But Did it Taste Good?
There is a Southern tradition that is pervasive in my
family: black eyed peas on New Years. Is this a thing in anybody else’s family
or am I the only weird one here? It’s weird because I live in Washington and
most people have never heard of this. To my mother’s bewilderment, we had soup,
and it was delicious.
“No black eyed peas?”
“Nope. Soup”
“Huh. Weird”
I could sense the shame I had brought upon my ancestors in
my mother’s text. Multiple bean eating, superstitious ancestors surely rolled
over in their graves yesterday.
It’s all good though.
What she doesn’t know, is that I sang a Black Eyed Peas song
in my head and I’m pretty sure that counts for something.
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