Black eyed peas with New Years dinner?

traditional food | Uncle George

[Uncle George]

A family tradition in millions of homes the humble black eyed peas are eaten as a symbol of a prosperious coming year. Not a lot of people like the taste of them but some inventive recipes make them delicious. My wife and I and family have had them every New Years for our 49 years of marriage so why tinker with success? What is your favorite recipe for the humble little black eye?

[SpookBrat]

There are other sources that say it's true, so I guess it depends on who you ask. LOL Enjoy your peas.

[Wingy]

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...

[g'nad]

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...

[piasa]

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.

; )

[Boxsford]

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.

[lonestar]

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?

[sangoo]

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.

[kazoo]

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.

[tubebender]

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.

[Annajo]

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

[hennie pennie]

A classic thread for New Year’s Eve.

[krb]

[Quix]

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

[Rushmore Rocks]

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

[Diverdogz]

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

[tubebender]

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...

[glock rocks]

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.

[glock rocks]

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

[omegatoo]

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

[glock rocks]

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

BTW, Happy New Year.