While many people do special events, parties and balls, I spent the evening of January 1st at my mother's house for a [sort of] traditional ham dinner.Living alone now she enjoys it when my siblings and their families come by for a feast.This year there weren't many of us but the tradition continues anyway.And here are some photos to archive the event.Ready??? Let's GO!!!Trudging through the falling snow to mom's house next door:  Look what the cat dragged in!: Ahh, mom's warm kitchen: Ham and potatoes baking in the oven: Before the storm: Yummy: Corn with lots of butter: Ready..... GRRRRR!!!! - MUNCH!!!!! - CHOMMMMMPPPPP!!!!!! - MMMMFFFFFFFF - UUUURRRRRRRPPPP!!!! - FART!: HAPPY 2010 FOLKS!

Happy 2010! But . . . no black-eyed peas?

mmmmmmmmmmm ham!

--- > Rob: Hmm, I think black eyed peas may be a southern thing? We've never done them here...

--- > Paul: Don't tell Rabbi Lubavitch!!!!

The food look yummy and really warm family, your house is decorated so LOVELY, I like your home design.. HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THAILAND ...

happy new year

i want to eat your looking good

happy new year -- newyorkd may you live long and prosper )

That potato looks GOOD.

Happy New Year.

---> Barbie: Thank you! There's nothing like Mom's house, yes?

---> Indai: There's nothing that brings cultures together like FOOD.

---> Karma: Likewise, and I'm still working on the prosper part.

---> Pandorea: Potato - we grew up on them. My gram would slice one up, slap it in a pan with bacon grease, plop in an egg and onion and fry the crap out of it all. It was sooo good....

There's nothing that brings cultures together like FOOD. = so ture!

I love potatoes. I will try your gram's potatoes recipe very soon.