Aimee blume / Courier & Press corresondent
Ham hocks with black-eyed peas and cabbage is the New Year’s Day meal to have. Not only is it said to bring you luck, it’s delicious, healthy and cheap.
New Year’s Day calls for a menu of cabbage and black-eyed peas — at least in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, where the superstition runs deep.
“Many people follow the tradition. I guess that’s why they eat it. They hope to have good health and wealth,” said Bayou Blue farmer Marty Rogers, who grows cabbage and sells it at the Thibodaux Main Street Farmer’s Market.
Folklore has it that cabbage brings wealth while black-eyed peas ensure good fortune and health.
Opelousas man grows 22 pounds of good luck
For New Year’s 2013, Steven West grew 22 pounds of good luck.
West, of Opelousas, produced a bumper crop of cabbage from his garden this year, with the largest head weighing in at 22 pounds.
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