A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from December 30, 2022
“Y’all better eat the damn black eyed peas this year!”

In the Southern United States, eating black-eyed peas is a New Year’s Day tradition and is thought to help bring prosperity in the new year. However, many mothers cook the people, but the family members do not eat them.
     
“Y’all Better Eat the Damn Black Eyed Peas this Year” was posted on Facebook by Rockcastle County Meme on December 29, 2020. “YALL BETTER EAT THE DAMN BLACK EYED PEAS THIS YEAR! (shown on a sign) was posted on Facebook by Holly Capron on December 31, 2020.
   
     
Wikipedia: Black-eyed pea
The black-eyed pea or black-eyed bean is a legume grown around the world for its medium-sized, edible bean. It is a subspecies of the cowpea, an Old World plant domesticated in Africa, and is sometimes simply called a cowpea.
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Lucky New Year food
Southern United States

In the Southern United States, eating black-eyed peas or Hoppin’ John (a traditional soul food) on New Year’s Day is thought to bring prosperity in the new year. The peas are typically cooked with a pork product for flavoring (such as bacon, fatback, ham bones, or hog jowls) and diced onion, and served with a hot chili sauce or a pepper-flavored vinegar. The traditional meal also includes cabbage, collard, turnip, or mustard greens, and ham. The peas, since they swell when cooked, symbolize prosperity; the greens symbolize money; the pork, because pigs root forward when foraging, represents positive motion. Cornbread, which represents gold, also often accompanies this meal.
 
Facebook
Rockcastle County Memes
December 29, 2020 at 11:52 PM ·
Y’all Better Eat the Damn Black Eyed Peas this Year.
😉🙄
   
Facebook
Holly Capron
December 31, 2020 at 7:51 AM ·
(The following text is shown on a sign.—ed.)
YALL BETTER EAT THE DAMN
BLACK EYED PEAS THIS YEAR!
     
Twitter
Becca Hamilton 
@GRITSGAL
Y’all better eat the damn black eye peas this year! Happy New Year’s eve! #NewYearsEve #NewYear2021
1:23 PM · Dec 31, 2020 from Anniston, AL
 
Twitter
Ranger787🍊
@spud1_
Y’all Sums Of Bitches Better Eat The Damn Black-Eye’d Peas This Year!!!
11:12 AM · Dec 31, 2021
 
Twitter
Whiskey flavored Gemini ♊
@SenterStaged
Replying to @PettyLupone
Don’t just make the peas! Y’all better eat the damn peas this year!!
12:15 PM · Dec 31, 2021
 
Twitter
MadeofWood
@L0Bo_
Y’all better eat the damn black add peas this year!
12:45 PM · Jan 1, 2022
   
Facebook
Billy Brookshire
December 28, 2022 at 11:09 AM ·
Just found this sign hysterical: ‘Y’all better eat the damn black eyed peas this year!’
Might be good advice. May we make the message prophetic. Happy Almost New Year! Thanks Kathy!
(The following text is shown on a sign.—ed.)
YALL BETTER EAT THE DAMN
BLACK EYED PEAS THIS YEAR!
 
Facebook
Ron Youngblood
December 28, 2022 at 2:47 PM ·
Y’all better eat them damned black-eyed peas this year….
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
 
Facebook
Glen Dodson
December 29, 2022 at 8:31 AM ·
Y’all best eat them damn Black eyed peas this year
     
Facebook
Hick Cheramie
December 30, 2022 at 6:32 AM ·
Y’all better eat the damn black eyed peas this year.
Just saying!
 
Facebook
Jolene Laidacker
December 30, 2022 at 8:40 AM ·
ALRIGHTY THEN…
YA’LL BETTER EAT THE DAMN BLACK EYED PEAS THIS YEAR.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityFood/Drink • Friday, December 30, 2022 • Permalink


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