For as long as I can remember of our life together, my husband and I have had a traditional southern meal for New Year's Day. Beans for good luck, greens for wealth, and cornbread for prosperity.
We always tweak it a bit. Instead of black-eyed peas, we have navy beans, made with Colu Henry's recipe for roasted tomato and bean stew. Today we have steamed spinach and instead of skillet cornbread, I made corn dodgers cockaigne from The Joy of Cooking.
We usually eat midafternoon. And unfortunately today we both forgot to leave three beans in our bowl for good luck. We'll have to figure out a way to rectify that oversight at dinner by having some more beans.
We both fervently hope that 2026 will be a good year.
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