For Good Luck in the New Year, Eat _______

[scotrace]

In my area, it's pork and sauerkraut that is supposed to bring luck in the coming year when eaten for New Year's. I believe in New England, it is salmon and peas.

So what about your neck of the woods?

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Bon Appetit!

Black-eyed peas.

 

[Tomasso]

Black-eyed peas.

Hoppin' John :eusa_clap

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Tomasso, I knew you were my friend.

 

[Flying Scotsman]

Black-eyed peas.

My mom, a southern girl, always said it was black-eyed peas and cabbage.

Bleah...

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

I hope it's cheeseburgers, 'cause that's what I had. lol

 

[ENfield3-8303]

Pork and saurekraut is the dish of choice here in PA.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Black-eyed peas.

Always what I've heard as well...and something that will be on the table tonight.

 

[Naama]

A little late.... But anyway.... Over here it's fish, it's hard to explain that in english, but they are rolled and come in some vinegare thing.... [huh] but I don't eat meat, so no luck for me ?

Naama

 

[spiridon]

Black eyed peas here on the Gulf Coast.....

 

[Fletch]

In greater NY: crow.

 

[Buck]

Hoppinjohn

I was born and raised in Georgia, but both my parents were from South Carolina. My mother always made black-eyed peas mixed with white rice. It's called "Hoppinjohn."

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Non-fat cottage cheese and rice cakes.*

*For dieting luck.

 

[GOK]

I'm not sure we have anything like this over here....I may need to research it. I suspect, however, it may turn out to be bourbon biscuits! lol

 

[Rosie]

In my family, Dad was directly from South Carolina, mom's parents where from S.C., it's Black Eyed Peas for health and collard greens for wealth, cornbread for a home and turkey necks for food. There's some other stuff for a new job, new baby, etc. but I'd have to ask my mom.

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

I was born and raised in Georgia, but both my parents were from South Carolina. My mother always made black-eyed peas mixed with white rice. It's called "Hoppinjohn."

fftopic: Sorry to go off topic here, but I noticed you are from Freeport. That's one of my favorite places, and I go up there for day trips often. I live in Boston, so it's quite an easy jaunt. Must be so nice to live so close to LLBean. Oh, and the Harraseeket Inn, I just love that place!
Welcome to the lounge. I hope you enjoy yourself! I will have to let you know the next time I take a trip up your way.

As for new years food. I really don't know what it is that brings luck. I know that for the Jewish New Year in the fall, we eat apples and honey for luck and prosperity. I guess I could do that today.

 

[K.D. Lightner]

In Iowa, when I was growing up, it was always cabbage. If you ate cabbage (cooked or raw) on New Year's Day, you would be prosperous.

I am having a salad for dinner tonight.

karol

 

[Nathan Flowers]

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We always have black eyed peas and fried collard greens. I missed dinner today, but I have a plate for supper in the fridge.

 

[RetroModelSari]

In Germany it´s pork with Sauerkraut I ate sausages with pasta-salad this year though...

 

[LaMedicine]

Plenty but...

There are lots of food in Japan associated with good luck, whether for New Year or for other celebrations. I could write a cook book if I started to make a list, but the New Year table is never complete without this item.

Zouni--mixed soup. The soup broth and ingredients differ with regions--clear soup as on the left, or white miso soup on the right, but the one thing in common is that mochi (rice cake) is included, though there is a difference even here, as some areas use square cut mochi, while others use round mochi. Square mochi are avoided in some areas becuase "corners are abrasive", and smooth situations are preferred.

The cut of some of the veggies are also a common factor. They are cut fan shaped--suehiro--for good luck, meaning increasing prosperity, starting small but getting bigger with time.

The carrots for red color and daikon (Japanese radish) for white, red and white being celebratory color combinations here. Green represents evergreens, which is another color associated with prosperity.

I make the clear soup on Jan 1, as this is the traditional zouni of the Kanto and Tokyo area, and the white miso soup on Jan 2 for my DH who grew up with white miso zouni.

Incidentally, the letter on the chopstick cover is "Kotobuki" meaning celebration.

The small sake goblet on the left tray is for toso (mirin--sweetened sake--spiced with toso herb) also for long and prosperous life, served throughout Japan on New Year's Day.
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