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In the southern United States, eating Hoppin' John with collard greens on New Year's Day is thought to bring a prosperous year filled with luck. [3] [4] The peas are symbolic of pennies or coins, and a coin is sometimes added to the pot or left under the dinner bowls. [5]
Patti LaBelle's Mean Greens. Being born in a very small town in Alabama, I am no stranger to the time-honored tradition of eating Hoppin’ John and collard greens on the first of every year.
On Jan. 1, they gathered for a meal of collard greens, black-eyed peas, and rice, a dish now known as “Hoppin’ John,” according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
A major New Year’s food tradition in the American South, Hoppin’ John is a dish of pork-flavored field peas or black-eyed peas (symbolizing coins) and rice, frequently served with collards or ...
The rice-based dished created by Gullah people are Charleston red rice and Hoppin' John. [58] [59] Enslaved African Americans grew collard greens in their gardens. They incorporated collards in their soups and stews a tradition that came from West Africa. [60]
Turnip greens; Carrots – often "candied" with butter and brown sugar. Carrot raisin salad; Congealed salad; Corn. Corn fritters; Corn on the cob – boiled, steamed, or grilled; usually served with butter or mayonnaise; Corn pudding; Creamed corn; Shoepeg corn; Hoppin' John – a traditional Low-Country dish of black-eyed peas served with ...
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