As long as we're talking about New Year's Eve

I'll mention that we had black-eyed peas last night. I had originally visioned them as a dip, but they didn't come out dippy at all, so I just scooped spoonfuls onto our little plates and ate them as they were. I started by cooking a couple of slices of bacon in a sauce-pan, sauteeing a chopped onion in the fat, and then adding in a (drained and rinsed) can of black-eyed peas. They had great flavor and were quite easy - everything a black-eyed pea should be, in my opinion. Yum.