HomeDoes anybody do this? Who the hell's tradition is this? From what part of the world? My father does this every year but we do not because we can't stand the damn stuff, but exactly who started this tradition?
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Eating cabbage and black eyed peas on New Year's Day
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Re: Eating cabbage and black eyed peas on New Year's Day
by Alan Smithee Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:12 pm
Supernova wrote:Does anybody do this? Who the hell's tradition is this? From what part of the world? My father does this every year but we do not because we can't stand the damn stuff, but exactly who started this tradition?
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Nah....that's not anything we do this way....
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Re: Eating cabbage and black eyed peas on New Year's Day
by Bluesmama Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:24 pm
Never heard of it. I like black-eyed peas but what's with the cabbage? Part of the dish?
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by Cheaps Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:42 pm
Never heard of this, and no I've never done it.
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Re: Eating cabbage and black eyed peas on New Year's Day
by wants2laugh Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:44 pm
never heard of it... cabbage can be a traditional irish tradition... is he irish?
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by Supernova Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:21 pm
wants2laugh wrote:never heard of it... cabbage can be a traditional irish tradition... is he irish?
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Re: Eating cabbage and black eyed peas on New Year's Day
by Nystyle709 Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:22 pm
Yes, my aunts still do...and so does my mother....sometimes. It's a Southern thing.
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Yeah, sometimes it includes collard greens & ham hocks. I generally pass on it. They all have a meaning. If I remember right the greens are for money/wealth, the black-eye peas I think are for luck. Not sure about the ham hocks.Nystyle709 wrote:Yes, my aunts still do...and so does my mother....sometimes. It's a Southern thing.
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Re: Eating cabbage and black eyed peas on New Year's Day
by Supernova Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:59 pm
CeCe wrote:
Yeah, sometimes it includes collard greens & ham hocks. I generally pass on it. They all have a meaning. If I remember right the greens are for money/wealth, the black-eye peas I think are for luck. Not sure about the ham hocks.
That would explain it because he came from the south. His mother does it too.
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Re: Eating cabbage and black eyed peas on New Year's Day
by Nystyle709 Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:48 pm
CeCe wrote:
Yeah, sometimes it includes collard greens & ham hocks. I generally pass on it. They all have a meaning. If I remember right the greens are for money/wealth, the black-eye peas I think are for luck. Not sure about the ham hocks.
Collard greens are for wealth and the black eyed peas are for luck. The hamhocks are just what Southern folks use to season their greens....doesn't have a special meaning. My people use collards instead of cabbage.
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Nystyle709 wrote:
Collard greens are for wealth and the black eyed peas are for luck. The hamhocks are just what Southern folks use to season their greens....doesn't have a special meaning. My people use collards instead of cabbage.
Ahh ok. I couldn't remember about that one but that makes sense. I've only heard of collards for new years. Cabbage is a new one for me. I've done cabbage on St Patrick's Day with the corned beef but don't do the New Years thing at all.
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