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The reason southerners eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is because during Sherman's bloody march to the sea the only thing northerners didn't loot or burn were black-eyed peas, thus making them the primary source of food.

Source: https://www.americancivilwarforum.com/history-of-the-black-eyed-pea-tradition-144096.html