Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Butch, Are you in Turkey or in the US somewghere? Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Sorry, I see you are not the the USA today. Jan n a message dated 12/29/2004 3:27:26 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, butchbsi writes: Tis around 1:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hi Jan, > Yes it goes back much farther than 1947. He just invented it from a > dream I guess. Sounds like it .. huh? The business of the South losing the war due to a failure in the Black Eye Pea crop sorta keyed me to his being fulla bull. The truth is .. we ran out of Collard Greens. ;-) > I have carried it on here in Oakland, CA for over 50 years as per my > mother. I know that my mother and grandfather .. likely even before them .. always had Black Eye Peas on New Year. > We bury our black eyed peas that we leave on our plate for money and > luck left over for the next year. Wouldn't work for me .. I don't leave no Black Eye Peas, Collard Greens or Cornbread on my plate. ;-) > My Mother would be 102 if she were alive and I bet the tradition was > around when she was born. I bet you are right. I expect it goes back a few hundred years. > P.S. The robes were a big hit Butch for my son and his wife's sauna > near Burney CA. Good it is and glad I am they were happy with them. :-P Lawdy Mercy .. all this tawk about chow done got this here o' kuntry boy kinda hongry. Tis around 1:30 in the morning here but lucky I am that exactly across the street from my apartment building are three each 24 hour Doner/Iskender Kebab restaurants .. side by side .. which I have never figured out .. and a half block to the left is another restaurant that serves home cooked meals. Reckon I need to mosey over and have a big bowl of garlic laden Iskembe (tripe) soup .. a bowl of yoghourt .. a plate full of Iskender Kebab and a Coban (shepherd) salad. Yep .. outta here I am now. ;-) > Jan Young Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com > Howsomeever .. the feller in the below link says that eating Black Eye > Peas on New Year only goes back to 1947 .. says it was a promotional > thing by the father of actor Rip Torn. I don't think I believe him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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