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  2. New Year's tradition to eat 12 grapes or black-eyed peas for luck

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    New Year tradition of eating black eyed peas at midnight. There's a Southern food tradition involving black-eyed peas that dates back to the Civil War, which many believe is a way to attract ...

  3. Why do we eat black-eyed peas on New Year's? - AOL

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    Americans eat black-eyed peas for New Year's to bring about good fortune in the coming year. But that's the short answer. The long one involves a shared family tradition that celebrates the legume ...

  4. It took Texas to make America swallow the idea of lucky New Year’s black-eyed peas. More than 85 years ago, in 1937, an East Texas promoter put the first national marketing campaign behind what ...

  5. Black-eyed pea - Wikipedia

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    In another Southern tradition, black-eyed peas were a symbol of emancipation for African-Americans who had previously been enslaved, and who after the Civil War were officially freed on New Year's Day. [19] [20] Other Southern American traditions point to Jews of Ashkenazi and Sephardic ancestry in Southern cities and plantations eating the ...

  6. 3 New Year's Eve food traditions said to bring 'luck' and ...

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    Black-eyed peas are said to "bring in the New Year with hope, prosperity and good fortune," Bobby Ford, owner of Bobby Q's Jus Like Mama's, told Fox News Digital. Bobby Q's Jus Like Mama's is a ...

  7. Hoppin' John - Wikipedia

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    Black-eyed peas are the norm elsewhere. 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]

  8. New Year's traditions and superstitions: What to do, eat for ...

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    Black-eyed peas are served with rice in the traditional Southern U.S. dish called “Hoppin’ John” for New Year’s Eve. Or, the peas can be part of a soup. In Italy, lentils mix with pork for ...

  9. Grapes on New Year's Eve and More Fascinating Food ... - AOL

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    Black-Eyed Peas. In the Southern United States, the tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for luck remains strong. Its roots are global: As early as 500 A.D., eating black-eyed ...