"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
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> Judy wrote:
>
>> Some of our friends say they always start the new year out with a
>> particular menu, as it is to bring good luck all year long.
>>
>> I think they said they fix pork and sauerkraut and red beans and rice,
>> but not sure if they have all of that on New Year's Day. We've never
>> done anything like that. If we have turkey at Christmas, then we'll
>> usually cook a ham for New Years, or vise versa, but it's never the same
>> year after year.
>>
>> Do you have a certain type of food you fix every single year on that
>> day, and have you even heard of this being done before?
>
> I like to have black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. I don't believe it
> brings me luck; it's just something I like to do. This time around it'll
> be kale with mushrooms, smoked grape tomatoes, and black-eyed pea
> vinaigrette.

I buy black eyed peas but I don't do them with greens. Nobody will eat them
but me though.