MO_cows
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Gotta have black eyed peas on New Year's Day for luck. This is a tradition from my dear departed mother in law. She was from a tiny little town on the Mo/Ark border and very southern influenced. She insisted all her kids come by and have a bowl on New Year's day for luck. Unfortunately, she didn't cook them very well, they were always very bland. So one year, my husband showed up early while they were cooking and started adding to the pot. Everyone liked them better so then we got elected to cook them. The recipe has evolved to where we look forward to them, not just choke them down. This year we have some spicy venison sausage to cook them with, will also have onion and garlic in the pot, some V 8 juice and beer. A couple of cast iron skillets of cornbread on the side.