[Mccoypottery-talk] NYr food and USA stamp

[ACP]

ACP wrote:

> 
> Karen.Phillips@trimmasters.com wrote:
>  > Oh my.  I guess I ate the wrong thing....around here it is what they 
> call
>  > "Hoppin' John".  A soup make with black-eyed peas, rice and pork. But we
>  > have greens and more rice with ours.  First the rice, then greens and
> then
>  > the "hoppin' john"on top.  I guess KY uses greens instead of cabbage. 
> : )
>  > I for one, love this site although I don't contribute alot, I do get 
> much
>  > from it and enjoy the conversations.  Happy New Year to all!!!  Happy
>  > McHunting, too.
>  >
>  > Karen in KY
> 
> 
> I used to have a friend, Atlanta native, who mentioned
> eating Hoppin John.  He said it was made w/ BE Peas &
> Rice and I never pursued the recipe past those 2 items
> (don't like either).  ;-)
> 
> Growing up in OK, I don't remember hearing of any "traditional"
> New Year's foods, other than black-eyed Peas (yuk).   I never
> eat them, so I hope that hasn't "damaged" my "luck".  ;-)
> 
> BTW -- I have a McCoy question.  Some of the McCoy pieces
> seem to just be marked USA on the bottom (no McCoy).
> Was that done during a certain period of time or was it
> done always for only certain items or what??
> acp



I wonder why it took so long for this to get to the list???

Soooooo strange.  

acp