Where did the tradition of eating Black Eyed Peas on New Years come from?

The tradition of bringing luck and prosperity stems back Judaism and the Holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It is said that, "Now that you have established that good-luck symbols avail, you should make it a habit to see Rubiya (black-eyed peas, Arabic Lubiya), on your table on the New Year." The United States adopted this tradition around the time of The Civil War.

Black Eyed Peas and New Year's Day in the South go hand in hand, until today.

I have decided to break tradition and not eat Black Eyed Peas on New Year's Day for two reasons;

1. I hate Black Eyed Peas
2. How can food decide my fate for the year?

So instead of cooking a pot of Beans and choking them down all for the sake of 'GOOD LUCK" I will be relaxing with my family while watching movies, napping and spending time together, and leaving the fate of the year up to chance as it should be.

This is my prosperity for the New Year,

MY FAMILY