<<< It's called hoppin' john Eddie! Blackeyed peas and rice. Must have for good luck. But we must have cornbread with ours! And ham! >>>> Jean, No, we never had hoppin' john. There was no rice in our NYD meals. I first heard of hoppin' john from the movie, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, w/ Eliz Taylor, Paul Newman, Berl Ives. They setting was in Delta Miss in the 50s. -eddie