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So WHY EAT Hog Jowl, Black-Eye Peas, Collard Greens and Cornbread on New Year's Day
Jan 1, 2014
| Yosemitest
Posted on 01/01/2014 8:41:27 PM PST by Yosemitest
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To: Hoodat; Black Agnes
I hear ya.
Hog jowls...my big dogs still gnawing on them
A big pot of BEPs
Country ham.....Rices of Mt Juliet TN.....top shelf salted country hams
Buttermilk corn bread in 100 year old passed down CI skillet...stove top cooked soda style white meal...not sweet Yankee cornbread.....which I confess I do prefer for Mexican cheddar cornbread but not as real cornbread
Collards...well cooked
And my wife’s fancy hand chopped slaw
Plenty of pepper sauces and raw country butter
Really nice
I probably eat the peas most....
My big Rott had that jowl firmly clenched and my 6 year old reached for it
I hollered in time....do not try to take a fat cooked jowl from a Rottweiler....not ever
Even a good dog can bite u over that
Imagine taking a jowl from 125 pound chihuahua....were there such a thing..lol
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posted on
01/02/2014 1:52:50 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(wifey instructed me today to grow chapter president beard back again....i wonder why?)
To: Prospero
One more find from
Wikipedia, Black-eyed pea, Lucky New Year food.
" ... In the Southern United States, eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is thought to bring prosperity in the new year.
The "good luck" traditions of eating black-eyed peas at Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, are recorded in the Babylonian Talmud (compiled circa 500 CE), Horayot 12A:"Abaye [d. 339 CE] said, now that you have established that good-luck symbols avail,
you should make it a habit to see qara (bottle gourd), rubiya (black-eyed peas, Arabic lubiya), kartei (leeks), silka (either beets or spinach), and tamrei (dates) on your table on the New Year."
However, the custom may have resulted from an early mistranslation of the Aramaic word rubiya (fenugreek).
A parallel text in Kritot 5B states one should eat these symbols of good luck.
The accepted custom (Shulhan Aruh Orah Hayim 583:1, 16th century, the standard code of Jewish law and practice) is to eat the symbols.
This custom is followed by Sephardi and Israeli Jews to this day.
In the United States, the first Sephardi Jews arrived in Georgia in the 1730s, and have lived there continuously since.
The Jewish practice was apparently adopted by non-Jews around the time of the American Civil War.[citation needed]
Another suggested beginning of the tradition dates back to the Civil War,when Union troops, especially in areas targeted by General William Tecumseh Sherman,
typically stripped the countryside of all stored food, crops, and livestock, and destroyed whatever they could not carry away.
At that time, Northerners considered "field peas" and field corn suitable only for animal fodder, and did not steal or destroy these humble foods.[4]
In the Southern United States,[5] the peas are typically cooked with a pork product for flavoring (such as bacon, ham bones, fatback, or hog jowl), diced onion,
and served with a hot chili sauce or a pepper-flavored vinegar.
The traditional meal also includes collard, turnip, or mustard greens, and ham.
The peas, since they swell when cooked, symbolize prosperity;
the greens symbolize money;
the pork, because pigs root forward when foraging, represents positive motion.[6]
Cornbread also often accompanies this meal. ... "
Be sure to note that Jews do NOT EAT Pork.
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posted on
01/02/2014 1:56:36 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
I used to deer hunt off Steele Bayou
And I grew up right where Sherman marched and burnt....the Old Clinton Blvd
Stone cold ghetto now
We found lots of musket ammo
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posted on
01/02/2014 1:58:00 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(wifey instructed me today to grow chapter president beard back again....i wonder why?)
To: Yosemitest
My family likes to make Hoppin' John's. several variations. Basically black eyed peas, brown rice, onion or garlic and pork. This year we used this recipe from Betty's Kitchen
Betty's Kitchen
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posted on
01/02/2014 1:58:13 AM PST
by
prisoner6
(FREEDOM)
To: JoeProBono
Thanks for the photo.
All that's needed is a glass of Iced-Tea with a slice of lemon in it.
And a slice of peace cobbler (from the home canned cold packer) would be nice.
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posted on
01/02/2014 1:59:21 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: wardaddy
Sherman is still despised in
Meridian, Mississippi today, for burning it to the ground.
Merrehope, Circa 1858 " ... General Polk was commander of troops who were charged with defending the east Mississippi area.
On February 14, 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman came in with approximately 10,000 troops and forced Polk and his troops to evacuate Meridian.
Sherman took over and burned almost all of Meridian and destroyed the railroad lines for 10 miles in each direction, making Sherman Neckties.
Polk and his troops had already destroyed much of the rail in order to keep Sherman and his army from using them.
General Polk and some of his troops evacuated to the east near Alamucha.
Some of the troops and most of Polks equipment and the railroad rolling stock were sent southward by rail to Mobile
with the last car pulling out of Meridian as Sherman was marching in. ... "
Occasionally
Sherman Neckties are still found today in the woods where old "dummy RR lines" use to run.
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posted on
01/02/2014 2:18:04 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: wardaddy
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posted on
01/02/2014 2:22:32 AM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
We did our part yesterday to uphold this Southern tradition.
To: Jane Long
I had pork chops, collards, black eyed peas, and cornbread! It’s been traditional in my family for years!
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posted on
01/02/2014 3:04:41 AM PST
by
BamaDi
("The definition of a racist today is anyone who is winning an argument with a liberal.")
To: Yosemitest
To: JoeProBono
To: Yosemitest
Why eat it?
Because it’s awesome that’s why!
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posted on
01/02/2014 3:49:42 AM PST
by
rfreedom4u
(Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
To: Yosemitest
I did eat some cornbread once and possibly a black eyed pea but never the other stuff. Not saying I would never try it all at once but not on New Years. I eat so much pork roast, sauerkraut and mashed potatoes on this day there is no room for the southern combination.
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posted on
01/02/2014 3:53:08 AM PST
by
WinMod70
To: Yosemitest
Being a NorthEasterner Italian - its neat to see this cross over culturally - because we have “greens and beans” - which is typically Rappi greens, butter beans and Italian sausage in a little chicken stock just to keep it moist....I substitute collards (I like the flavor and texture better). Neat article thanks
To: Hugin
Mrs. Hugin is Russian/Polish descent, so the lucky meal is kielbasa, sauerkraut and dumplings every New Year.Mrs. Vinnie is Polish so we had similar meal w/ the addition of pork roast cubed up in the mixture. Delicious!!!
Black-eyed peas is probably the only bean I don't like. My Southern mother always had them on the table on New Years Day.
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posted on
01/02/2014 4:04:03 AM PST
by
Vinnie
To: rfreedom4u
Well we did our part except I use salt pork for the black-eyed pea’s, pre fry a little bacon for the skillet cooked cabbage, corn bread in an old cast iron skillet. For dessert it was stuffed bacon wrapped jalapeno’s, OK maybe that’s a Texas thing. I ate 5 of them!
To: Yosemitest
BAMA makes excellent products. Their jams and jellies are terrific. Can’t find them around here, though I really haven’t researched.
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posted on
01/02/2014 4:17:06 AM PST
by
Vinnie
To: Yosemitest
We do it slightly different each year. This year it was the ham hock left over from Christmas, great white northern beans - in a soup with celery and carrots. Our son brought a can of black eyed peas and a cabbage so we added those. And cornbread.
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posted on
01/02/2014 5:01:40 AM PST
by
Mercat
To: Yosemitest
Cuz they’re dang’d good that’s why.
You forgot fried okra...
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posted on
01/02/2014 5:02:36 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Vendome
Our tradition is Corned beef and cabbage, with potatoes and carrots, black eyed peas and corn bread for NYD. This year the wife relented and we added Greens. We went with canned Southern Greens as making from scratch takes time, but they were really good, just the right amount of Vinegar flavor (Sodium Diacetate). I believe the brand is from Glory.
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posted on
01/02/2014 6:21:36 AM PST
by
DAC21
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