New Years - Traditional Good Luck Foods

[chachi]

We have corned beef, fried cabbage, steamed cabbage cooked with a dime for good luck, roasted potatoes, black eye peas and corn bread. This was my Husbands dads traditional meal for new years

[celstu1]

we have......

.... chinese food!


ggeezzz... I am beginning to hate that stuff. You can't eat stuff you hate on New Years Day can you? I think I might need to find a good recipe for a good luck meal tomorrow!

[gemy]

I was going to ask what is cooking for NY day? Okay, traditionally we have a midnight supper of Tortiere (meat pie), salads, cabbage, and bread; with at least three different sweet desserts.

Mom on NY day would always cook Pigs feet (yuck) that only she would eat, plus a crackling roast of pork, with veges, potatoes, and yup more sweet desserts.

I on the other hand will serve seafood at midnight - a light repast.

New Years day this year (by request) will be Rock cornish Hens done in a slow cooker, and Mandarin Orange Almond Salad, with fresh home baked French stick. I have a mixed berry pie to serve as dessert. We shall have a full breakfast, with Champagne, a breakfast casserole and lots of fresh fruit.

The day starts early for me, and yes we too have a tradition of a clean home, no laundry, and all bills are paid before NY eve end.

We also tried to follow a Dark haired man entering the home with a piece of coal. The best I can do now is have my boy Magic enter home first after midnight. Hey he is black and a male........DOG. LOL

[celstu1]

We made a dish called Hoppin John, it had bits of ham and black eyed peas, celery, rice and red pepper. It was really really good! This might need to be a new tradition for us!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by gemy

I was going to ask what is cooking for NY day? Okay, traditionally we have a midnight supper of Tortiere (meat pie), salads, cabbage, and bread; with at least three different sweet desserts.

Mom on NY day would always cook Pigs feet (yuck) that only she would eat, plus a crackling roast of pork, with veges, potatoes, and yup more sweet desserts.

I on the other hand will serve seafood at midnight - a light repast.

New Years day this year (by request) will be Rock cornish Hens done in a slow cooker, and Mandarin Orange Almond Salad, with fresh home baked French stick. I have a mixed berry pie to serve as dessert. We shall have a full breakfast, with Champagne, a breakfast casserole and lots of fresh fruit.

The day starts early for me, and yes we too have a tradition of a clean home, no laundry, and all bills are paid before NY eve end.

We also tried to follow a Dark haired man entering the home with a piece of coal. The best I can do now is have my boy Magic enter home first after midnight. Hey he is black and a male........DOG. LOL

My mother would not cook pigs feet but my father would buy something he called "pickled pigs feet" that would scare me to death as the jar sat in the refrigerator. I wouldn't go near the fridge while that jar was there. The pigs feet were so pale and - fleshy - looking! My mother would usually keep it covered with a cloth but I still knew what was in it and was mortified by having an animal's dismembered feet in our house even as a young kid! And that my dad would actually eat them!!! I loved him so much but that just about did me in! I think once when I was older my dad dared me to eat one and I think I tasted it and was so grossed out I spit it out and I washed my own mouth out myself with actual soap. Never again.

[chattiesmom]

Originally Posted by celstu1

We made a dish called Hoppin John, it had bits of ham and black eyed peas, celery, rice and red pepper. It was really really good! This might need to be a new tradition for us!

I absolutely LOVE Hoppin John!

[celstu1]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

I absolutely LOVE Hoppin John!

Never had it and never even heard of it.... but it's been a bit of a rough year for my family so I looked up a bunch of good luck traditions/foods, and settled on making Hoppin John. We were all loving it! YUM! IM going to make this more often!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Forgot to eat my Black-Eyed Peas so going to have them this weekend, probably.