Y'all got yer black-eyed peas and cornbread ready for tomorrow?

[Big House]

Navy beans, fried taters with onions and cornbread.

 

[Cold Smoke]

I had never heard of this tradition before a few years ago. I still don't know where it comes from.

Shermans March to the Sea. Before he burned and starved out all the women, children and victims of his emancipation, black eyed peas were considered livestock feed. After the damn Yankees got through expressing their noble motivations the citizens were reduced to eating fodder to avert starvation. Besides, there were no animals left to feed…

Forget Hell!