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Message: <blockquote data-quote="xseler" data-source="post: 4191451" data-attributes="member: 43753">I'd rather eat a big 'ol scoop of dirt before black eyed peas.........I believe the 'tradition' started after the Civil War in the South.  During General Sherman's march to the sea, he ordered all crops to be burned except for black eyed peas (which were used mainly for livestock feed).  It is supposedly rumoured that he didn't want to make the livestock suffer, therefore leaving food for them.  The Southeners were forced to rely on the peas to get them through until the next crop rotation.  They were 'lucky' that they still had this resource.  Hence the tradition.</blockquote>