Cooking Demonstration

L.W. Paul Living History Farm 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway

Experience life on the family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on January 2nd from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM to learn about the New Year’s Day meal of collard greens and hoppin’ johns, also known as ‘Dollars and Pennies’. A traditional New Year’s meal on many farms would have been collard greens, dried peas, hog jowls, and peas cooked in rice. Many people still carry on this tradition to represent green (paper) money and brown money (pennies) that they hope to have more of during the upcoming year. Join us to see how this meal would have been prepared on the wood burning stove.