Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all the earth. ~Martin Luther People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas. ~Author Unknown Black-eyed peas, greens and pork are the main components of any Southern New Year's Day meal worth its salt. There are a myriad of explanations for why these foods have evolved into the dishes of choice for our tables on the first day of each new year. The turnip greens and collards are, of course, green - the color of our paper money. Thus, they have come to represent prosperity. Pork is symbolic of progress, as the pig is, supposedly, the only animal that eats while it is moving forward. We all know that black-eyed peas symbolize good luck. But why? Again, stories abound, but generally contain some form of the Union troops destroying
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