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Related: About this forumDoes every one eat pork and cabbage on New Years day?
I've done it my whole life for good luck.
Story I was told was the pork symbolizes always having enough food and the cabbage means always having enough cash
It was pretty universal where I grew up - not just with the Polacks and Irish folks either.
I had protestant friends in the neighborhood who always ate pork and cabbage of some sort on the 1st.
So since I have a nationwide sampling here to ask - I am curious
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Never heard of this nonsense | |
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I eat sausage and saurkraut everyday no matter what (This is TEB's option) | |
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bearsfootball516
(6,369 posts)2naSalit
(86,071 posts)Though my parents did make fermented things along with beer, mom's from Wisconsin, I don't recall any particular food one New Year's Day.
violetpastille
(1,483 posts)Not really big on "traditional" meals.
They kind of piss me off, truth be known.
Laffy Kat
(16,356 posts)I grew up in the south.
nocoincidences
(2,195 posts)A must-have for the next year's luck!!
Laffy Kat
(16,356 posts)I don't make them, though, because I'd be the only one eating them. I do miss them, too.
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)I was introduced to the dish in the '80's and now it fits in with my low oxalate diet due to a bout of kidney stones.
Good thing I love it!
I make cabbage and smoked pork hocks in the slow cooker too and eat that for a week also.
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)grapes (12 eaten after midnight to give luck to each month--big in Spain), lentils (big in Germany), pomegranate (Middle East)... The round shape is supposed to bring good fortune.
Whatever works!
Ohiogal
(31,669 posts)hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)Ohiogal
(31,669 posts)irisblue
(32,829 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,849 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)I hear it's common in Ohio and West VA too.
MaryMagdaline
(6,849 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Which has hamburger and sausage rolled up in a cabbage leaf plus other things. We're originally from Virginia so yeah I guess it's a hillbilly tradition.
The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)For The Win
Freddie
(9,232 posts)Most of Pennsylvania has a lot of folks of German background. Im in northern Philly burbs where the old-time families are German, pork and sauerkraut is a must.
MaryMagdaline
(6,849 posts)dhol82
(9,351 posts)Last edited Thu Dec 27, 2018, 08:59 PM - Edit history (1)
Its a tradition that I never heard of.
The only one similar is Ukrainian Easter when one has cold, boiled fat back with horseradish and hard boiled eggs. Thats along with the Paska.
Comfort food at its best.
LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)dhol82
(9,351 posts)Awesome!
femmedem
(8,190 posts)but it sounds like a fine tradition, unless you're a hog.
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts)I like rice and beans and leafy greens on New Years Day.
Black-eyed pea fritters aka "poor man's sausage" as well.
dhol82
(9,351 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts)Got it from chuckwagon cook Kent Rollins:
Laffy Kat
(16,356 posts)dhol82
(9,351 posts)Ohiogal
(31,669 posts)Many people have pork of some kind (ham, kielbasa, pork roast) along with sauerkraut. I have had this for New Year's day meal as long as I can remember.
The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)When I left home, I was shocked that people weren't serving Kolbassy and Kraut or boiled cabbage and ham or anything of the sort on New Years Day. It seems very localized to WV PA and OH
Dave in VA
(2,034 posts)black eyed peas and cornbread!
KansasKali
(105 posts)I like a pomegranite on New Years day myself. My own made up tradition.
k8conant
(3,030 posts)irisblue
(32,829 posts)As a kid in Detroit area, pork & cabbage, stuffed cabbage, latkes, beet soup, and only kowalsky kielbasa. As to the sausage both grandmothers & my mom had strong opinions about that brand of sausage, I was in my late 20s before I knew there were other brands. I haven't had that particular brand in years.
Wow, you took me back Msgt.
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The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)Thanks for responding. I'm glad my memories are shared by some folks anyway
japple
(9,773 posts)greens, cornbread, carrot salad (or copper pennies) and pork of some kind. I usually fry up a bit of hog jowl if I can find it. If I find the kind without a lot of salt, I use it in my bird suet recipe, together with peanut butter, oats, and birdseed. The birds seem to like it a lot and sometimes it will last a couple days before a raccoon or possum carries it off.
OregonBlue
(7,744 posts)Black eyed peas and corn bread for luck. Never heard of the other.
Freddie
(9,232 posts)Have pork and sauerkraut. But I dont like sauerkraut and DH isnt crazy about roast pork (he likes ham and bacon but not the unsmoked stuff). So we eat whatever we feel like that day.
Last year on NYE I started feeling crappy with what turned out to be that horrible flu that was going around and was sick the better part of January. Did NOT forget flu shot this year.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)forward, or so Grandma used to say.
The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)But in my family that wasn't the reason given..
Thank you for responding.
Butterflylady
(3,523 posts)Of Pennsylvania dutch country and pork and sauerkraut is real big in this area for New Year's day. You can go into any grocery store in the area and there is section with all selections of pork and right next to it, a big display of sauerkraut. So yes for 72 years I've heard of pork and sauerkraut.
Freddie
(9,232 posts)Mom was from York County, Dad from Reading. Im in Upper Bucks which is close enough to the Lehigh Valley to qualify I guess. Hubbys an Irish Catholic from Philly and never heard of any of this stuff.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)Lancaster Pa. area and later to Ohio. So theres the Pennsylvania Dutch connection.
badhair77
(4,191 posts)The green cabbage is supposed to represent wealth.
We always have pork and sauerkraut on NYs day. Sometimes I also put black eyed peas on the table to cover all bases.
samnsara
(17,572 posts)...in fact the stores have huge displays of black eyed peas. Theres something else that went with it..chard or spinach or something. For NY Day we usually just snack on whatever we have left over from any celebration the night before.. usually sushi, little pigs in blankets and chex mix.
yellowdogintexas
(22,119 posts)and corn bread of course.
packman
(16,296 posts)Pork loin, a few hot dogs, kielbasi, a pork chop or two and some pork ribs smother the whole thing in sauerkraut. Throw in some dark beer for flavor, some cloves, a few peppercorns and a dusting of nutmeg. Heaven.
The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)My wife usually does a boiled pork belly and savoy cabbage... Japan style
fierywoman
(7,641 posts)BTW I can barely swallow herring. Which is why I use as little as possible and as much beets and potatoes as possible!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,750 posts)how actually local some tradition might be.
I certainly never heard of this. Where did you grow up? Where else have you lived?
I did not grow up with a New Year's Day food, probably because growing up my mom, a nurse, would almost always be working that day. I first heard of the black-eyed peas thing from my sister when she lived for a time in the South.
Personally, I think consuming any unfinished champagne from the night before is a much better tradition to consider starting.
The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)And settled back there when my father retired from the service.
So my big growing up was around Pittsburgh, but actually much closer to Wheeling WV.
The I joined the Air Force and did 23 years myself. So yeah irealize this was probably not as widespread as I thought while I was growing up.
Yonnie3
(17,376 posts)Greens, usually collard, but no cabbage. The pork is usually cured, ham hocks are common.
lark
(23,003 posts)Most people make "hopping John" which is black eyed peas in rice with celery and onions and served with vinegar sauce or hot sauce or both. Of course homemade cornbread is also required, we make the Mexican variety which is so yummy and tie it together with a nice pork roast.
Laffy Kat
(16,356 posts)Greens = money for the new year.
yellowdogintexas
(22,119 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)Cabbage, yuck. Oyster stew was the New Years thing that my family ate when I was a kid (didn't like that much, either). Sometimes pickled herring.
ploppy
(2,162 posts)Pork and cabbage on January 1!
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)Thanks for responding
spinbaby
(15,073 posts)Thanks for the idea. Ive always been a bit superstitious and followed the Pittsburgh custom of pork and sauerkraut. But since my husband died, no one in the house really likes it. Egg rolls are the perfect solution.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)in advance.Then join a big crowd to pick up. Now living down south, we seem to be the only ones with that tradition.
Enjoy and Happy New Year!
doc03
(35,148 posts)Phentex
(16,330 posts)that's our New Year's Day tradition.
TygrBright
(20,733 posts)The cabbage is made with bacon, onions, apples, vinegar and brown sugar, cooked slow and low.
omnommy...
anticipatorially,
Bright
blue neen
(12,308 posts)We're going to fix a beautiful pork roast with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes and gravy. Yum!
SW PA here!
mucifer
(23,374 posts)RockCreek
(738 posts)mucifer
(23,374 posts)I have to stick up for both parts of me
TEB
(12,716 posts)thanks your ok for E8 if I ate that every day Id be sleeping on couch
The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)The best lunch ever made.
Have a great new year TEB
TEB
(12,716 posts)This will be my first sober new year in 35 years give or take deployments army so first day 2019 no hangover
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The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)Thanks for the tip
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)But i never knew any Jews (other than theoretically in bible study) until I left home.
yellowdogintexas
(22,119 posts)and other dried beans: use a smoked turkey leg. It is terrific!
dameatball
(7,380 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)And everyday after that! ☘️
The Polack MSgt
(13,159 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,119 posts)which contained black eyed peas.
It was so good!!! She served it on New Year's Eve but we had leftovers the next day.
OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)Bacon and cabbage with boiled potatoes (and butter !).