What food is a must serve for New Years because of good luck

[n2mark]

[bleedingheart]

1. pork

of course with sauerkraut...

[DU9598]

3. Sesame chicken and fortune cookies

It's our yearly tradition.

[Left Is Write]

19. Now that's a tradition I can get behind.

[arwalden]

2. Black Eyed Peas

[tyedyeto]

6. My ex-neighbor believed in that..................

she always served black-eyed peas on New Years.

[arwalden]

9. My Dad Drops A Silver Dollar In The Pot Of Black Eyed Peas Too...

... while they are cooking. It's washed and clean... and it's a genuine solid silver dollar (not one of those silver-plated copper-sandwich ones).

Surely he just does it out of tradition... I can't believe that he ACTUALLY believes that it brings luck and fortune. I'll have to ask him.

-- Allen

[tyedyeto]

13. hadn't heard of that............

send me the silve dollar and we'll see how can be spent ................. LOLOL

[mike_c]

26. yep-- it's black eyed peas or 365 days of bad luck....

Don't get me wrong-- I'm not superstitious. This is a plain fact.

[babylonsister]

4. Creamed herring. nt

[n2mark]

21. Love cream or pickled herring

My mom would make this when we were younger. She will let it sit in a keg, don't know how long though. I just remember the keg in our basement.

[Red State Rebel]

25. Pickled herring is wonderful stuff! n/t

[DemGa]

5. Black-eyed peas with collard greens

[PinkTiger]

7. Blackeyed peas and ham

and of course, corn bread, southern style.

Here's the deal:

You have to eat like poor folks on New Years Day. If you eat too high-falutin', the fates will take notice and pass you over for favors in the new year.
If you eat like poor folks, you will get a measure of good luck and fortune.

This is the old wives' tale.

We do it because we like to eat this way. New Year's Eve, now that is a different matter altogether. We eat like Kings!!! This year it is steak and broiled stuffed mushrooms, a special salad and twice-baked potatoes. And of course, wine!


Happy New Year Everyone!!!!
:party::party::party::party:

[Ilsa]

12. I'm glad you mentioned cornbread.

I don't care much for Emeril, but I like his cornbread recipe that uses a lot of salt and no sugar. It goes over really well at my house.

[PinkTiger]

18. NO Sugar?????

My recipe is a sweet cornbread that has about a 1/4 cup of sugar in it. But cornbread is something that different people cook differently. Some like white, we like yellow.

[Ilsa]

23. He used a cast iron skillet, lots of oil to coat it plus more

so that when you pour in the batter, the oil makes the edges fried and crisp. About three times more salt, but not even a pinch of sugar.

[Phentex]

29. same here!

add the collard greens and we're all set!

[n2mark]

8. I'm preparing black eyed peas

with jalepenos. Cabbage is another good luck food too in my culture.

[Ilsa]

10. Hoppin John!

I made a delicious blend of black eyed peas and ham hocks and some other vegetables and cajun spices one year. Hoppin John I believe it was called.

Or this: Black eyed peas with jalapenos or ketchup, but not both.

[Mist]

27. Hoppin' john, with greens on the side.

Greens = money in the new year.

[bobbieinok]

11. 12 black-eyed peas=good luck for each month.......Ozark folk lore

heard this growing up in OK

[EstimatedProphet]

14. Scotch

Scotch brought to you as a present by a dark-haired person is traditionally supposed to bring good luck-old Scottish belief.

[vpigrad]

15. You sound like..

one of those supersitious freepers. Do you really think what you eat on Jan 1 has anything to do with what happens in the world? WTF!

[PinkTiger]

20. With an attitude like that,

You'd better knock on wood!

[mykpart]

16. I always thought it was black-eyed peas, but a friend

from Connecticut said to put red cabbage in your wallet to insure prosperity.

[Lugnut]

17. Pork

But I hate sauerkraut.

[Acryliccalico]

22. We

have always had oyster stew for good luck on new years. Really don't know why but think it came from when my family migrated from the east coast. Pennsylvania Dutch I believe.

[EC]

24. For Luck - Lentils

For a good meal Lobster!!!!

[dry99]

28. It has to be corned beef and cabbage.

Put a dime in the cabbage while cooking. We never had a silver dollar.

[Allenberg]

30. Gin. eom

[blindpig]

31. pickled herring & lentil soup

pickled herring = good luck
lentil soup = money year round
or so my German grandmother said.......................
Can't stand the pickled herring though... so I substitute a nice cerviche, hope Wotan doesn't mind.