interesting new year traditions in food

[yellowdogintexas]

8. I from KY and live in Texas so of course it is black eyed peas

I think I will steam up a cabbage this year.

I was surprised when visiting my daughter that her mother in law (who is Kurdish/Iranian) keeps black eyed peas in her pantry. Actually Persian food uses a lot of dried beans. One year my daughter & I cooked the peas and I made cornbread; her mother in law had never eaten cornbread and she liked it.

Long years ago I spent a New Year's weekend in Maine with some college friends. His mother always made a boiled dinner. She used a smoked shoulder instead of corned beef, and put potatoes, carrots, turnips, parsnips and rutabaga then packed cabbage on top towards the end.