Looks good! Been a while since we've done that.

… I’m up against the Louisiana border for the most part here … but momma was originally from central Texas and they did it .. not sure if it’s a thing further West

Pork country style ribs
Smoked pork jowl bacon in the peas
Smoked pork neckbones in the greens
Bacon grease and pork cracklings in the cornbread
Only thing missing is the baked sweet potatoes but lard could just as easily be swapped in for greasing them up.

Savell looks good

Looks GOOD Savell...butter and black pepper in there too?

Thanks partner … Cajun seasoning and chicken broth

… put a little black pepper when served

Inspired me to make something with some kraut. Venison polish's and homemade sour kraut just getting started.

Pork and sauerkraut is the tradition here.

“Pork signifies moving forward (like a pig rooting ahead), while sauerkraut's leafy green cabbage represents money and long life, ensuring a prosperous and healthy year ahead, a tradition passed down through generations.”

We are just sitting down!! Same every year!!

Sauerkraut and pork with egg dumplings. Been doing this for years. That plus the wife puts another coil on the window sill. No idea what that's about.

Black eyed peas and hog jowl brings good luck is what I learned.

Cooked a big cast iron pot of Kraut, home grown taters, onions, cubed up pork loin with some brown sugar for flavoring and to tamp down the tart kraut a bit. Eating it again today.

… …. Yall have a good one

… got a belly full … we out ridin now

… even got the wife in the backseat nursin a tall boy lol

Thanks for the heads up Savell. I forgot all about it. My wife whose job it is to tale care of that flew back to Southern Illinois yesterday to take care of her mom and dad/so I am going to have to get creative.
There is a stale half of cabbage in the fridge and I have some Vienna sausage which likely has some pork in it, probably gonads.
There should be some dried beans in the pantry that I can pick through for some back-eyed peas.
If I don't get food poisoning from this adventure, that would be my Good Luck for 2026.
No luck with the dried beans in the pantry, but I did find a can of re-fried beans. Score!

I am not having FOMO right now....(Fear Of Missing Out)....

But I'd eat it...

… could you spare a cigarette… I hate to be a bum

… here’s to hoping she’ll still come

… I’m too old to be this dumb

Savell you seem to hit every song on my playlist

Glad to hear it partner … I’m sitting here on the couch nursing a cool one … phone about dead … tucked the kids in with words of wisdom that would be considered hate speech … the wife calling at me to shut it down and get in bed..

… but I got a couple songs left to go lol

Bobcat was the main course.





Everybody who tried the bobcat liked it. It was almost totally consumed. There was 23 of us this year, which is about average. To name some meats, so far on New Year's Day we have eaten beaver, muskrat, iguana, python, rattlesnake, alligator, bison, venison, goat, camel, alpaca, kangaroo, cuttlefish ink, all sorts of fish, abalone, partridge, guinea, quail, pheasant, goose and more. We have been doing this for over 30 years. The rule is the main course has to be some meat most of us haven't eaten before. It's getting hard to find new meats. I would like to get some mountain lion and bear sometime.

Keith