... just read the component list, looks like ham won't be included this year in honor of elleng.

Also from a recipe handed down and that I make in celebration of the memory of the brother-in-law who perfected it and gave it to me.

Love to elleng and all who are mourning. I am grateful for you and for the ones who have gone before.

I do a version of Hoppin' John that is meatless but very spicy. It includes the greens in the dish, also. And you can't forget the cornbread!

And perhaps some jalapenos in the cornbread?

The traditional NYD's meal has to include greens. The black-eyed peas are for health, and the greens are for wealth, in the New Year.

I’m going to save it