New Years Eve is filled with tradition and celebration. For the last 8 years of my life I have spent my New Years Eve night with many of my closest friends. The first year we all celebrated together sparked a tradition that has only grown more intense each year.
One custom in the southern regions of the United States eating black-eyed peas as a way to ensure good luck and prosperity throughout the year ahead. Although I am not from the South, many of my friends have families that are. The topic of eating black-eyed peas on New Years was brought up over the course of the evening and the group eventually arrived to the conclusion that we must make black-eyed peas. We asked the party’s host if we could scour their kitchen for the almighty black eyed pea and they gave us permission to do so. We looked high and low, but much to our disappointment, no black-eyed peas were to be found. However, we saw many boxes of cornbread, another southern staple. After much discussion among the group we decided that we would make cornbread in replacement of black eyed peas. The baking of the bread began and the smells of the golden hued bread wafted throughout the …show more content…
It was then that we remembered the delicious and now dubbed “lucky” corn bread and decided to have a corn bread baking contest. Each of us baked corn bread for a total of 8 different loaves, and then the judging began. A winner was decided, but we all won because the breads were buttery and delicious. Each year since my group of friends and I have had a corn bread baking contest in order to bring in the New Year. The competition has gotten tough due to people wanting to protecting their previous year’s title. In the process interesting combinations such as cornbread-bacon-jalapeño-cheese have arisen. Although we are all competitive people, our love of food really seals our friendships
One custom in the southern regions of the United States eating black-eyed peas as a way to ensure good luck and prosperity throughout the year ahead. Although I am not from the South, many of my friends have families that are. The topic of eating black-eyed peas on New Years was brought up over the course of the evening and the group eventually arrived to the conclusion that we must make black-eyed peas. We asked the party’s host if we could scour their kitchen for the almighty black eyed pea and they gave us permission to do so. We looked high and low, but much to our disappointment, no black-eyed peas were to be found. However, we saw many boxes of cornbread, another southern staple. After much discussion among the group we decided that we would make cornbread in replacement of black eyed peas. The baking of the bread began and the smells of the golden hued bread wafted throughout the …show more content…
It was then that we remembered the delicious and now dubbed “lucky” corn bread and decided to have a corn bread baking contest. Each of us baked corn bread for a total of 8 different loaves, and then the judging began. A winner was decided, but we all won because the breads were buttery and delicious. Each year since my group of friends and I have had a corn bread baking contest in order to bring in the New Year. The competition has gotten tough due to people wanting to protecting their previous year’s title. In the process interesting combinations such as cornbread-bacon-jalapeño-cheese have arisen. Although we are all competitive people, our love of food really seals our friendships