[Tobra]

New Years Eve-Eat a dozen grapes and throw a glass of water out the front door.

New Years Day-Eat cabbage and black eyed peas. Usually the cabbage is cooked with hamburger, pepper and not much else. Let meat cool overnight in fridge, roll bread dough thin, make a little meat dumpling and bake until dough is cooked. Delicious with mustard. I need to pick up a pot full of ground beef, next week.

The idea with the grapes is one for each month, grapes representing life, or some such thing, I have been fairly drunk every time it has been explained to me. You throw out your bad luck with the water. I believe that is some Italian thing, either that or something that my buddies dad told him to snow him into doing something whack when he is out partying.

The cabbage and blackeyed peas is for money and luck in the coming year. Southern thing, sorry, Southern thang