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Hoppin’ John: A Traditional Southern Dish for New Year's Day

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hoppin' john: a southern dish

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hoppin' john: a southern dish

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hoppin' john is also known as “happy jack

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the first appearance of the recipe

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source suggests that hoppin' john was a handicapped man who and sold the dish in charleston

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tradition has children hopping around the dinner table as the dish was brought in from the kitchen

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more dubious explanation suggests that in south carolina it was customary to invite a guest to dinner by saying

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black-eyed peas represent coins

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the custom of eating all but three of the black-eyed peas on your plate promises a trio of benefits—luck

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legend has it that sephardic jews served black-eyed peas during rosh hashanah in the hope of fertility and fortune

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by the editors

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january 1

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sam jones/quinn brein

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