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 ...

Growing up in the South, your grandmother may have told you to eat certain foods on New Year's Day for luck and prosperity. For example: greens for paper money, black eyed peas for coins and ...

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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 ...