I grew up in Texas, raised by Ohioans and surrounded by southerns. I did not learn about the lucky black-eyed pea until my 30’s. Whaaa? It appears that I grew up sheltered, although surrounded by all Texans. One would think I’d have joined into the traditions of eating black-eyed peas on January 1st, however, I did not. In fact, it was only after we stayed with friends on NYE, that I even heard about such a thing. She had made her traditional dish, which was mostly black-eyed peas. Truthfully, I had never even had one of those funny looking peas until then, and the only reason I had the dish…