New Years Day Recipes! Blackeye Pea Soup, Lacy Cornbread, New Wall Oven Update! 

Miss Lori, as we get older we don't bounce anymore! I am sorry that you got hurt.

Ms Lori I’m sorry to hear you fell. I understand the arthritis issues. I’m 62 yo and I was suffering miserably. But I drastically changed my eating and I’m shocked at how much a lot the inflammation has disappeared. I will be praying for you to get better soon.

So sorry about your fall but thanks to Jesus you were not injured worse. It always hurts pride and the soreness and bruising is the pits at least you can remember how you got the bruises 🤗🥰 I’m starting my new year with continued honors for Jesus’s blessings mercy healing love faithfulness no matter what I face he is with me I owe every waking day to him. ❤❤❤

Prayers for you and Mr, Brown, God is good, his will be done...

Love blackeye peas and cornbread with everything. That soup looked sooo good!!

I just love your recipes Miss Lori. I miss out on so many foods because of many allergies. But, I love watching you make everything. Thank you for all of your videos, I love them.

Miss Lori, Happy New Year 2024 to both of you. Your meals always look so delicious I can almost smell them. :) The Lacy Cornbread looks so good. :) The oven is very nice, but please be careful. (I read cypress wood is fire prone. Cornbread cooks high right? My stove always gets hot.) I’ve also heard turmeric is an excellent anti inflammatory. I’ve found Swanson Vitamins to be the best. Even though it’s natural, please check with the doctor first. Your home is lovely and just seems to reach out and give a hug. Thank you for sharing. ❤️

I'm the same way with peppers. I like them all except green ones. I am the only one in our house that likes black eye peas. So love this recipe. I like mine spicy too. Sorry to hear you fell and so glad you are ok and didn't break anything. Our old bodies are just getting more and more fragile the older we get. Happy New year 🎉 to you Ms Lori and Mr Brown.

Happy New Year to you and Mr Brown. Happy 60th Birthday also if I don’t get to tell you in a near future video. I too will be 60 on the 26th of January. When you were talking about arthritis, I looked at the curvature of my pointer fingers, a trait my grandmother and mother both had. I’m thankful that my fingers do not ache. I work in the finance department of a Christian publishing company and need my hands for data entry. I may never retire because I Love my job, but I’m so happy for Mr Brown’s retirement and yours too when that time comes. May you both have a blessed and healthy New Year!

Those turkey wings look like they came from a 200 lb turkey!!

I love your house❤️Have a blessed New year

Darn! I forgot to eat black-eyed peas! I was born and raised in Texas I should know better 😂

Happy New Year Miss Lori and Mr. Brown!!! Our family all love your show!!! Sorry about your fall though, that surely must have been a scary shock. So glad you weren't hurt and hope any bruises heal quickly. The lacy cornbread and black eyed pea soup look delicious! Congratulations on your retirement Mr. Brown, we're so happy for you!! (...and Miss Lori, you hang in there... you're next!) We wish you peace, love, joy, happiness and Blessings in 2024 and always. Thank you so much for sharing your loving home, cooking, and adventures with us!!!!! Love, Crystal

Pain wears a person out, all on its own. I hate that you're hurting so much. Whether or not you make many cooking videos for us, I'm sure we'll all be here for whatever you and Mr. Brown are doing!

When I got off ALL nightshade foods, sugar (lactose and fructose), and gluten, my pain in my body (hands, knees, back, etc.) lessened to the point where I felt like a new woman! I could move again, lift a set of heavy plates and even cut up 60 lbs of potatoes to dry can (for others to enjoy...they are a nightshade). I follow your channel religiously and know what you cook and eat. Food has to be our medicine. I will pray, pray, pray for you. The steroids will get you over this hump, then I hope you will seriously think about an anti-inflammatory menu for awhile. Steroids and pills are not a long term solution. You are such a precious woman. We want you to feel good again. PS, My husband can "get away" with a lot more nightshades and sugars than I can.

I’m going to put this in my recipe file with the intention of lasting another year. I too had a fall at Christmas just turning on the lights. Banged up my knee a bit. I’ll light a candle for you, praying for a quick recovery for both of us! 🙏🕯️🥰💕❤️👍👍

Goodness gracious, I am so happy you were able to get up off those steps! And I'll be praying about your hands. Arthritis is no joke. Your new oven sure does look fancy...after Mr. Brown gets through with it we'll barely recognize it. 😊 Black-eyed peas are one of my favorites! You've given me ideas after watching you make that beautiful pot of goodness. Looked delicious. I told you I'd been tired too...well, I found out I had Covid...that'll do it. Texas is full of stuff right now. God bless you both, I love yall!

I love black-eyed peas. I usually use ham hocks and bacon but I have used smoked turkey wings also. Very interesting how black-eyed peas became the meal for the new years. Thank you for sharing your recipes Miss Lori. Keeping you in my prayers they find whats going on with your hands. 🙂❤️

Miss Lori the Blackeye pea soup looks delicious. So sorry to hear about your fall, and arthritis in your hands. Praying for you. Congratulations to Mr. Brown on his retirement. Happy New Year and God bless you both.❤

What a beautiful video!! Your black eyed peas and cornbread looked so good!! Oh and that oven is going to be wonderful...I so love spending time with you in your beautiful cabin...it makes me feel cozy and happy! You and Mr. Brown are very special and so loved!! Hugs from Kentucky!!

When I was a cashier at Walmart a lady told me to try blueberries every day for my arthritis pain & carpal tunnel. I started about 1/4 cup blueberries every morning. Thinking it probably wouldn’t help but it sure wouldn’t hurt. After a few weeks I realized that my pain was gone. Have been doing this about 10 years now & recently noticed my big lumpy knuckles have almost gone away also. Recently discovered frankincense (topically) is good for pain & helicrysum is good to help heal bruises & varicose veins. Have used grated turmeric & ginger in unprocessed honey once a day also off & on. Wishing you & Mr Brown a Happy & Healthy New Year full of love & laughter💕❤️🙏🏻

Happy New Year to both of you. I'm from the North, but when I lived in S.C., I learned the wonderful tradition of peas and greens to usher in a new year. It's now a Northern tradition around here. Delicious! The lacy cornbread is thrillingly new to me, and I'm not waiting a whole year to enjoy that. Many thanks, Lori.

Happy Birthday. Hope you get to feeling better, arthritis can be very painful. I have RA and the pain is always there but the flare-ups are really bad. Don't let it consume you keep staying active. My rheumatologist told me in the very beginning use it or you will lose it, I took this very serious and stay busy. I will soon be 75 and just went to NYC with 2 of my daughters for my Christmas present and walked 8 to 10 miles a day. Hand crafts really help the hand pain. Love your channel.

I'm so sorry you fell, and grateful it wasn't worse. Your black-eyed pea soup stew looks fantastic! Thank you for bringing us along with you. I'd never heard of lacy cornbread ❤! Take care, and that top you're wearing is very pretty 😍. All the best with your hands. Happy New Year!

I made black eyed peas and smoked ham with onions for New Year’s also but didn’t have any greens so I used a bunch of celery leaves/tops and wow were they good - needed a little more color so sliced up some baby carrots that represented’coins’ and had some cornbread I had already made up so I had paper money,coins & gold!!!🤣😂😅. For my spices I used garlic,thyme,salt&pepper and a tad bit of smoky paprika……… wow what a meal!!! I live alone and that pot of GOODNESS went in containers and is in the freezer for that cold front that’s movin thru 😋! I live south of you guys but BRRRR it’s cold down here! Love your videos and adore your little cabin - now that’s livin ……. Out where it’s quiet and amongst nature, I was raised on a farm back in central Kansas so the simple life is for me 👍 Take care and HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MR. BROWN ABUNDANTLY!!! 🙏 Virginia in Arkansas ✝️

Thank you for taking the time to put your recipes in the description. It makes it easier to do a screen shot, but I know it's more work on your part. I appreciate it.

Oh Ms. Lori! Thank you goodness you didn’t hurt yourself worse than you did! Falling is no fun. Last Feb. I fell, tripping over my little dogs fence- I caught my shoe on it and there was nothing to break my fall on concrete. I broke my knee cap in 3 places. I am pretty sure my knee will never be the same. It’s ok. I can still walk now- I couldn’t for almost 4 months. I learned two valuable lessons: at 65 I will not be taking risks and I will s l o w down. Smh

Mrs Lori I will be praying for you and your Drs to find out all they can about your hands and find a way to treat them and give you relief.i have fibromyalgia and rehumitoed arthritis so I know a little how you feel.i can't turn a can opener so I got aama can opener they work good.i found a jar opener looks like a big rubber vice grip with different sizes on it works great,now if they would come out with something to tear the plastic seals off stuff maybe Mr Brown could invent something 😂😂.I do love you and Mr Brown y'all have helped me get through so much just by having these videos and praying for me and my children just a relief knowing someone is out there listening.God Bless you both and thank you again.❤🙏

Love cornbread and black eyed peas I grew up on them

I'm so sorry to hear about your fall Hopefully, you mend quickly . The older we get its harder to mend. Thank God you didn't break anything. Love watching you cook and the recipes always look amazing. Thank you for sharing. God bless you and Mr. Brown and happy new year

May God bless your hands Ms Lori, and you and Mr Brown with your health. We love you guys and I'll be praying for you both.

I am making me something for supper that I haven't had in 30 years, and that is Fried Rabbit, fried taters with onions, and gravy, with hot biscuits. It's the Rabbit I haven't had in all these years. I am so excited.

I'm so sorry you fell! I hope you heal fast,

Gosh, I hope you will not be too sore tomorrow. Falling that hard can be awful. Wishing you and your dear husband a blessed and Happy New Year!!! I have never eaten black eyed peas. (I am from Switzerland) we have different traditions of course, but I LOVE watching your channel. Especially LOVE your decor and fantastic kitchen!

Sorry to hear you fell Lori , hope you heal quick . I’m 66 yrs old and I fell on Memorial Day and tore my rotator cuff am going to have surgery. I’ll be praying for you .

Miss Lori, you have out done yourself with that wonderful meal. Blessings to you guys, love you both. So sorry you took a spill like you did. Get a warm bath with some Epsom salts and soak yourself. ♡♡♡

Praying for your hand strength and the pain. I am so sorry for the troubles! Get some rest and take care of yourselves! Much love to you both!

Sorry that you fell. I cooked blackeyed peas, Polk salad with scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes and cornbread. Get better soon. God Bless

Praise God that you were able to get up and walk away from your fall 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️

I have never seen such a delicious bean soup concoction, thank you Miss Lori! So sorry you had a fall and burned hand on New Year's Day! Hope you are feeling better about that and, goodness, the worst is behind you now. Wishing you happy healthy propersous 2024

Blackeye peas was my husband's favorite bean. He has passed away now and everytime blackeyes are mentioned, it reminds me of him. I guess each to their own. God Bless y'all.

I sure hope you are feeling better Mrs. Lori. I took a fall this past year and boy did it hurt in the days after so I can totally relate. Your recipe looked very comforting and that corn bread delicious. The oven is Looking real nice so far. Great job Mr. Brown. I wish you both good health. 🤗🥰

I’m looking forward to more Mr. Brown’s sermons. You’re both lights in this dark world. May God bless you as you bless others.

Ms. Lori, Happy New Year to you and your family...that sure looks 😋...And, I am glad that you didn't seriously hurt yourself.....😅Love your videos ❤

Miss Lori hope you are ok from your fall. Please be so careful! ❤️

Happy New Year Miss Lori and Mr Brown. That looks like a scrumptious meal. Can't wait to make both. I'm sorry you fell, as we get older, things break, speaking from experience. Have a blessed day ❤

As a Yankee who lived in the South for over 20 years, my mouth watered looking at those black eyed peas. I miss that food!

Is always a treat to find another video from you, May 2024 be the best year ever for all of us

Happy New Year Ms Lori and Mr Brown! That meal looked fit for a king! Ms Lori, I already pray for you and Mr Brown, but I will start praying, specifically for the Lord to heal your hands and guide your specialists to know how best to help you. You're going to love your new oven! I believe all of us might benefit by having a wall oven as we retire and attempt to age in our homes. They're very user friendly and save a person's back. Ms. Lori, make sure to rest. You've had a busy holiday season and you're soon going back to work. May God bless you both and your family!

I thought i was the only southerner the wasn't crazy about black eyed peas 😂 I'm a purple hull pea lover. I uploaded our New year dinner video last night, if you see it you'll see I also added lots of flavors too. We did cabbage this year instead of collards because it was cheaper. Added cajun sausage in both the cabbage and peas. Made a big ole pan of homemade cornbread of course. I'm going to have to try this cornbread you've shown, looks like a good snack. I love trying new recipes. Happy New Year sister. We love yall! ❤

God bless you too Ms Lori & Mr Brown. Thank you both for sharing your home & adventures with us. My hands are tired, I'm almost 73, in Feb. Rest & be happy in the Lord.❤✝️

That certainly looks like a big pot of goodness. That new oven is going to be a big help in the kitchen. I really regret not putting a double oven in our house when we built it. That cypress fit like a glove! When Mr. Brown gets it finished I know it will be perfect! Miss Lori, I’m so thankful you didn’t break any bones when you fell down the steps. I’m definitely keeping you in my prayers about your arthritis. God bless you both and Happy New Year. 🙏🏻 ❤

So glad you are ok!!! We did Black Eyed Peas and Hog Jowl, Collards, corn bread and Brooks smoked a pork loin.

I truly hope you are okay, it saddened me to hear you fell 😭 it all sounds and looks delicious! Happy new year to you and Mr. Brown ❤

That stove will be wonderful great job Mr. Brown Ms Lori you did good!

This all looks so good. I got myself some can black eyed peas, and can collard green’s, with my feet and legs swollen and having so much pain with them I was just sure I would be able to make myself a good New year’s dinner, but I was wrong, I couldn’t stand on my feet to do what I had hoped I could do. So I had to settle for a good ole bologna sandwich. lol , I am thankful that I was able to make what I did. I praise the Lord for everything I have and every step I am able to take. I saw on the weather channel that you are suppose to get cold weather , God bless ,Happy New year , stay healthy, I send my love.

Such a pretty Summerset pot. Everything looks so good. I cooked my black-eyed peas in the instant pot with smoked sausage served over rice. It was so good.

In Ohio we eat pork roast & sauerkraut for luck on New Years. I want to try your lacy cornbread. It looks delish!

Sorry about your fall, take each step with care. Prayers for improvement of your hands and joints also. I know that pea soup was delicious. I could almost smell it. Enjoy this winter season. I hope we have several snowfalls this year here in southern Maryland. God bless. ❤🙏❄️

❤ Ms. Lori love your recipes! Mr. Brown they don’t make them like you anymore

Miss Lori, I am so sorry that you took a fall to start the new year. The same thing happened to me last year except I landed on my face and broke my cheekbone under my eye. So glad that you are okay!

Wow!!! That looks Absolutely Delicious!!! That lacey cornbread looks good too!!! Happy New Year!!! God Bless Us All!!!

Mrs Lori. You are in my prayers for your hands. I Know what pain can do to you. You and Mr Brown are so important to us; you are family to us. I pray the Lord protects your hands and body from pain and any illnesses. Same for Mr Brown. God bless. Patty

What a delicious meal. I can't wait to try this. Thank you for sharing. Rest easy, so sorry for your fall. Glad your ok. Sending healing prayers to you. I'm excited to try Lacy cornbread. Hearty warm yummy meal. Warms our bellies for cold Michigan winters.

I hope and pray you didn't get hurt any worse than you said. It seems we get in a hurry without realizing it and that's when we end up falling and getting hurt. I'm praying for you and your husband, and I wish you a happy birthday Miss Lori! God bless you and your family always! That pot of black eye peas and greens looks delicious! Happy new year! ❤️🙏

I'm sure glad Mr. Brown showed us what he's doing in the kitchen. I've been wondering ever since You said you were doing something, it's gonna like good. Happy New Year.

Happy New Year Mrs. Lori and Mr Brown! I'm so sorry you took a fall Mrs. Lori! Hope you heal quickly. I just turned 70 in December. I too have arthritis and I have had a hip replacement. I have fallen a couple of times since my surgery. 😢 It's a real jolt to the body. I've noticed since I've gotten older that I really need to be aware of every step I take. I think maybe as we age we get just alittle off balance as time goes on. I seem to have just a tiny bit of vertigo.Your dinner looked really good and healthy!! May God grant you and Mr. Brown a happy healthy and prosperous 2024! God bless! Much love!

Happy New Year Miss Lori and Mr Brown Hope you have a great year. Love watching your videos. Made several of your recipes. Love the vegetable casserole.

So sorry you fell Ms. Lori but glad you didn’t break anything. Happy New Year to you both. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻♥️♥️♥️

Happy New Year, Miss Lori and Mr. Brown! I hope your hands feel better real soon. Thank you for the really delicious looking black-eyed pea recipe. I'm going to give it a go real soon. Be blessed.

Girl. You gonna have to learn to go down those steps sideways. As we age we don’t pick up our feet like we use to. Sorry about the fall. ❤

Your soup looks so delicious ! I love bean and pea soups. I'm with you on the hand pain I have arthritis in my hands and wrists, makes it hard to open things and cook. wish you well miss Lori Love your channel🙏💕

Happy New Year Mr Brown & Ms Lori🎊 Wishing you many wonderful blessings for 2024🎉🎊💕 Your soup looks yummy 😋

So sorry to hear you had a fall Miss Lori 🙏😔, praying you feel better soon. I pray the rest of your New Year is a whole lot better 😘🤗 ~ Linda

I never thought of using black-eyed peas in soup. Thank you for the recipe! I hope they figure out which arthritis you are dealing with so that you can start treatment. You and Mr. Brown are special Thank you for sharing some of your life with us.

Happy New Year! blackeyed peas, a must staple all year long, besides opening the door at midnight to let the old year out and the New Year in! The peas are eaten on NY day.

Bless you Lori I'm glad you weren't hurt badly, and yes the older we are we just don't bounce anymore. Happy New Year to you both 🎉❤❤

This looks delicious. Thanks for a great video. Hope you recover well from your fall too. Happy New Year to you and Mr. Brown.

And I’d love to eat some of your cooking. Your bread, biscuits, cornbread yummmmmmy! Oh my goodness..I hope you’re not bruised too bad. Falling down at (67) is easy, getting up ain’t purdy 😂😂😂. We are blessed Miss Lori. I love black eyed pea soup… I like them as well as pinto beans. This is going to be a feast. Thank you & Mr Brown for including us in your daily life. You are both loved.. ❤

Like you, I am not a black-eyed fan. I went with purple hull peas, garden-fresh mustard, cornbread, & chow-chow. May try the soup if I ever find I need to cook black-eyed.

I don't know if it's a Pennsylvania Dutch thing but our new year dinner is always pork roast and sourkraut (sp?). Always has been😊

Praying for you Ms Lori that your not sore, & stiff the next couple days. Maybe an Epsom salt bath tonight before bed. God Bless you & Mr. Brown Happy New Year

A mighty tasty looking meal. I hope you find some relief from the arthritis pain soon. I love to do needle work. Always feared losing my eyesight and not be able to sew, but at age 73 it seems my fingers may be getting arthritic so guess if it ain’t one thing it’s another. You take care on those steps!!

Amen the Lord Jesus takes care of us even when we don't realize it.🙏🙏

It’s nice the way Mr Brown made the cypress piece to make the cabinet work for your new oven. I think you could paint the cabinet to help it fit in to your kitchen decor better. Thanks for showing how to make lacy cornbread, I had never heard of it. That soup you made looked so healthy, you are a fabulous cook!

Happy New Year Mr. Brown & Miss Lori. Your black eyed peas look delicious. I'm happy you didn't hurt yourself to bad after your fall, falling at our age does take a few minutes to pick ourselves back up. Looking forward to your next video!!!

Miss Lori love all ur cooking and they come out Delicious 😊

Awesome job Miss Lory and Mr Brown can’t wait to see the finished cabinet sorry to hear you got hurt Miss Lory.. Duck hunting up north here wasn’t too good this year. I don’t hunt but my brother in law hunts geese and ducks and between the two he only got 6 usually he gets way more than that..I never heard the stories of the black eyed peas before

My mom made us Fried Cornbread Patties like pancakes but I had never heard of lacy cornbread will have to try it!! Reminds me of Fry Bread yum 😋

Hope your not to hurt from falling, I believe I'm older than you and Mr Brown, but he reminds me so so much of my daddy, they have the same hard working hands. God bless you and your family. Happy New Year

Well Miss Lori I believe you outdid yourself on this meal. It looks delicious, hearty & warming for a cold day. The lacey cornbread was interesting & sounded good. You look very pretty today. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis myself. I do nap most days as I find I get tired much easier than before. Yes the steroids help w/inflammation but do be careful taking them longterm. Blessings to you and Mr Brown & Happy New Year.

That soup looks amazing! I bet it tastes so good ❤

Great addition to your kitchen!

Wild duck, my favorite. Haven't had any for 45 years. 😥

Blessings to yas for the New Year..🎉 Hopefully, your hands get the help ya need as I hear my sister's pain as she cooks like you absolutely wonderful meals . This falling down business is so scary at our age groups that it makes me want an old fashioned baby walker😅😂 So glad your ok. Oven looks great and Mr. Brown's handy skills will perfect it as he sure is the handyman 🛠 Now to get that recipe you just did on the go .. Thanks again and prepare for that weather coming from over here in the north of Canada 🌬❄️☃️

Sorry about your fall, hope you are ok. Love all tje beautiful recipes!! You an Mr. Brown have prosperous New Year!!

Miss Lori Mr. Brown did a great job on the new oven you two are the sweetest I've eat a lot of those lacy cornbread cakes is so as black eyed peas God Bless you both

Had black eyed peas yesterday with ham and brown rice. Had leftover ham from Christmas. Yummy 🎉😊

Ms Lori, I am so sorry you are having such trouble with your hands. I know exactly what you are going through. I have osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. I went to bed one night and I was fine, the next morning I woke up and I had pain like I had never had before. I pray the doctor can determine which arthritis you have and can give you a medication that will help you. You and Mr Brown are so special and loved by so many. God bless you in the coming year with good health and happiness. ❤

Happy New Year!! OMG, I am so glad you did not break anything. The Peas and cornbread look great! Many blessings for 2024 with Paul and his retirement and then yours coming soon! Prayers for bruises healing! So sorry about your hands. I hope the meds work some.