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ORIGINAL: Symon

Was looking for a nice traditional Southron New Year’s eve dinner recipe, and came across some interesting things about the genesis of the traditions.

It’s 1865 and your land is devastated and you are hungry. Can’t eat cotton, and most plantations didn’t grow truck. But they did grow peas and corn for animal feed and greens for the slaves, so that was pretty much what they were reduced to surviving on. It became a tradition.

Every New Year’s, a Southron would eat what their ancestors did as a hope for prosperity in the coming year. The black-eyed peas represent coins (serious traditionalists require at least 365 peas in a serving); the greens (collards, mustards, or spinach for the faint of heart) represent greenback dollars; the cornbread (don’t forget, eating white bread was a mark of gentility) represents gold dollars.

Some folks think the hog-jowl for the beans is because the good hog parts were reserved for way more useful purposes and that’s all that was left. I like to think it was more a flavoring added to a fairly tangy, but nonetheless tasty bean.

I do like a ham steak, some black-eyed peas, collards, and cornbread for New Year’s eve.

Ciao. JWE

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ORIGINAL: DivePac88

We don't have a special dinner on new years eve down here, but we have it on new years day. Here is our dinner tonight; Roast lamb, along with roast potatoes, marrow, and fresh minted peas. Which is followed with a suitable break, then by a new Pavlova baked today, all prepared by the impeccable Mrs DivePac.

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ORIGINAL: DivePac88
We don't have a special dinner on new years eve down here, but we have it on new years day. Here is our dinner tonight; Roast lamb, along with roast potatoes, marrow, and fresh minted peas. Which is followed with a suitable break, then by a new Pavlova baked today, all prepared by the impeccable Mrs DivePac.

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ORIGINAL: DivePac88

Marrows are special vegetables that the Little People (Moon Ticks, and Cabbage Pixies) grow at the bottom of our garden. Marrows are especially prized in New Zealand, because they impart infinite wisdom on the People who eat them. Just look at me... I eat marrow all the time, and I'm probably the wisest person on this site.

Incidentally Mrs DivePac calls them Pumpkins, but I think that's because Shes a woman.

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ORIGINAL: Symon

but you can't get good lamb in the States. Your friend. JWE

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ORIGINAL: Symon

Was looking for a nice traditional Southron New Year’s eve dinner recipe, and came across some interesting things about the genesis of the traditions.

It’s 1865 and your land is devastated and you are hungry. Can’t eat cotton, and most plantations didn’t grow truck. But they did grow peas and corn for animal feed and greens for the slaves, so that was pretty much what they were reduced to surviving on. It became a tradition.

Every New Year’s, a Southron would eat what their ancestors did as a hope for prosperity in the coming year. The black-eyed peas represent coins (serious traditionalists require at least 365 peas in a serving); the greens (collards, mustards, or spinach for the faint of heart) represent greenback dollars; the cornbread (don’t forget, eating white bread was a mark of gentility) represents gold dollars.

Some folks think the hog-jowl for the beans is because the good hog parts were reserved for way more useful purposes and that’s all that was left. I like to think it was more a flavoring added to a fairly tangy, but nonetheless tasty bean.

I do like a ham steak, some black-eyed peas, collards, and cornbread for New Year’s eve.

Ciao. JWE

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

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ORIGINAL: Symon

but you can't get good lamb in the States. Your friend. JWE

You need to come to St. Louis and go to Ari's and get a lamb shank. They are awsome.

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ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

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ORIGINAL: DivePac88

Marrows are special vegetables that the Little People (Moon Ticks, and Cabbage Pixies) grow at the bottom of our garden. Marrows are especially prized in New Zealand, because they impart infinite wisdom on the People who eat them. Just look at me... I eat marrow all the time, and I'm probably the wisest person on this site.

Incidentally Mrs DivePac calls them Pumpkins, but I think that's because Shes a woman.

Ah. With the hint I went to Wiki and it says marrows are a type of British-English squash. In the US squash are eaten in a variety of ways, but pumpkins are pie veggies or decorations. Not great eating as a side dish. Some people like the seeds, roasted and salted.

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ORIGINAL: Symon

Was looking for a nice traditional Southron New Year’s eve dinner recipe, and came across some interesting things about the genesis of the traditions.

It’s 1865 and your land is devastated and you are hungry. Can’t eat cotton, and most plantations didn’t grow truck. But they did grow peas and corn for animal feed and greens for the slaves, so that was pretty much what they were reduced to surviving on. It became a tradition.

Every New Year’s, a Southron would eat what their ancestors did as a hope for prosperity in the coming year. The black-eyed peas represent coins (serious traditionalists require at least 365 peas in a serving); the greens (collards, mustards, or spinach for the faint of heart) represent greenback dollars; the cornbread (don’t forget, eating white bread was a mark of gentility) represents gold dollars.

Some folks think the hog-jowl for the beans is because the good hog parts were reserved for way more useful purposes and that’s all that was left. I like to think it was more a flavoring added to a fairly tangy, but nonetheless tasty bean.

I do like a ham steak, some black-eyed peas, collards, and cornbread for New Year’s eve.

Ciao. JWE