Nikita Every year, we eat the same ol' same ol'. But like all of our other family favorites, we had to put a twist on this year's New Year's dinner in Bulgaria. A traditional Southern New Year's dinner calls for Ham (or pork of some kind), Black-Eyed Peas (for luck), Greens (we prefer collards and/or cabbage for fortune), and cornbread (for gold...lots of it). Matt likes to attribute our success to our traditions like New Year's dinner. In his words, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" But this year, we had some fixin' to do because I couldn't find Black-Eyed Peas anywhere. I asked some grocery store attendants through Google Translate if they sold these lucky peas (which is Продавате ли грах с черни очи?), but the three attendants all blankly stared at my phone screen before saying "ne ne ne." You can figure that one out. So we settled for Speckled Butter Beans. After all, these beans are very southern, so we are praying that our good luck doesn't run out while we are abroad! Btw, that cornbread was so delish that I continued to eat on it for breakfast over the following three days. Slathered in room temperature butter, it melted in my mouth! It's also good for soaking up the bean and cabbage juice. Check out the recipe for the cornbread! Crazy easy. Georgia Like Amy, Randy and I had a low key New year. We actually stayed up until midnight to ring in the new year, but the 1st was pretty quiet. As per my norm I still woke up early. I'm sure it was around 6ish that I rolled out of bed.. We've been trying to get out and take a hike whenever we have the day off together (which is not very often) New years day was no different.. We found a new open space near Los Poblanos. Several hiking trails. We took the shortest route. Managed to see a few Sandhill Cranes and as you can see by the photo on the left a few animal carvings. For dinner, much like Nikita and Amy we had ham and black eye peas. I made some scalloped potatoes to go with. It was much like our day. Very low key. But also very traditional. Well.. traditional for those of us from the south. Typically black eyed peas are served with greens on New Years Day. I'm not a greens kind of gal. Se we just eat the black eye peas. Amy This year I did a low-key New Years Day dinner. Of course, ham and black eyed peas. I used a lovely seasoning that I picked up in New Orleans over the Summer. It gave the beans a nice kick. Instead of cornbread in a cast iron skillet I made Snoop Dogg's cornbread muffins. He uses sour cream in them. Nice fixins' to ring in a new decade. Food for thought, 2019 will be the last of the teens any of us will live through. Waxing philosophical for y'all. Happy New Year!!! Jen Amanda Praying you have the best year yet.
Happy 2020! Nikita, Georgia, Amy, Jen and Amanda
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