Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumBlack-eyed peas on the stove
cornbread in the oven!
Happy New Year from this southerner!
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)and fried steak. YUMMY!
TM99
(8,352 posts)Black-eyed peas, cornbread dressing, pig bellies fried up in a skillet, collard greens, and fresh baked pecan pie!
That's our New Year's meal for today!
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)I know where black-eyed peas came from.
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)all the food crops they could find. Black eyed peas were considered cattle food, unfit for human consumption so they were left unharmed. The former confederates, thankful to have ANYTHING to eat, learned how to make them tolerable and later, pretty damn good.
Don't know that its true, but that's the story I was given.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)had been eating them for quite some time prior to the Civil War.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)In writing down this tale I'd heard a few times, it sounds more than a bit foolish. But it was said to have them for luck and to have the greens to have prosperity in the New Year. Just part of regional culture.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)suppose the custom also derived from there?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)My anecdote is simply what some southern people used to say half a century ago. In thinking back, it does sound supernatural.
japple
(9,833 posts)getting ready to eat in about 29 min. That, plus gingered carrots, and a tiny bit of BBQ'd pork I put in the freezer a few weeks ago just for this occasion.
Oh, and a few Lagunitas Dogtown Pale Ale.
Happy New Year from Georgia!!!
japple
(9,833 posts)after he died, I fried up a skillet full for family and friends. This year, I didn't cook up a big dinner for the whole family and didn't buy any hog jowl. It is a lot like fatty bacon, though it has a crunch and taste of it's own, it is the end of that tradition for me. I will miss it, but my body will probably rejoice! I will be 65 at the end of the month and have retired from my hospital job. I hope to have a great garden this year with lots of stuff to pickle and preserve and make into jam.
Happy 2015, C & B friends
yuiyoshida
(41,832 posts)I am seriously considering ordering Sushi, if my favorite restaurant is even open. It probably will not be.. than its KFC again.
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)I could Fed Ex you some of mine.
alfie
(522 posts)japple
(9,833 posts)Lebam in LA
(1,345 posts)I love black-eyed peas. Think I will make a pot tomorrow. Thanks
freshwest
(53,661 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)japple
(9,833 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Raised PA Dutch, hated the stuffed pig stomach, blah! Began cooking the southern cuisine for my husband, so the fare for new year is southern fried chicken, black-eyed peas, greens, rice, gravy and cornbread, mostly from scratch. Yummy. Can't get the cornbread right though.
Happy New Year
japple
(9,833 posts)be happy to help. I always make corn muffins and use White Lily Self-Rising Cornbread mix, to which I add one egg, 1/4 c. veg. oil, and 1-1/2 cups buttermilk. It comes out great every time. Some folks like sweet cornbread, but my family prefers it with no sweetening. It's just a matter of taste.
Your dinner sounds to die for! Happy New Year!
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)japple
(9,833 posts)BTW, I have a lovely sister-in-law named Shirley and she is an outstanding cook, and animal lover, all-round beautiful soul!
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Don't call me Shirley
japple
(9,833 posts)I'll call you Don't.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)On the road New Year's Day.
Wonder if that's close enough?