On the Eighth Day of Christmas ... and That's New Year's Day

A restful day, yet festive in its own right. For 20 years or so, I have prepared on this day, in keeping with Southern tradition, a pot of blackeyed peas with hog jowl and turnip greens. I used to serve this to a large New Year's Day party but curtailed that strenuous activity a few years ago. Wanting to do something different this year, I made blackeye…