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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:56 PM Original message |
do you do the "BLACK EYED PEAS" superstition on New Years Day? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was going to skip it this year, |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I'm Texan and don't do it anymore. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. Make Texas Caviar - BEPs, cilantro, o&v, red onion, red sweet pepper. There you go. nt |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. don't like black-eyed peas. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Long ago |
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kaiden (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Absolutely. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I like black eyed peas. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Never heard of it. What's the origin? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I don't really know. I just know that for as long as I can remember |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. One thing for sure, the more you eat, the gassier you'll be! |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
71. Try a little vinegar in your beans/peas |
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tonekat (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Oh, good, just for taste I threw in a tiny splash of white basalmic vinegar |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Nope, peas for luck, greens for wealth. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. No |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. thank you. I make a good ham and everyone loves my mashed |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You have an extra seat at the table? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. come on over |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. Peas for luck, greens for money/wealth. You betcha! |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. oh I better get some greens then |
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susanr516 (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
74. Yes, black-eyed peas for luck |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. Jewish origins? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 04:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
55. I would assume they leave the ham out? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Also...The yankees did it to us. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. So, in other words, it has more to do with poverty and survival |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Alas, many southern traditions have to do with poverty and survival. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I'm in/from the South, too |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. Of course! |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. We do it because it's a tradition with us, not a superstition. Besides, |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. Same here. I'll have pork and collard greens, too. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
67. Well, we are caught between the north and the south |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Hell yeah! |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. Not so much the black eyed peas...But we are firm believers in pork products. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. daughter's beau has German in their family and they do saurkraut |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. 'Beau'. Haven't heard that term in a long time. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. well, they are past the "boyfriend, girlfriend" thing but not quite engaged yet |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
66. He's a rare and vanishing breed. And a keeper. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
77. thanks. I think so |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
68. Some people here do cabbage and corn beef on New Years day. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. I prefer the Eastern European tradition... |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Maybe I should make some lentil soup then |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Pork and sauerkraut is traditional ethnic fare in western PA. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Yep, ours was pork & sauerkraut too |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #38 |
70. Dang, I was going to have chicken tomorrow. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Daughters Beau is from Ohio and he says that is what they do |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. It's a Polish thing. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yes |
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caitxrawks (431 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. can i come to your house? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. sure come on over |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. We always had blackeyed peas with coins mixed in, on New Yer's Day. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
59. $$$ mixed in????? |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Yes, exactly. This is what our family did when I was little. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. That's a riot, and we might have been more enthusiastic about eating them. Since then ... |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. I HATE Blacked Eyed fucking Peas! |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Maybe the dip recipe I have will change your mind about them. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. yum |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes |
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S n o w b a l l (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yes, usually. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. I strongly object to this important |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. In the form of |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. Sort of, if you count the Yankee vegetarian version |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. Italians do lentils and cotechino--some of them. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
49. Oh yeah. nt |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
50. No just some Smashing Pumpkins to start out |
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J-Lo Biafra (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
51. Pork, dumplings and sauerkraut for this Slav. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. how do you make your dumplings |
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J-Lo Biafra (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Usually just flour, water & salt, |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
54. Scared not to |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 05:39 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I grew up in the South so it's a must for me. I've never gone |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
57. We do the PA Dutch version of this - any sort of pork dinner is supposed to be good luck |
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Callalily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
58. Yup, will be making |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
60. I hate Boom Boom Pow but I like I Gotta Feeling |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
64. Perhaps listening to the Black Eyed Peas is a bit of a substitute. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
65. Peas for money and cabbage for luck |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. collard greens, not cabbage |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
69. Our neighbors have a big party for this tradition. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
73. I bought mine today |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. how do you serve your turnip greens |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. Sorry for the delayed response |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. sounds good |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
78. BE peas, greens, ham, cornbread and buttermilk. God only knows |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. hubby likes buttermilk |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
80. well, it is all over |
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