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Black eyed peas with New Years dinner?
traditional food | Uncle George

Posted on 12/31/2001 6:01:00 PM PST by Uncle George

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To: dread78645
There are other sources that say it's true, so I guess it depends on who you ask. LOL Enjoy your peas.
81 posted on 12/31/2001 10:59:53 PM PST by SpookBrat
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To: Uncle George
I'm amazed! I've read this whole thread and no one mentioned the stewed tomatoes! To consume BEP on New Years without stewed tomatoes is, at least, poor manners and may be a minor crime. That's the line I've gotten from my Dads side of the family for my 49 New Years celebrations, and they know everything...(well...).

As for the method of cooking; Dried peas, soaked overnight in slightly salted water. Slow cook with pork sausage or country ham. A touch of garlic and season to taste. Serve a half cereal bowl and top off with the tomatoes. Mix and eat. Have good luck for the whole year!

Be well...

82 posted on 01/01/2002 12:41:07 AM PST by Wingy
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To: madfly
I was stationed at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms fro 92-95...

Happy New Year to you. Via con Dios, mi amigo...

83 posted on 01/01/2002 3:47:12 AM PST by g'nad
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To: tubebender
Sorry, I'm a butcher... I thought everybody knew...

I'll keep the rest of the 'Things People Suspect But Would Rather Not Know' quiet.

A pity, it can be real interesting.

; )

84 posted on 01/01/2002 3:58:05 AM PST by piasa
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
LOL! Oh, rba, you gave me my first laugh of 2002.

Thar ain't no Winn Dixie up here in Yankee land. I do kindasortof miss seein all those pigs feet in them jars. Maybe them would go well with black eyed peas.

85 posted on 01/01/2002 7:12:13 AM PST by Boxsford
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To: Uncle George
Our dinner will be --Blackeyed peas, Collard greens and bacon, fried potatoes, fried chicken, buttermilk buscuits, cornbread and wild honey. Thank God, what a Country!!!!!

Where do you live? HOW DO I GET THERE FROM HERE?

86 posted on 01/01/2002 7:24:25 AM PST by lonestar
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To: Uncle George
My wife also cooks them a long long time, but they work just fine with an hour or so. We serve them with chopped tomatoes, chopped cucumber and chopped onions, mixed with mayo...haven't brought me good luck yet, but are good for your digestive system.
87 posted on 01/01/2002 7:26:27 AM PST by sangoo
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To: Uncle George
I always heard the roots to blackeyed peas with ham of some sort on New Years Day was from the comic strip Li'l Abner.
88 posted on 01/01/2002 7:34:45 AM PST by kazoo
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To: Wingy
I'm amazed! I've read this whole thread and no one mentioned the stewed tomatoes!

That reminds me of a trick my father taught me during the "WAR".When we would run out of milk he would take a quart of MOMS canned tomatoes and pour them over his Shredded Wheat and add sugar for breakfast. I can eat a quart of my wifes tomatoes with sugar for lunch.

89 posted on 01/01/2002 8:37:00 AM PST by tubebender
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To: Uncle George

Uncle George, our New Years Dinner usually consist of the traditional blackeyed peas, seasoned with ham from Christmas, collard greens, and baked chrispy cornbread, and of course some ice tea, this is a NC tradition, guarenteed to bring health and wealth for the coming year! God Bless you all!! Annajo


90 posted on 01/01/2007 10:28:58 PM PST by Annajo
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To: JustPiper; Rushmore Rocks; MamaDearest; Velveeta; Oorang; Palladin; blackie; appalachian_dweller; ..

A classic thread for New Year’s Eve.


91 posted on 12/31/2009 8:50:44 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Uncle George

92 posted on 12/31/2009 8:53:10 PM PST by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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To: tubebender; Uncle George

I think it was my Southern mother who sometimes put sugar on tomatoes.

I still prefer salt. LOL.

Great thread.

thx.

Was long a favorite strip of mine, too.

Thx for blackeyed peas recipe, George


93 posted on 12/31/2009 9:09:36 PM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: hennie pennie

Southern classic.......pork and peas for good luck in the New Year.


94 posted on 12/31/2009 9:09:50 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks (Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
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To: BP2

We eat turnip greens instead of cabbage for our New Years meal.


95 posted on 12/31/2009 9:14:20 PM PST by Diverdogz
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To: Quix; glock rocks; SouthTexas

OMG!!! this thread is 8 years old in some parts of the US of A. I can’t believe I was old enough to post in 2001 but we did see FRESH BEPs at Safeway for the first time we can remember. It was a no starter for my current first wife...


96 posted on 12/31/2009 9:55:43 PM PST by tubebender (Some minds are like concrete Thoroughly mixed up and permanently set...)
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To: tubebender; Uncle George; SouthTexas; WestCoastGal; vox_freedom; happydogx2
We soak a quart of dried BEPs for 8 hours. Julienne a half cup each of carrot, green pepper, celery. Saute a diced huge onion. Bay leaf and oregano and black pepper, but no salt - the cured pig has salt.

Throw it all in the crock on low-and-slow for several hours with chicken broth. Halfway through the cooking, put in a few strips of cooked bacon, a few cups of hickory smoked ham, and a hock. Add a touch of cayenne. After a few more hours, remove the meat from the hock. I don't drain the stew. Serve with cornbread (with corn kernels baked in) and greens.

So far, I've soaked the beans, sliced up the vegies, and sauteed the onions. Throwing three bay leaves and a teaspoon of oregano into the crock now... to be immediately followed by the beans, vegies and stock. At coffee time in the AM, we'll throw in the P.I.G. pork.

Dinner at Mama's tomorrow afternoon. Happy New Year, all.

97 posted on 12/31/2009 11:28:21 PM PST by glock rocks (Wait, what?)
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To: Quix

Aaargh. Ping you to my post above. Happy New Year!


98 posted on 12/31/2009 11:30:02 PM PST by glock rocks (Wait, what?)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

I think it is Hillshire Farms that makes some good Turkey sausage. That’d work.


99 posted on 12/31/2009 11:53:49 PM PST by omegatoo (Pray the rosary every day for our country)
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To: omegatoo; tubebender

100

omegatoo, you do realize you just replied to a nine year old post, yes?

BTW, Happy New Year.


100 posted on 01/01/2010 12:30:22 AM PST by glock rocks (Wait, what?)
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