Depends on what day of week Christmas/New Years fall on... it's a pseudo-scientific judgement call.When should the Christmas decorations come down?
Mom always said it was bad luck to have your decorations up after New Years Day. But we also ate collard greens and black eyed peas too because …..tradition.I voted by New Year's Day, but my family has always leaned toward "first week of January."
But do you know where the black eyed pea and collards tradition came from (or originated to be etymologically precise.)Mom always said it was bad luck to have your decorations up after New Years Day. But we also ate collard greens and black eyed peas too because …..tradition.
I know it's a southern thing. Possibly even originating from slaves maybe. I think it represents health, wealth and prosperity.But do you know where the black eyed pea and collards tradition came from (or originated to be etymologically precise.)
It is Southern and having BEPs for New Year's Day is supposed to portend a prosperous year. I think the collards part is just because they taste good. My grandmother, who lived at the end of reconstruction, told me that the tradition started AS (after Sherman). After the "late unpleasantness", anyone in the South that had black eyed peas on New Years Day was well off and probably would have a good year.I know it's a southern thing. Possibly even originating from slaves maybe. I think it represents health, wealth and prosperity.
My parents are from south Ga.
Wait, no hog jowl?Mom always said it was bad luck to have your decorations up after New Years Day. But we also ate collard greens and black eyed peas too because …..tradition.
Which means your wife is taking them down why you screw around on a message boardOBTW, ours are coming down even as we speak. Or type. Or text. Or something.
Actually, we are at a break right now. I have unhooked all the electrical stuff and put garlands away.Which means your wife is taking them down why you screw around on a message board
“Hold on honey, my virtual friends need an update!”
Grandma used fat back. We have always used smoked ham hocks. Both are quite acceptable.We take our tree down and and turn off our outdoor decorations after celebrating New Years.
My wife fixes up a mess of collards, black-eyed peas and jalapeno cornbread for New Years dinner. It's more of a gazing thing than a sit-down thing. But if I add tabasco and pepper vinegar and it's an epicurean delight of the first order!
Our only issue is that fat back for the collards is getting harder to find. I don't know why but Publix says it' has something to do with USDA (I do not like food police). I can still get salt pork or pig bellies a Publix, but it is not the same. I'll try a butcher.
Hog Jowls (hard to find this year in these parts)Wait, no hog jowl?
Maybe it's just a SGa/Nfla thing but I didn't think so.
Incorrect. The Black Eyed Peas originated in LA in 1995It is Southern and having BEPs for New Year's Day is supposed to portend a prosperous year. I think the collards part is just because they taste good. My grandmother, who lived at the end of reconstruction, told me that the tradition started AS (after Sherman). After the "late unpleasantness", anyone in the South that had black eyed peas on New Years Day was well off and probably would have a good year.
And weather.Depends on what day of week Christmas/New Years fall on... it's a pseudo-scientific judgement call.
Here’s the entire Southern New Year’s Day menu and why we eat themBut do you know where the black eyed pea and collards tradition came from (or originated to be etymologically precise.)