"A tradition in my family is to eat black eyed peas on Jan 1st for good luck!" Dean S.

"I love watching the bowl games with a big bowl of black eyed peas." Todd B.

"My grandma always makes her amazing black eyed peas dish…so good! Also we pray together as a family during the countdown." Jana G.

"Black eyed peas and stewed tomatoes. Yuck!! My grandmother knew I hated the dish, but made me eat at least one bean. She said not eating at least one bean meant the year would be full of bad luck." Sharon K.