OnionPatch
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:29 PM
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Good Luck meals on New Year's Eve...what's yours? |
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We used to eat sauerkraut on New Year's Eve for good luck. My sister in South Carolina has to have black-eyed peas. And they eat them on New Year's Day.
My husband and I agreed that we didn't get as much good luck in 2004 as we had hoped for. We slacked on the traditional good luck stuff last year too and decided this year we're doing it up. We're going to eat EVERYTHING lucky we can find. :9 Help us out. What's on the menu and should we eat it tonight, tomorrow or when?
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:32 PM
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:34 PM
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Its black eyed peas and turnip greens. Goes nicely with country ham and biscuits.
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:35 PM
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First post here. Be gentle with me.
I believe this is an English tradition , but my father always had us eat pork and saurkraut on New Years Day for good luck in the coming year.
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:40 PM
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:43 PM
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11. Welcome to DU, Megawatt! |
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:hi: My family has an English and German background, so I suppose that's why we always had saurkraut. My mom would cook it with big chunks of pork, onions and potatoes.
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:36 PM
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At our house we always have corned beef and cabbage for New Year's Day dinner. I usually roast the corned beef in the oven and steam the cabbage in the microwave. My mother passed on the tradition of including a coin in the cabbage to bring luck (and money) for the new year. I have a special silver dime that I include with the cabbage each year. We're not big fans of cooked cabbage at our house but we all eat some for good luck.
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:36 PM
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6. Italians do lentils. And I think Italians are cool. But I don't like mafia |
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:40 PM
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9. I especially love Italian cooking |
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Too bad lasagna isn't one of the foods. :loveya:
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:39 PM
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7. Well, I don't know about luck, but for NYE, I've already set out: |
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A crockpot full of meatballs in sweet and sour sauce
Sausage, smoked salmon, cream cheese, olives, crackers
Chex Mix and nuts
Leftover Christmas cookies
Smoked gouda and Swiss cheeses
For tomorrow, we plan to go out for Chinese food.
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:42 PM
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What time should I be there?:party:
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:55 PM
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14. Any time! The food's all ready. |
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There will be more appetizers and munchies later, as well as drinks.
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:46 PM
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cook stuff from hotdogs to steak. Have a good meal and if/when I overindulge, I got all my food already cooked, if I can eat of course.
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Fri Dec-31-04 03:50 PM
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13. Our tradition in the first meal we had on our frist date |
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New Years Eve 1991.
Spaghetti and Meatballs. mmmmmmmm:9
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Fri Dec-31-04 04:00 PM
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16. We do back beans and rice for me, and cabbage for Paddy. |
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Fri Dec-31-04 04:02 PM
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17. I thought it was on New Year's Day, not New Year's Eve... |
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that you eat pork and sauerkraut for good luck. That's what we've always done.
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Fri Dec-31-04 06:24 PM
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18. The only good luck for 2005 |
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would be if all the neocons got cooked!
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Fri Dec-31-04 11:49 PM
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19. Hoppin John, a variation of black eyed peas |
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You cook the peas with ham hock or some other pork thing and onions, hot pepper of some kind and some garlic.
When beans are done you can either put the beans on top of the rice or combine them.
This year I have fresh black eyed peas (heavenly), pork jalapeno sausage, and will make a pan of cornbread too.
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