Yesterday when I made a quick trip to the local grocery store, I saw bins full of locally grown collards and one filled with plastic containers of already shelled black-eyed peas.
I should have taken a picture!
Eating black-eyed peas and collards (mostly seasoned with pork in some form) on New Year’s Day is a custom in the south. (As is, now that I think about it, shooting of firecrackers Christmas Day night–and yes, that goes back to the loss of the Civil War and the refusal for a time to celebrate July 4th with firecrackers.)
Anyway, here’s an article from Southern Living magazine that tells you all about the how and why of eating black-eyed peas and collards on New Year’s Day. Rice and/or cornbread would often be included.
https://www.southernliving.com/holidays-occasions/new-years/new-years-traditions-black-eyed-peas
I wish I could…
But for me, legumes/most peas and pork are a bad idea, given my food triggers.
You could though…
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