Hopping John soup for luck in the new year, from Kalyn's Kitchen

Buy my new book

Recent Posts

I'm Lydia Walshin, a longtime food writer who lives and cooks in a real log house. If I could, I'd eat Chinese noodles, grapes, ice cream and soup every day.

All text and images © 2010-2013 by Lydia Walshin, except as indicated. All photos from other blogs and sites are used with permission from the owner. Photos only, without recipes or headnotes, may be shared on Pinterest and Facebook. Contact me for permission to reproduce photos for commercial uses; bloggers may use my photos with credit to Soup Chick and links to my original posts. Please do not steal.

Blog powered by TypePad
Member since 01/2006

« Ghalieh mahi (southern Iranian spicy fish and herb stew), from Turmeric and Saffron | Main | Vegan mulligatawny detox soup, from Gluten-free Goddess »

December 30, 2012

Hopping John soup for luck in the new year, from Kalyn's Kitchen

Pin It

It can't hurt to start the new year with some good luck. In the southern United States, folks eat Hopping John -- a Creole stew of black-eyed peas, ham and collard greens -- on January 1. According to tradition, the peas represent coins and the collard greens represent dollar bills. Kalyn of Kalyn's Kitchen created this Hopping John soup for a soup party (what a fun way to begin the new year!). It might bring you wealth, and it definitely will bring you good health. Happy New Year!

Get the recipe for Hopping John soup from Kalyn's Kitchen.

More on Soup Chick:
Pepere's pea soup
Slow-cooker yellow split pea soup with sausage

Posted by Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) at 12:40:00 AM in Hot soups and chowders, Make ahead and freeze, Soup with poultry, meat or fish

Comments

Posted by: Christine Wendel Farrugia | December 31, 2012 at 06:04 AM

Sounds absolutely heart-warming. Lining up a number of soups for a winter soup-making fest and this will be one of them.

Posted by: Lydia | December 31, 2012 at 08:20 AM

Chris, this will be on my winter soup-making list, too. Happy new year!

Verify your Comment

Previewing your Comment

Posted by: |

This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.

Your comment could not be posted. Error type:

Your comment has been saved. Comments are moderated and will not appear until approved by the author. Post another comment

The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again.

As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.