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bijouxbroussard · F
When I was really young we lived in an enclave in SF of a few families, who, like my parents, were originally from Louisiana. So they watched each others’ children, and on New Year’s Day (also my birthday), Mom would prepare Hoppin’ John (rice & black eyed peas) as the morning meal.
It was also the superstition that for good luck throughout the year, one’s first visitor had to be male. So the men in our neighborhood would knock on everyone’s doors.
Mom once told me that during her childhood, her father and 8 brothers would knock on the doors especially of the senior widows in their ward wishing them a Happy New Years Day. Pop told me his father took him and his brothers to do the same.
It was also the superstition that for good luck throughout the year, one’s first visitor had to be male. So the men in our neighborhood would knock on everyone’s doors.
Mom once told me that during her childhood, her father and 8 brothers would knock on the doors especially of the senior widows in their ward wishing them a Happy New Years Day. Pop told me his father took him and his brothers to do the same.
originnone · 61-69, M
@bijouxbroussard I wondered why you knew N.O. food so well. BTW...one of my favorite books was written based in N.O.....Confederacy of Dunces....