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    Home » Our latest posts » Holidays

    New Years Good Luck Recipes

    December 31, 2012 Filed Under: Holidays

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    Ham Hocks and Black Eyed Peas cooked on the stove top. Traditional New Year's Day recipe in the Southern US.

    If you are like most people, 2012 was a pretty rough year. I am hoping to bring in plenty of luck in 2013 by having some black-eyed peas. Ma'am always told us we'd have a dollar at the end of the year for every pea we ate on New Year's Day. One year, Michael heard this, ate a bite then held out his hand expecting her to hand over the cash then and there.

    Traditionally, she woud make this recipe every year with a skillet of cornbread.  She never made greens along with it, though I have heard many Southerners serve this alongside to increase the luck factor.

    Ham debrining the fridge

    Half ham debrining the fridge

    I got a great deal on a ham after Christmas, which is currently debrining in some water in the fridge. I have only heard of doing this to a Country (Smithfield) ham, but I tried it with a wet cured ham at Easter and found it made a great difference.  I am going to cook that up tonight and I think I will make some Texas Caviar tomorrow to go with the leftovers. Or I will use the ham bone to make our traditional recipe.

    If you are in the mood for Mexican, you can try Posole for good luck tomorrow. This recipe is a quick and easy version compared with a cook all day version traditionally made in Mexico

    And if you happened to overdo the New Year's Eve celebration a little, I recommend a little hair of the dog in the form of a Bacon Bloody Mary.

    Bacon Bloody Mary - thatrecipe.com

    If you have any New Year's Day good luck food ideas, please share. I think we all need to do our culinary part to make sure 2013 is a lucky year for us all.

    Update: I have added instructions to make this in the crockpot or pressure cooker in this post.

    Ham Hocks and Black Eyed Peas

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    Ingredients
     

    • 1 large onion (peel removed and saved, and onion diced)
    • 4 pound ham hocks or shanks
    • 3 cloves garlic
    • 1 pound dried black eyed peas
    • ¼ cup fresh parsley (chopped)
    • 1 cup green peppers, chopped (optional)
    • 1 cup celery, chopped (optional)

    Instructions
     

    • Put onion peels and ham hocks/shanks in a stock pot and cover with water. Put lid on pot. Bring to a boil on high heat. Reduce heat. Cook at a low boil (just above simmer) for at least one hour.
    • Remove ham hocks from stock and save. Discard onion peel. Cool stock and skim off all fat. Put in the freezer to speed the process.
    • In a large soup pot add 2 quarts of prepared stock, ham hocks/stock and all remaining ingredients. Bring to boil and reduce to simmer. Stir about every ½ hour. Cook until black-eyed peas are tender, about 2 ½ to 3 hours. Add water as needed.
    • Remove ham hocks/shanks and remove meat from the bone. Return meat to the pot and serve.

     

    Until next time, happy eating.

    ~Audrey

     

     

     

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    1. Noel Lizotte

      January 02, 2013 at 1:35 pm

      Audrey,
      I was LOL at Michael holding out his hand for cash payment right up front! That cracks me up!
      and ... of course corn bread was made in a cast iron skillet!

      Thanks for stopping by my site, I've added yours to my bookmark list of regular reads!
      Noel

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    2. Corinna

      January 04, 2013 at 6:37 pm

      I am so mad...I only ate a spoonful of black eyed peas on New Year's day. If I had known that they were worth $1 each, I would have eaten the entire pot!

      Reply

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