Article: Giving peas a chance: Black-eyed peas sell out as some pin hopes for good luck on New Year's tradition.

Byline: Darcy Gray

Jan. 1--Black-eyed peas, the top priority on many grocery-store lists this week, are more difficult to find this time of year. When eaten on New Year's Day, the coveted peas are believed by many to bring good luck for the rest of the year. It's a long-standing tradition -- or superstition -- in many families to eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. But if today is anything like last year, finding black-eyed peas in Hutchinson could become a scavenger hunt. Most local grocery stores, both Dillons stores and the local Wal-Mart were sold out of the peas on New Year's Day last year. The Hutchinson Wal-Mart had already sold out of its ...

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