Good Luck Southern Style Black Eyed Peas Recipes for New Years
Good Luck Southern Style Black Eyed Peas Recipes for New Years will help you enjoying a dish of Black Eyed Peas is a New Year’s tradition in most areas of the South. It is thought to bring luck and prosperity for the New Year. A staple in the Southern diet for over 300 years, the Black Eyed Pea have long been associated with good luck.
My Mother always put a sliver dollar in her Black Eyed Peas for prosperity. Who ever got the sliver dollar in their Black Eyed Peas, always got the best luck for the year. I can only remember getting the silver dollar once.
Greens, thought to symbolize folding money, are often eaten eaten with Black Eyed Peas on New Years Day. This is called “Hopping John or Hoppin’ John” and is usually served with rice and corn bread. I am not a big fan of greens. I usually serve spinach, which is my favorite green.
But what ever you do, don’t forget the corn bread. Southerners will look at you like you have a snake on your head, if you don’t have corn bread to go with your Black Eyed Peas. Here is Baby Boomer Queen’s very easy corn bread recipe.
Whether you’re serving a full meal, appetizers, or gathering around the football game…Make sure to serve Southern Style Black Eyed Peas on Year Years Day. You can put them on a salad, make soup, serve as a side dish or even a dip. Just include them in your New Years Day menu plan.
Good Luck Southern Style Black Eyed Peas Recipes for New Years Ingredients:
1(1 pound) package dried black eyed peas
2 quarts water
!/2 finely chopped small white onion
one large bay leaf
one ample tablespoon of olive oil
1/4 teaspoon of parsley
Add your ham hock, neck bone, ox tail, a ham bone, piece of salt pork or several slices of bacon, even sausage for flavor
Sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste…
You can add jalapenos if you like your Black Eyed Peas HOT or simply serve with some hot sauce, so everyone can eat them.
Good Luck Southern Style Black Eyed Peas Recipes for New Years Instructions:
Search through the Black Eyed Peas for rocks and other alien items
Wash peas
Soak your peas in cold water overnight or at least 6 hours
Drain and gently rinse off again
Place peas in large pot and cover with water
Add spices, onion, oil and bay leaf
Add ham bone, bacon or what ever meat you are going to use to flavor the beans
Simmer for about 2 hours or until the Black Eyed Peas are tender
Add water if needed while cooking, don’t let them go dry…
Add your clean silver dollar before serving…
There are lots of ways to serve and fix Good Luck Southern Style Black Eyed Peas Recipes for New Years. This is the way that I prefer them…BBAC wishes you a “Happy and Prosperous New Year.” Be responsible when you drink and drive.
Bon Appetit
~The Baby Boomer Queen~
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