The only traditions from my childhood I carry on today are the ones that either involve a cast iron skillet or an open flame. For New Year’s Day, my mother would cook black-eyed peas for good luck and boiled cabbage for monetary gain throughout the upcoming year, as countless other Southerns did and still do….
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Fried Catfish with Braised Mustard Greens
Fishing was a major part of my childhood. We’d spend the morning out on a pier overlooking a pond, on the shores of a lake, or the banks of a river lazily fishing the day away. After we’d caught our limits of catfish or bass or perch, the fished would be cleaned and then fried…
