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Well, it’s the end of the year again. I can’t believe how fast this year has flown by. It seems like only yesterday it was summer.
January first, the beginning of a New Year, a year of new beginnings, new hopes, and new adventures.
Do you have any New Year’s Day customs? Other than watching football and parades! Let’s focus on things that are suppose to bring you prosperity in the new year.
Here in the South, people eat black-eye peas on New Year Day.
Black-eyed Peas,
anyone?
Here’s a recipe I’d like to share with you.
This dish looks like a normal starch dish, but it’s delicious. In the South it is served as often as you wish, but always on New Year’s Day; in which case it is said to bring you good luck.
It can be made with blackeyed peas, red lentils, or dried field peas, but the remaining ingredients are always constant.
1 cup dried black-eyed peas
4 cups water
1 medium onion, sliced
1/2 pound bacon, thick sliced, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 cup raw long grain rice
Emma Woodward
Sperryville resident
Emma Woodward, 89, of Sperryville, died Saturday, December 22, at Autumn Care of Madison nursing home.
She was born August 18, 1918 in Rappahannock County to the late James Clatterbuck and Mae Jenkins Clatterbuck. She
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