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October 23, 2008 at 9:36 am #265108
wilbe95
Okay I like the Tradition information that is being posted. I have lived in a few different places across the USA and have noticed that there are different meals served on New Years Day that signify something for the coming year.
One example is that the part of Ohio I was born in you eat Sauerkraut on New Years Day, if you do you will have money all year. Something I still do to this day :). In Oklahoma it was Black Eye Peas-can’t recall the reason behind it.
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October 23, 2008 at 9:55 am #401289
JoAnn
Even here in N. Ohio I still start a crockpot of Sauerkraut & pork of some kind, usually a pork roast–on New Eve–for New Years Day. My DH’s parensts did the same and they were from the Uk. There would be something missing in the house if I didn’t do this. There is a feeling of content, carry this tradition on.
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October 23, 2008 at 12:29 pm #401295
rtebalt
In the South, you have Black Eyed Peas & Collard Greens
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October 23, 2008 at 12:57 pm #401300
JoAnn
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October 23, 2008 at 1:09 pm #401304
rtebalt
Yes, they say that if you eat Black Eyed Peas and greens on New Years Day you will have good luck through the New Year. (I’ve actually never done it, but that’s what most people eat where I come from.)
Like so many other traditions, this one has many different stories as to how it got started. Here are a few that I have found:
2.) Black eyed peas signify coins and the collard greens represent currency and thus represent hopes of prosperity and good luck in the coming new year.
3.) All the way back to the days of the Pharaoh, blackeyed peas have been a symbol of luck and fortune. The superstition is that those who eat blackeyes, an inexpensive and modest food, show their humility instead of vanity, and thus save themselves from the wrath of the gods.
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October 23, 2008 at 1:29 pm #401308
JoAnn
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October 23, 2008 at 1:51 pm #401313
incheck4real
I am from Kentucky but now live in Florida. Everyone in Kentucky eats black Eyed Peas & Cabbage on New Years Day. My Grandma the reason why was if you start the new year modest then the whole rest of the year you would have plenty.
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October 23, 2008 at 2:16 pm #401326
QueenSissi
The biggest tradition here at home is to eat 12 currants at the stroke of midnight, for good luck and go up some stairs or chair – for good luck also.
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October 24, 2008 at 9:45 am #401409
dyankee1995
Debbie
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October 24, 2008 at 10:06 am #401413
wilbe95
I have always been told that what you do on New Years Day is what you will spend the whole year doing. I admit that I avoid doing laundry on that day 🙂 or house cleaning but will cook!
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October 24, 2008 at 10:53 am #401425
QueenSissi
About the washing tradition, had never heard of that, but it may be a good cleansing ritual for recently divorced – instant ex wash out 🙂
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October 26, 2008 at 11:59 am #401630
Pyxidragon
Our food “tradition” for New Years day is to spend it snacking on leftovers from the New Year’s Eve party we always host. Oh, and the no laundry thing. I don’t see the point to it, but the dh insists it’s bad luck.
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December 31, 2012 at 12:43 pm #435889
Melissa Burnell
Okay I like the Tradition information that is being posted. I have lived in a few different places across the USA and have noticed that there are different meals served on New Years Day that signify something for the coming year.
One example is that the part of Ohio I was born in you eat Sauerkraut on New Years Day, if you do you will have money all year. Something I still do to this day :). In Oklahoma it was Black Eye Peas-can’t recall the reason behind it.
Cornbread- it is said, in the South, that eating cornbread will bring wealth as it represents Gold
Cooked Greens– collards, cabbage, sauerkraut etc- they represent Folded money, so your wallet will always be full
Black Eyed Peas– because they represent Coins/ copper money
Tomatoes– they represent good health
Spanish & Cuban Folks eat 12 Grapes when the clock strikes midnight- to represent the previous 12 months of the year as well as 12 Sweet months in the New Year
Ring Shaped Foods– again, good luck and it symbolizes “Coming full circle”, the Dutch, in particular, believe that eating donuts on the new year is very good luck.
In the Philippines, they prefer to have a full table of food on New Years at Midnight to guarantee an abundance of food in the New Year & they also collect 7 pieces of round fruit to signify money and sound financial status all year long. The full table at midnight is also traditional in Germany as well.
Italians tend to serve raisins, lentils, and oranges which are symbols of Good Luck, Riches and the Promise of Love.
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January 1, 2013 at 1:06 pm #435920
Virginia
When I was young, we had homemade Sugar Donuts for Breakfast on New Years Day. For Dinner we had Sauerkraut with Beef Tips and Sourdough Rolls. Not everyone would eat Sauerkraut, so, alternately Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches on Sourdough Rolls with steaming hot bowls of Tomato Soup was available (some had both). A few years we had a Kings Cake for desert. I do not know if there was a reason behind any of it, just what my parents wanted I guess.
I have heard that you do not want to eat anything with wings as your good luck will fly away. Also, you want your first visitor to be a good looking, young man bearing gifts, this will bring good luck and you will have a prosperous year.
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January 1, 2013 at 1:35 pm #435922
jkpjohnson
Our family has never had any New Year traditions (other than recovery from New Years Eve 😉 ). The past few years DH has worked (triple time), so it seems like any other day around here. Maybe next year we will start a tradition. Thinking about it, we have no traditions around here, maybe time to start some.
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January 2, 2013 at 1:44 am #435940
MrsPaws
Being from the South, we do the traditional Southern New Year’s Day meal.
AND, since I’ve heard the thing about house cleaning and laundry on New Year’s, I avoid them at the start of the year. lol -
January 3, 2013 at 12:23 am #435980
BaconEater
We avoided house cleaning and we had a house FULL of people at the strike of midnight. Shouldn’t that mean the house will be full of guests all year long??
Of course, we spent all Day Today Scrubbing floors, countertops, etc.
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