[RKDinOKC]

So...black eyed peas were first grown to feed livestock. They were used as confederate rations in the civil war because when northern troops raided Confederate food stores they left the black eyed peas untouched cause they thought they were for the livestock and slaves not people. This has somehow made black eyed peas lucky?

And you are supposed to eat one black eyed pea for each day of prosperity, ie 365 of them,

Sounds to me like someone noticed the cellar had too many jars of black eye peas that weren't getting eaten to me!

Some people even put a penny or dime in the pot of black eyed peas and whomever got it was the luckiest.

Must have been difficult to get people to eat them black eyed peas.