The aroma of cabbage and black-eyed peas is filling the room. I love this New Year's Day dish. It is a big tradition and almnost everyone I know eats this on NYD. It is mainly a Southern thing though :) A little history:
The history of this traditional dish on New Year's Day can be traced back to the early days of slavery in the United States. Folkl ore has it that enslaved Blacks believed that the traditional dish of cabbage and black-eyed peas brought along with it a host of good luck. Many believed that the black-eyes pea looked like money, while the cabbage resembled greenbacks. Legend has it that this scrumptious dish bestowed prosperity, wealth, good health, and great joy along to anyone who consumed it on the first day of the New Year. Soon, the tradition caught on as European habits assimilated to the African traditions of a spiritual race of people who nourished their bodies and minds with wholesome, home-grown food. (The Examiner)
Yum..I am making some cookie bars and my mom is making a fruit punch. Great way to bring in the new year and think of what I would like to accomplish this year. Quick Scripture: Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
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