Volume 3 , Issue 2

Black-eyed Peas Tradition...

"Linda, I've heard the tradition of black-eye peas for New Years came from after the Civil War. Southerners didn't have a lot left after the war. Lots of foodstuffs used up or wasted, besides what the Yanks took. The black-eye pea crops were usually fed to livestock, but wasn't a lot of livestock left. (Drove away or stole away) So they cooked what they had. black-eye peas, smoked hams (hidden away), cornbread and greens and were glad of it." Susan Bradford, smcb@email.com
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