Welcoming the New Year from the kitchen...
Buttermilk biscuits
Slow cooked black-eyed-peas
Collard greens
Bubbly
Wine braised pastured pork tenderloin with apricot compote
"These two Southern classics all but guarantee a prosperous year. Some say the greens represent dollar bills and the peas, coins, ensuring wealth and luck.
According to folklore, this auspicious New Year’s Day tradition dates back to the Civil War, when Union troops pillaged the land, leaving behind only black-eyed peas and greens as animal fodder. Rich in nutrients, these were the humble foods that enabled Southerners to survive. Details of stories differ, but each celebrates a communion of family and friends bound by grateful hearts and renewed hope for good things yet to come." -Southern Living Magazine; Article excerptby: Madoline Markham
To a prosperous 2014!
I ate a lot of greens, a little beans and drunk some champagne: what is in petto for me. All the best for 2014!!
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