Listening to Black Eyed Peas = Good
Ingesting black eyed peas = Bad

Happy New Year! It was at a party on New Year’s Day 1995 that I learned that black eyed peas were supposed to be good luck on the first day of the year. I had never heard it before and I had bad memories of being made to eat black eyed peas from someplace back in my childhood so I took a pass.

Over the years, I heard people encourage others to eat black eyed peas for good luck and have tried some different recipes but I very simply do not like black eyed peas. I love other beans and peas. Give me black beans, white beans, red beans, pinto beans. Yellow peas, green peas, split peas. Yum.

They are supposed to be healthy for you, like lentils, another legume that I don’t like. And although I have tried to make them taste good, I just haven’t been successful. So there won’t be any black eyed peas in my future unless they are on the radio.

God is in control anyway, and I don’t believe in luck. I believe He has everything planned for us and that whether I eat a nasty pea or not is not going to make a difference in His ultimate plan for my life.

I wish you a very happy and prosperous new year that is full of great food and no black eyed peas.