Black-eyed Peas New Year's Tradition
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Why do we eat black-eyed peas on New Year's? Here's how the tradition is said to bring good luck.
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Americans eat black-eyed peas for New Year's to bring about good fortune in the coming year .
The legume's prosperous legacy in Africa and the Americas is a shared family tradition.
Some argue the tradition is more about honoring the past than invoking future wealth.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture: Watch Night, or " Freedom's Eve ," celebrated December 31, 1862 .
Afro-Brazilian women prepared Acarajé , a fritter made of black-eyed peas with Yoruba origins linked to Nigeria , to sell in Salvador , Bahia 's capital.
Research shows street vendors would contribute profits to their masters, but retained some for social mobility.
"Acarajé" was a food that enslaved women in Brazil used to sell on the streets to buy their freedom.
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