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[windrose]

Grrr. Publix had no collard greens. I have black eyed peas, and sausage for biscuits and sausage gravy, but no collards. This will not do. It is almost New Year's Day, and we must have black eyed peas and collards on New Year's Day, it is Tradition. Here in the South, black eyed peas are eaten on New Year's Day for good luck, while collards

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[sugarblue_sunny]

I'm tempted to drive down to give you some XD I have a fridge full! They were on sale at my Publix last night so I stocked up, maybe that's why they didn't have any there?

[windrose]

I asked, and was told they'd gotten an order in, but the greens were all rotten and they had to throw them out. With luck, one of the other stores around town will have them.

[castalianspring]

Oh dear. I'm a bad Southerner, for I detest collard greens. I will eat the black-eyed peas, though, so I suppose I'll have to settle for the luck and not the fortune.

[windrose]

I love collards. But then, I love almost all greens.

[klwilliams]

I won't be having black eyed peas this year, because finding them in the Bay Area can be difficult. (Actually, the peas themselves aren't hard, but finding the ham hocks is.)

[windrose]

Use bacon instead. In fact, that's the way I was taught: bacon, plus a chunk of onion and celery, to give the beans a bit of flavor

[klwilliams]

But that seems so much like cheating. :-)

[windrose]

It's not, I swear! I'm from a long line of Southerners, and my momma always used bacon to flavor things.

[cyranocyrano]

I.... don't understand. It's the South. How can they have no collard greens? It's like Seattle being out of coffee shops, or New England running out of maple syrup.

[windrose]

I was told they received a bad shipment, and had to toss them out. And I haven't checked any of the other grocery stores in town.

[cyranocyrano]

Oh good. I'm feeling more relaxed already. (:

[windrose]

I couldn't find any fresh bundles of greens, so I went with the pre-washed, pre-cut bagged stuff. And hey, that saves me two steps, so I'm not complaining.

[sevenjades]

Black eyed peas, sausage, biscuits and gravy, collards... this is some Southern way to make sure people are too full and comatose to go out drinking and reveling on New Years, isn't it? ;)

[windrose]

Far from it. This is what we do on New Year's Day, not New Year's Eve.

[sevenjades]

Ah, nuts, I read too fast. :P