Covering two cultures today.
On my stove, all day long, are two stockpots simmering. One has posole (that's hominy stew seasoned with red chile, for those of you not in the know), the other has black-eyed-peas.
Posole is a traditional New Year's Day dish in northern New Mexico, eat it for good luck. Same for black-eyed-peas in the South. Since both sides of my family hail from Texas I was raised with the belief that one eats black-eyed-peas for good fortune in the new year.
Yes, I'm hedging my bets.
And they both taste good on this cool January day. It snowed again yesterday and dumped a couple of inches, enough to make things look pristine once again. These dishes cooking simultaneously also make for a rather pleasant smelling domicile on this first day of 2013.
Just for good measure I also roasted up some green chiles I bought a few days ago. Now this place really smells like a restaurant in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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