The most important meal of the holiday season. Black eyed peas, Nina B's ham, kale & collard salad, golden cornbread, fresh berries, and sweet glasses of Claret. To bless the year ahead, you must cook and eat these foods to secure peace, uninterrupted financial stability, the bounty of Earth's riches, and the fat of good living. To honor our Ancestors most American southerners eat a version of this meal. It's one of the uniting truisms that unite us tightly as the y'all's do. We are a reverent, nostalgic, romantic traditional folk. I have also noticed we are a very superstitious lot as well. It's part of the mysticism and charm of Southern Roots. Some clean the entire house. Some buy new brooms. Some burn incense or sage. Some anoint the entryways. Some buy sugar and flour and place crispy new bills between them. Some eat grapes. Some wash all their linens. However you step into your year, I invite you to think on your Ancestors. What do you think they'd hope you would be? What ways do you honor them still? What do you think they'd want for you this year? What dishes keep your Elders with you? What dishes will you pass on? Before you get into your Resolutions, think on your people. How can you further the Legacy they started? #newyeartradition #blackeyedpeas #greens #nobilepig #cornbread #reddrink #treeuntil7th #goodhealth #prosperity #stability #safety #humilty #togetherness #ancestors #firstmealoftheyear https://www.instagram.com/p/CJf-GyaBIR4/?igshid=1cf30mwet010u