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

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

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Fredric Koeppel
Jan 01, 2008
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On the Eighth Day of Christmas ... and That's New Year's Day
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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…

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