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My mom always made New England Boiled Dinner.... cause you have to have the cabbage. She also would boil a dime for each person in the household in the food; and place the dimes... resting on the moulding above an entry door... taped down, of course, and there they would stay the whole year for luck.

Yesterday we were lucky enough to spend the day with my dad and some of his friends. They made black eyed peas that actually were good (I am usually not a fan) but, like some of the other recipes here, it had both bacon and ham in it for taste and for luck My step-mom made sauer kraut balls for luck and those were good too. Don't ya wonder how some of these traditions started.

Gracie's recipe sounds good so I want to try it.