O.K. Southerners are y'all ready?.....

[Goofycampers]

To cook black eyed peas and collard greens for the new year! Got mine today what about you?

 

[turkeymama]

Got the peas, but not a big fan of collard greens. We'll skip those.

 

[Goofycampers]

I didn't like collard greens when I was a kid but I love them now, especially with lots of ham cooked in.

 

[disney1990]

We do black eyed peas. We also do Ham & Cabbage (instead of collards).

 

[Goofycampers]

Cabbage is green... I say close enough.

 

[my3sonsagn]

I'm blessed that my Mommy stinks up HER house cooking the collards ;-) Seriously looking forward to the pork roast, peas, and macaroni and cheese.... yum!

 

[jjarman]

Haven't gotten my peas yet but I have a nice ham hock in the freezer. Yummy.

 

[Goofycampers]

I'm blessed that my Mommy stinks up HER house cooking the collards ;-) Seriously looking forward to the pork roast, peas, and macaroni and cheese.... yum!

That sounds good, can we come too?

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Green is the point. Black eyed peas and greens. Sometimes we do escarole, although we really like collard too. Turnip or mustard greens are also nice for a change.

We don't use ham though. Smoked turkey...keeps a bit of the fat down.

 

[Crystal0608]

I'm ready to eat the collards, lucky my mama cooks them too . They do stink up a house, but they taste sooo good.. Black-eyed peas are on the menu too along with hog jawl or whatever else my mama buys. We are also having bacon wrapped grilled shrimp and probably tots or mac-n-cheese for my picky kids. Bring on the money and the luck for 2010

 

[HonnyDipp]

oh yeah baby! Got my collard greens for money and black eyed peas for good luck! This country girl is ready to bring in 2010!

 

[jackemail]

Got the peas, but not a big fan of collard greens. We'll skip those.

Same here!

 

[ElizK]

We're not big fans of black-eyed peas, so I do a 15-bean soup and corn bread. It has black-eyed peas in it! That counts, right?? I absolutely love collard greens, but they were never a tradition for us on New Year's.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

Someone needs to tell me how to cook Black eyed peas so they taste good. Husband and kids won't touch collard greens.

I made them once and they were so awful I threw them away.

And I've lived in Georgia for 23 years now. LOL

 

[SCHBR'smom]

We've never done collard greens, but DH would never forgive me if I forgot the black eye peas. I'm going shopping tomorrow and that's #1 on the list.

 

[luvsJack]

We do cabbage instead of collards. I do a one-pot meal with pork ribs, cabbage and potatoes and with it, black-eyed peas (cooked with the ham bone left from Christmas) and corn bread. Lemon squares for dessert.

 

[darlak]

oh yeah baby! Got my collard greens for money and black eyed peas for good luck! This country girl is ready to bring in 2010!

Got my ham, black-eyed peas and turnip greens all ready to cook!

According to my grandfather, the peas and greens are both for money...the peas bring you coins and the greens bring you folding money.
Either way, luck or money, I'm planning on eating plenty!

 

[Goofycampers]

Someone needs to tell me how to cook Black eyed peas so they taste good. Husband and kids won't touch collard greens.

I made them once and they were so awful I threw them away.

And I've lived in Georgia for 23 years now. LOL

I use the canned blackeyed peas. I never buy canned beans but I prefer canned black eyed peas. Collard greens are trickier. You have to cook them a long time and season them well for them to taste good. Paula Dean has a good recipe for collards, I make them very similar.

 

[darlak]

Someone needs to tell me how to cook Black eyed peas so they taste good. Husband and kids won't touch collard greens.

I made them once and they were so awful I threw them away.

And I've lived in Georgia for 23 years now. LOL

Hmm, I think that may just be one of those things southern girls are born knowing how to cook, since I can't remember anyone ever teaching me. I guess I just learned from watching my mother and grandmothers.

Rinse peas well in colander (discarding any bad ones), place in pot (I use a cast iron dutch oven type pot, but any kind will do), add a piece of ham or pork for flavoring (I just cut a piece off from the ham I'm cooking for dinner), add salt and pepper to taste, cover with water, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium/low and cook until tender. About 1 & 1/2 to 2 hours.

 

[my3sonsagn]

That sounds good, can we come too?

Sure - if you think you can put up with all of us.

Speaking of peas, collards, and why we eat them on NYD, we eat the pork because pigs can't look behind them, only forward, so it's to remind us that looking back is pointless and to move only forward in the the new year. Do others do this, too, or is this just something weird that we do?