I’ve been doing a bit of both this Monday.
I’m marveling as I remember the nostalgic fun and yumminess of our recent traditional New Year’s Day menu: Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas.
Do you include these or similar items on your first-day-of-the-brand-new-year menu? Or is it just another quirky thing we do here in the Deep South?
Granny always encouraged/commanded me: “Nealie” (her nickname for me), “now eat your greens and peas. The greens will bring you lots of money in the form of bills, and the peas will bring you lots of change.”
Thanks, Granny, but I’m moaning a bit today as well … waiting, waiting for the cash jackpot.
NealEnJoy 
Never had either… 🙂
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I’m a born and bred Yankee who lived in North Carolina for 17 years. Our neighbor brought collards and black eyed peas to New Years dinner every time she attended. No one ate them, but she was undeterred.
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Lol! Good for her. Weirdly enough, I absolutely love them.
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I could handle the black-eye peas, but you can keep the collard greens … keep ’em at least 100 feet away from me! No, we don’t include any of those … our New Year’s Eve menu is a cheese ball, nachos, baked zucchini bites, bacon-wrapped li’l smokies, a crudite platter, tassies, stuffed mushrooms, and whatever else strikes our fancy! We munch on those for several days after!
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Ha about the greens there’s more ! Your menu sounds terrific.
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Thanks, Neal! No, you can keep the greens. I love broccoli, cabbage, green beans, but don’t like leafy greens one bit!
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