Let's Celebrate Daily Holidays! National Black-Eyed Pea Day Every January 1st.
January 1st, Happy New Year!
Let's ring in the new year with our first Daily Holiday, National Black-Eyed Pea Day.
National Black-Eyed Pea Day is celebrated every Jan 1st.
Black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is a Southern tradition and is said to bring good luck.
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*The black-eyed pea is actually a bean.
*They came to America aboard slave ships in the 1700's
*The American Indian loved the black-eyed pea.
*Black-eyed peas can also be found served during Rosh Hashanah.
"Eat poor on New Year's, and eat fat the rest of the year."
Author Unknown
Yes, the superstition is that eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day will bring you good luck, but according to All-Recipes, you have to add a few sides to go with them in order for the luck to be maintained all year long.
"But the luck won't stick, according to many legends, if you don't eat them with greens (which symbolize money), cornbread (which symbolizes gold), and pork (which symbolizes luck, as pigs root forward)."
You can combine most of the ingredients for year-long luck by making Hopin John, but don't forget the side of cornbread. Here is a recipe for Classic Hoppin John. I would serve it with cornbread and some greens for the added good luck.
Let's Make Black-Eyed Peas...
Hoppin John Recipe from Africanbites-This recipe has the greens in the recipe.
I had my first taste of black-eyed peas last year. They were made with dried beans and were really good. For New Year's, I will make some cornbread and serve a side of collard greens. Good luck is on its way.
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