Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We're Scot and Irsh here, so Cabbage is the green that brings gold. Black-eyed peas ARE on the menu. Also Sweet tea. On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote: > At 06:36 PM 12/31/2008, you wrote: > >> Tonight is a baked potato soup with about a zillion carbs and calories. >> Tomorrow, We're eating at the in-laws, but I'm making the cabbage, cooked >> up >> with onions and (real) smoked ham. A pot of that and a pan of cornbread, >> and I really don't need anything else. >> > > Sonny - Do you not have collard greens and black-eyed peas on New Years' > Day? I thought that was a tradition throughout the south. Various beliefs > go along with it, but the most common around here is that in the coming > year > you will receive a dollar for each collard green that you eat and a coin > for > each black-eyed pea. If that's true, we'll all be millionaires this next > year!! I have tons of collard greens and black-eyed peas. Y'all come. > I've got enough for everybody. Cornbread and tea, too. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA