In this column, Susi Gott Seguret explores black-eyed peas' significance to Appalachia, which helped keep livestock healthy ...
Americans eat black-eyed peas for New Year's to bring about good fortune in the coming year. But that's the short answer. The long one involves a shared family tradition that celebrates the legume ...
Texas wildcatters Sid Richardson and Clint Murchison ate black-eyed peas and quail for breakfast, and their oil fortune added up in the billions. You might not be so lucky. But luck starts with ...
New Year tradition of eating black-eyed peas at midnight There's a Southern food tradition involving black-eyed peas that dates back to the Civil War, which many believe is a way to attract ...
Eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is an African American tradition that dates back to slavery in the 1800s. Many have ...
For generations, cabbage, black-eyed peas and other symbolic foods have been a staple of New Year’s celebrations in the South. But why do we eat these particular foods, and what do they mean?
Like many staples of Southern cuisine, black-eyed peas were brought to North America by enslaved Africans through the ...
There's a Southern food tradition involving black-eyed peas that dates back to the Civil War, which many believe is a way to attract prosperity in the new year. So why not give it a try?