Tag: black eyed peas
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New Year’s Traditions
I’ve been very fortunate to have traveled broadly in the last 14 years, and I’ve spent quite a few New Year’s Eves abroad. I’ve spent it in Thailand, where everyone sprays everyone else with water…you have to leave your cell phone and personal electronics at home, because, as a Westerner, you get DRENCHED with buckets…
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Hoppin’ John (Black Eyed Peas for New Year’s)
Hoppin’ John (or Hoppy John) is a centuries-old tradition in the American South. On New Year’s Day…sometimes even at the stroke of midnight…families and friends grab steaming bowls of this hearty stew of black eyed peas, rice, and pork, which is supposed to give us good luck throughout the new year. The theory is that…