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Encyclopedia Texanica: Anne Dingus solves the state's greatest mysteries.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-JAN-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Encyclopedia Texanica: Anne Dingus solves the state's greatest mysteries.(Reporter)

Article Excerpt
Q: Why do Texans eat hoppin' John on New Year's Day? Where did it get the name?

A: Well, my little collard green, we eat it because we are as much Southern as Western, at least on January 1, when consuming a bowl of hoppin' John--blackeyed peas cooked with ham or bacon and served with rice--is said to bring good luck for the coming year. Supposedly, rice represents bounty, because of all...

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