Texas Gardening: What is your New Year's meal "must have" tradition?, 0 by Sheila_FW

Sheila_FW wrote:
DH and I were talking this morning and wondering about the traditional meal must have item on New Year's Day is for other people.
Being from the south and living here all my life, I thought everyone ate Black-eyed Peas and Collard Greens on New Years. Our relatives passed down the custom saying; the peas are the coins and the greens are for bills. Eat both and your New Year will be financially sound. All of the American restaurants used to serve Black-eyed Peas on New Year's Day when I was young.
I have my pot of peas already cooked and working on the greens now. What is your custom and where did it come from?