New Year's Day Dinner (3 days late)

Okay, so we're three days late, but it's the thought that counts.

Dick and I are preparing a traditional New Year's Day meal - Black-Eyed Peas and Greens. Dick introduced me to this Southern Tradition a few years back. The black-eyed peas are supposed to symbolize change, or silver coins, the collard greens are greenbacks or paper money. We're also supposed to be preparing "hog jowl" (which wards off bad luck) but, well, we're just skipping that part. (keeping fingers crossed that bad luck doesn't come our way now) :)

I suppose we're also cheating in another way. We're supposed to be cooking these dishes with "salt pork", or "country ham" (which my parent's were introduced to last week in VA) but that's another thing that we just can't seem to find here in San Francisco. We're making these dishes with bacon instead ;)

Happy New Year!