Happy New Year!

I would much rather listen to the Black-Eyed Peas than eat them. The tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day to bring good luck throughout the year seems to have originated in the South, where it’s thought that the eating the simple beans is a sign of humility.

I can agree with that as they pretty much taste like eating raw earth, so you can’t get more earthy than that. I made 15-bean soup with my leftover ham hock and there were a few of the lucky beans in there, fortunately somewhat disguised by the other 14 varieties of legumes.

Since there’s no portion required to get the “good luck”, I’ll assume I’m in good shape for 2008!