New Year's Day, 2007....Our friends, Dan and Carole, invited us for a special New Year's dinner. It is a traditional Southern US dish of ham hocks, collard greens, black-eyed peas, rice and corn bread. The greens are for wealth, the peas for good health, and the rice is for abundance (or fertility). Carole loves to cook and enjoys experimenting with new receipes. It was worth our visit. Good friends and good food....the perfect way to start a new year!