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re: Pork, Black Eyed Peas, Cabbage, and Cornbread… Is that the general consensus for NYD?

Posted on 1/1/25 at 2:43 pm to
Posted by Rza32
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 2:43 pm to
Maybe ask the Food Board.
Posted by Cleary Rebels
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 2:48 pm to
But are you swole?
Posted by Bard
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 2:50 pm to
"Cabbage" is also an old slang for "money".

As an aside, my wife makes it all into a casserole (cabbage sautéed with onions, mixed with andouille sausage (pork & beef), RO-TEL tomatoes, rice, multiple cheeses and topped with cornbread) and it's fricking fantastic!
Posted by High C
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 5:02 pm to
I cooked this overnight in the Crockpot:



Black-eyed peas, fresh collard greens, ham, and smoked sausage. Cornbread from scratch on the side. Photo taken after cooking the greens down a bit and adding to the other ingredients in the Crockpot.
Posted by WonPercent
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 5:27 pm to
I'm all about tradition but this one's just dumb.
Posted by biscuitsngravy
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 5:51 pm to
Black eyed pea jambalaya in our casa.
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 5:54 pm to
I grilled some thick, thick pork chops. Wife made cabbage, corn bread and black eyed pea jambalaya.
Posted by biscuitsngravy
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 5:59 pm to
Goddamn. Sounds delicious
Posted by LSUJML
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 6:04 pm to
Smoked pork
Cabbage
Black eyed peas & rice
Mac & cheese
Jalapeño cornbread
Peach cobbler

Unfortunately I did laundry today
Posted by MemphisGuy
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 6:07 pm to
quote:

Pork, Black Eyed Peas, Cabbage, and Cornbread… Is that the general consensus for NYD?


Hoppin' John and Cornbread.


No Cabbage. That stuff is disgustingly nasty. In ALL forms.
Posted by ultratiger89
Houston, Tx
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 6:12 pm to
quote:

southern tradition


Is it tradition or superstition? I’ve always heard it is the latter and not just southern thing.
Posted by Hook Em Horns
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 6:46 pm to
Also can’t wash clothes nor use an iron on New Year’s Day. Washing will wash someone out of your life, and you will iron someone in your life.
Posted by Interweb Cowboy
NW Bama
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 6:55 pm to
Black eyed peas, turnip green soup, hog jowl, mashed potatoes and Mexican cornbread. Look forward to it every year.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 6:57 pm to
Swap Collards for cabbage and yes....
Posted by AlvisTimeAU
Shreveport, LA
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 7:01 pm to
Cabbage is the best part. Must not know how to cook it.
Posted by beaverfever
Little Rock
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 7:20 pm to
quote:

brown sugar in their cabbage
wtf that sounds disgusting.
Posted by Evolved Simian
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 7:33 pm to
Same except for the cabbage. We do collards instead.

My grandmother told me that peas were for luck and the collards were for money. I don't think she ever mentioned what pork and cornbread represented something else. I always assumed they were just complimentary to the peas and greens. (and you can't have hoppin john without some kind of pork.)

For the record, I don't recall ever telling any of my kids what they were supposed to represent.
This post was edited on 1/1/25 at 7:35 pm
Posted by AcadieAnne
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 9:11 pm to
In my family, ham is health, black eyed peas are luck, and cabbage is wealth. Cornbread is included just because corn bread is good. The preferred drink is iced tea.

Today, after kicking out the extended family a couple of days ago, we had left-over double smoked ham, left-over roasted brussels sprouts with bacon, normal black-eyed peas, and left-over homemade yeast rolls. I didn't see a point of making fresh cabbage or cornbread when we had left-over brussels sprouts (technically a small cabbage) and left-over home-made yeast rolls. We're home alone and with a lot of left-over beer that our guests left behind, so we had beer instead of tea.

If I die or go broke before 2026, I have no one but myself to blame.
Posted by STLDawg
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 9:40 pm to
Mrs. STLDawg isn’t from the south so I end up doing a fusion with her culture and cook some kielbasa and have sauerkraut with the black eyed peas and collards.
Posted by AcadieAnne
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Posted on 1/1/25 at 10:02 pm to
Reminds me of my friend whose father is from Germany. She has sauerkraut with just about everything.
This post was edited on 1/2/25 at 10:46 am
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