Snoozing on my golden holiday cloud…they really snazz it up around here…
So thankful for sun in a cold winter, even though the wind is wild.
Thankful always for Hops and sweet blogs talking about the things that go on in friends’ lives so far away.
Thankful for vets who can help sick animals and take them back to health.
Thanks for kindness in others, good hearts, and giving at holidays to those in need.
Thankful that we are about to have a New Year full of surprises and thankful that mama FINALLY found black-eyed peas online in France for our traditional spoon for good luck and good fortune in the New Year.
They also taste really good!
In a large pot, put a package of black-eyed peas, a dash of olive oil, 1 sweet onion and 4 cloves of garlic, chopped fine, 1 ham hock or large piece of bacon, a few toasted sage leaves, and cover all with a mix of broth, white wine and water. Bring to a boil, skim off the foam and simmer on low until tender.
Eat on New Year’s Day for luck and whatever else you think you might need in 2025!
Make sure you also have cabbage. Many traditions say you need to eat something green, like cabbage, for New Year’s luck.
Your recipe sounds a lot like how I cook them, but I’d never thought of sage.
Well, mama has a HUGE sage bush and loves to use it toasted with ravioli and butter so she just popped some in the peas, too. Love toasted sage.
yummy, sounds good! dee mum hazza no noo yeerz foodz, but she duz like eating latkas fur hanaka, gotta find somewhere hear to buy sum. she izza gonna make potato leek soop on sunday as all dee split pee soop hazza bin eaten.
oooohhhhh tater-leak zuup…nums nums an goot fer helth!!!!
Those are all good things to be thankful for.
There are so many……
My Mom always insisted on us having black eyed peas on New Year’s Day – for breakfast. I have carried on that tradition!
Hugs, Pam
Oh, so glad to have company, mama says, and even gave one pea to me once, for good luck. Was your mom a southerner?
No matter how bad things get there is always so much to be thankful for, Loulou. Thank you for the reminder. I had a brain fart and initially thought your mama was talking about black- eyed peas the band (ha ha ha ha). That recipe looks delicious.
HAHA, they are great, too!!!
LouLou, you look so comfy !
Oh, these clouds are heavenly…
Wonderful thankful list. I have your mama’s recipe for these and it is delicious. XO
MERCI, Ms E. We shall think of you and Pam when we have our peas for luck and fortune and cross paws, just to be safe, haha.
WOW, that’s a lot of happy thankfuls today!!!! Thanks for joining Angel Brian’s Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
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Well, we’d need a lot of space to do them all, as they keep piling up…
Wonderful thankfuls today LouLou. Thank your Mom for the black-eyed pea recipe, it sounds yummy.
Oh, I will, and it is. And they are so, so good for your healthy. Taste good, too, as papa says when someone says something is good for one’s health.!