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This is what we have on New Years Day!
For good luck in the new year, it's a southern tradition to eat black-eyed peas cooked with hog jowls as seasoning, on New Years Day.
Usually, too, we have some of this meat sliced and cooked as you would bacon or even baked in the oven, unsliced, as you would a roast of beef or pork.
Over the years other things have been added to this southern menu-such as collard greens or other types of greens; also with the pork-hog jowl seasoning. Cornbread is a MUST with this meal...if not to ensure the good luck to come in the new year - then just for the good taste with those collard greens and black-eyed peas!
At our house, Charles does all the cooking of this meal!
That's a good thing!
:)
At our house, Charles does all the cooking of this meal!
That's a good thing!
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Alli came up to eat with us. The rest of the family are working but, hopefully, will be able to have a bit of this food later -just for good luck in the new year!
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~Check out the links above to read about these southern traditions.
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Happy New Year, Y'all!
Junie
Looks yummy. Have a wonderful New Year.
ReplyDeleteHi Gayle,
ReplyDeleteThanks!
It was good-and best of all C. did the cooking! haha
Happy New Year to you and Bob!
YUMMY! Happy New Year to you and your family Junie. Many blessings to you all in 2011. Much love, Joy
ReplyDeleteLooks soooo good, and Alli is just the sweetest!!
ReplyDeleteI'd say our luck is changing already, Junie. Charles cooked for you and my next door neighbor cooked for me. lol
Happy New Year!!
We don't have a tradition. Yesterday, I made Mexican Lasagna.
ReplyDeleteYour meal looks wonderful! We always have black-eyed peas and cornbread, too. Your Alli gets prettier every time I see a picture of her. I enjoyed your New Year's poem very much. Thanks for all your support on my Southern Lady Cooks page. Have a great New Year.
ReplyDeleteCan I borrow Charles for a while so that he can cook me some of that good luck food??? hehe I've never had any of these dishes but I'd be willing to try:-) Loved seeing the pictures and your Alli just grows more and more beautiful!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteThanks, Judy- about our food AND our Alli. We're very proud of her-she's not only pretty but SWEET and SMART too! :) Also thanks for reading my poems-I appreciate that!
ReplyDeleteOh! I'm happy to support your 'Southern Lady Cooks' page. I admire you for all you do... as I am not much into cooking and baking (just on the holidays, mostly)
Hope we all have a great year in 2011!
Junie
AC,
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy to me!!
Sally :) yep- always a good thing when someone else will do the cooking!!....but I don't think it's a 'trend' here at my place! Lol-C. just likes to do those country dishes!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! (lol- do I repeat myself???)
Love,
Junie
Joy,
ReplyDeleteThanks-and I wish for you and yours all good things in the new year!!
Hugs))
Junie
Pea,
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!!
LOL- C. doesn't do much traveling...but he'd love to share his good luck food- if you're ever down south!! :)
About our Alli-Thanks! She is a sweetie!
Hugs))
Junie
Greetings, June. Even though we've lived in Florida for 26 years and in Texas for 10 years, this meal is new to me. Looks very interesting! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment on Ocala DP. Yes, the man was waiting for his wife; she came out to check on him a couple of times, but then went back to shop, which left him a bit frustrated!
Best wishes to you and your family for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
:) Jacob, I liked that picture (on your blog)...because it's so typical. I could easily identify with that scene.
ReplyDeleteAbout that New Years meal...it's a southern thing I believe, though some of my friends in the north have knowledge of it! In our case, my husband really likes this kind of country food so we always have it...:) and if it adds to our 'good luck' in the new year that makes it worth the fixin'! :)
Happy New Year to you and your family, Jacob.
June
Dear June ~~ Thank you so much for your comment and I thoroughly enjoyed the long road trip and was very tired after it. It was so great though to see my loved ones after so long and to meet my new great- grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteYou and Charles and Ali look terrific in your post - it was nice
that Ali came to eat with you.
I hope that 2011 will bring you good things, like health, love and
peace. Love and Hugs my dear friend. Love, Merle.
Thanks, Merle!
ReplyDeleteTake care!
Love,
June
It's fun to have traditional food. We usually have chili on New Years Day. This year however it was left overs from our party the night before.
ReplyDelete:) Well, Cliff- It's hard to beat Chili! IMO
ReplyDelete....Oh-and left overs from a party have to be good -else you wouldn't have had them in the first place- right? :)
Hope we all have a great year in 2011.
J.R.