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Originally Posted by Gemme
Like Orema, I have to have the greens and black eyed peas but in the South we eat ham with it too. I was always told the greens represented dollars and the peas coins. If I had cornbread, that would represent gold, but it's hard to find good cornbread up here and I'm not really into making it so no gold for me this year. Not sure what the ham represents but it just goes so well with the others, it doesn't matter to me.
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The way I heard it was, greens represent your money, peas represent your luck, and ham represents your health. I never heard a meaning for cornbread, but like your love for ham, it goes well with the others. Plus, I love it.