posts)
1. That was my moms traditional New Years dinner. She said you had to have black-eyed peas
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 10:53 PM
Dec 2017

for good luck in the new year. Been missing my mom bad today.

Ohiogal

(31,669 posts)
2. Remember Jason Chaffetz
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 10:55 PM
Dec 2017

when he said poor people are poor because they spend their money on I- phones! (which they obviously don't deserve to have)

Enjoy your ham! Here in NE Ohio we dine on pork and sauerkraut for New Year's.

Here's to your Mom.

blue neen

(12,308 posts)
3. Same here in western PA!
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 10:57 PM
Dec 2017

I got the pork roast today, stuck it in the freezer and will cook it on New Year's Day.

Welcome to DU!

spinbaby

(15,073 posts)
34. Thats what Im making
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 09:43 PM
Dec 2017

Hope the weather cooperates so I can get to the Giant Eagle for my roast tomorrow.

blue neen

(12,308 posts)
35. I shopped on Friday.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 04:27 AM
Dec 2017

It looked to be bad weather this weekend, so I bought everything then.

I wonder how many people will show up for the Steelers-Browns game? It will really be frigid down there!

Hope you make it to Giant Eagle! Happy New Year!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
6. I still don't get the significance of black eyed peas
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 11:04 PM
Dec 2017

That's what my mom always told me, too. That and being the first to write the new year down on paper.

questionseverything

(9,631 posts)
17. after the civil war when sherman marched to the sea
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 01:47 AM
Dec 2017

the Yankees took everything

but black eyed peas are underground like a peanut so southerners survived on them

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
18. Well Wikipedia doesn't help much
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 02:33 AM
Dec 2017
There are several legends as to the origin of this custom. Two popular explanations for the South’s association with peas and good luck dates back to the American Civil War. The first is associated with General William T. Sherman’s march of the Union Army to the sea, during which they pillaged the Confederates' food supplies. Stories say peas and salted pork were said to have been left untouched, because of the belief that they were animal food unfit for human consumption. Southerners considered themselves lucky to be left with some supplies to help them survive the winter, and black-eyed peas evolved into a representation of good luck. One challenge to this legend is that General Sherman brought backup supplies with him including three days of animal feed[6] and would have been unlikely to have left even animal feed untouched. In addition, the dates of the first average frost for Atlanta and Savannah, respectively, are November 13 and November 28[7]. As Sherman's march was from November 15 to December 21, 1864, it is improbable, although possible, that the Union Army would have come across standing fields of black eyed peas as relayed in most versions of the legend. In another Southern tradition, black-eyed peas was a symbol of emancipation for African-Americans who had previously been enslaved, and who after the Civil War were officially freed on New Years Day.[8][9] Other Southern American traditions point to Jews of Ashkenazi and Sephardic ancestry in Southern cities and plantations.[10]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_pea


So the Sherman's March theory has problems. And I have a problem with white southerners celebrating emancipation. I guess this is one tradition we just have to accept without too much inquiry.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
29. Ive grown black eyed peas
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 01:27 PM
Dec 2017

I assure you they are not underground. They are a legume same as green peas and butter beans.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
7. Most Americans will be eating a lot of Stone Soup once they realize
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 11:06 PM
Dec 2017

their tax cut is actually a tax increase. Your soup recipe sounds delacioso! Must try it. Thanks!

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
9. I bought red beans and thick cut bacon for my Hopping John
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 11:07 PM
Dec 2017

Per this article:



I'll cook my beans (with ham hock, onion, and bell pepper) separately from the brown rice and serve the cooked bacon along with hog jowls on the side.

I also got buttermilk to make cornbread.

New Year's Day I'll use the rest of the buttermilk to make pancakes on the counter top griddle I got for Christmas! I cooked our fish for tonight's dinner on it and it was great.

sprinkleeninow

(20,136 posts)
20. I assimilated down south. MB my Slav heritage helped.
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 03:23 AM
Dec 2017

A favorite dish of theirs is jellied pigs' feet.
Sounds yucky to some. "Ya hafta be there!"

I am found of Souse. A lunchmeat of piggy parts. Delish! 😄

dhol82

(9,351 posts)
27. Love kholodetz
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 10:45 AM
Dec 2017

Grew up on it and will, on occasion, make it for myself.
Consider it comfort food served with horseradish.

sprinkleeninow

(20,136 posts)
30. Baba made our 'Studenina'.
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 06:30 PM
Dec 2017

She added some carrots, splash of vinegar, salt and pepper. Now I'm hankerin' for some.😋

Happy New Year!
🎆🎉🥂

onethatcares

(16,133 posts)
23. what???
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 07:48 AM
Dec 2017

are "hog jowls"?

I think I could like some of that but actually don't know which part of the pig they are.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
24. Hog jowls are pretty much bacon taken from the pig's double chin
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 10:25 AM
Dec 2017

The ones I get from Publix are pretty much like salt pork but with more smoking and come sliced or unsliced - I get sliced. The best way to cook them is to lay them out on a baking sheet and bake them until crispy. They are sort of like the pork rinds sold like potato chips down here.

Once I made the mistake of getting hog jowls from the local historic general store. When I unwrapped the package, there was a jaw bone with the meat and fat still attached - well smoked, though. While the flavor was good, cutting the smoked meat off was a PITA.

Huh - I tried to google "hog jowls" and it gave me results for "pork jowls" - that is NOT what my Alabama raised Mom ever called them!

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
28. My wife bought hog jowls for the first time at the local Piggly Wiggly...
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 11:03 AM
Dec 2017

and when inspecting the meat at home - we were adding it to our lucky New Year's Day first meal - she saw whisker stubbles all over one side and FREAKED OUT.

She had no idea what a jowl was!

From then on it has been pork chops or a Boston Butt.

I hope she never figures out what part of a pig the butt comes from!

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
10. Cabbage?!? Cabbage?!? And black eyed peas?
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 11:14 PM
Dec 2017

And you are Cajun gal? This Louisiana native polity corrects your culinary faux pas. COLLARDS. Or at least turnips it mustards.

Are you some Irish or German infiltrator?

All kidding aside. Enjoy your meal and happy New Year.

If you don’t mind me asking, where in LA are you from?

Yonnie3

(17,376 posts)
12. I was gonna holler COLLARD GREENS but,
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 11:22 PM
Dec 2017

you beat me to it. Collard greens, ham hocks and black-eyed peas are the tradition.

Of course, I don't mind Ham and Cabbage a bit either.

Enjoy!

FormerOstrich

(2,690 posts)
14. I break from my mom's fare
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 12:28 AM
Dec 2017

by using hot links in my black-eye peas instead of ham. Plus, I usually have spinach instead of greens (this year from my garden). But what makes it is adding rivels (sort of like a dumpling) like my great Aunt did.

And cornbread made in a cast iron skillet!

DAMANgoldberg

(1,278 posts)
15. Low Country Boil for NYD
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 01:32 AM
Dec 2017

P&D small Shrimp
Roger Wood Spicy Hot Sausage (Savannah GA)
Margaret Holmes Tomatoes, Okra, & Corn (Effingham SC)
Red Potatoes (NC)
White Rice

additionally for my version:
Margaret Holmes Hoppin' John (Effingham SC)
Green Cabbage (NC)
Cayenne Pepper

I tried to get every item from the Carolinas, as this is a Charleston-style dish. Roger Wood is close enough in Savannah, Carolina Shrimp is expensive and hard to get 200 miles inland, Carolina Rice is very expensive.

home-baked White Loaf bread from Food Lion (NC-based supermarket)

Here below is an approximate image:

sprinkleeninow

(20,136 posts)
19. Found two ham hocks today and got two cans
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 03:14 AM
Dec 2017

Margaret Holmes Field Snaps and Peas. Also grabbed a can of her Triple Succotash.
$1 each. (Sufferin' Succotash!) Making some potatoes to offset strong ham flavor just in case.

My mom would always advise that my demeanor on New Year's Eve would set it for the full year.

I'll try to be a good girl and behave but there's no promisin'. 😝

Freddie

(9,232 posts)
26. Here in PA Dutch country
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 10:43 AM
Dec 2017

It's pork, sauerkraut and mashed potatoes. I'm not fond of sauerkraut and DH does not care much for roast pork, so I'm making ham and bean soup with the leftover Christmas ham. One of the ingredients is shredded cabbage so that counts.

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
37. When I was young remembered having that too!
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 07:52 AM
Dec 2017

Having Popeye's and BBQ this year for all the family this year. Think I have some black eye peas in the pantry too.

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