We have all sorts of traditions in my family, but my grandmother definitely outdid herself yesterday! I've decided that I like our New Year's feast better than Christmas or Thanksgiving. We had fried chicken, boston butt, meatloaf (the best recipe in the world...I used to hate meatloaf until we perfected this!), black-eyed peas, homemade macaroni & cheese, candied sweet potatoes, collard greens, turnip greens, steamed cabbage, white lima beans, fresh green beans, rutabegas, corn salad, biscuits, fried cornbread, western cole slaw, and a relish tray with fesh pepper sauce, onions, pickles, etc. For dessert we had my granddad's famous banana pudding & a great new chocolate devils food cake.

It's taken me until today to recover!