Traditional New Years day food

downsizinghoss
downsizinghoss Posts: 1,035 Member
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Being from the south, it is an old superstition to always have collard greens and black eyed peas for lunch on New Years day.

One is supposed to bring money, the other luck. I forget which is which so I just cover all my bases.

Throw in some form of pork and corn bread and you have every New Years day lunch I have had in the last 43 years.

Any traditions for you today?
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  • coretemp
    coretemp Posts: 1,796 Member
    Chinese food and my grandmother used to come over and throw wheat around the room, LOL
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    Bloddy marrys.
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  • CarolinaGirlinVA
    CarolinaGirlinVA Posts: 1,508 Member
    We also do greens and Hoppin John. I think this year we'll all have a bit more greens and maybe the mr will land a job soon! :)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    cold smoked salmon omelets. I don't know exactly where that started but been having that for New Years day and Christmas morning breakfast for as long as I can remember. Other than that, New Years day itself has always kind of been like a Sunday.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    Stuffed cabbage rolls, collards, and black eyed peas, though most of the time it's just sleeping on the couch to recover. This year it's Vicodin . . . lol
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
    black eyed peas in the crock pot right now. Will make cornbread later to go with.
  • junglejane12
    junglejane12 Posts: 105
    We always have a traditional Sunday roast with roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding.
  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
    The belief around here is how ever you spend the first day of the year, that is how your entire year will go...We try to spend the day with family, having fun--definitely roping if the weather permits! As far as traditional food goes, it's usually red chili, beans and tamales:)
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    It usually starts off with strong black coffee then wing it from there.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Black eye peas for luck. That's it.
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  • Amazon_Who
    Amazon_Who Posts: 1,092 Member
    Corned Beef
    Cabbage
    Black-eyed Peas
    Cornbread

    Think I will go enter it into my food diary now.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    My mom used to try to get me to eat black-eyed peas. Just eww!

    Breakfast:
    sausage patties and buttermilk pancakes

    Dinner:
    glazed ham with sweet potatoes, green beans, and blueberry pie for dessert

    Evening snack:
    leftovers and/or summer sausage with cheese and crackers
  • JamieG8991
    JamieG8991 Posts: 1,203 Member
    I'm also from the south so black eyed peas for me, but I'm terrible at making them so we're going out later. :bigsmile:
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    leftovers and sleeping
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Herring for good luck, generally at midnight.
  • OatFloats
    OatFloats Posts: 119
    pork roast
    congri
    black eyed peas
    cabbage
  • mamma_nee
    mamma_nee Posts: 809 Member
    throw salt over shoulder by the front and back door -- suppose to bring luck.

    and also - I DO NOTHING BUT RELAX ALL DAY because what you do today you will be doing for the rest of the year so I made sure house was clean and laundry all done yesterday ! LOL
  • dicoveringwhoIam
    dicoveringwhoIam Posts: 480 Member
    Cornbeef and sauerkraut.. Crockpot Rubeuns!
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    My parents have a crab and shrimp dinner every New Year.
  • AshleyM71
    AshleyM71 Posts: 3,029 Member
    ....going with Aspirin and H2O?
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    this is going to be the first year since i was born that i wont be having black eye peas, cabbage, greens, fried chicken and corn bread on new year's day.

    i do plan on having it over the weekend though :happy:

    another tradition i like is Swedish. they eat lots of seafood on new year's day especially lobster
  • MJC360
    MJC360 Posts: 368
    Coffee, but that's more of a daily tradition for me.
  • CaffeinatedConfectionist
    CaffeinatedConfectionist Posts: 1,046 Member
    All the people saying how you spend your New Year's day sets the tone for your entire year is depressing me... I am currently at work (granted, I'm not actually WORKING....), so it's gonna be a gloomy year!

    As far as food - gotta get as much luck in as possible! Pork (in this case, ham), collard greens, black eyed peas. Also sweet potatoes, which I do not think are a good luck food, but they should be, given how amazing they are.

    Also, coffee, water, and ibuprofen, but that has more to do with last night than today's activities.

    Edited for a typo
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    On New Year's day, it is traditional to eat leftovers, same as Christmas...

    Traditional food for New Year's Eve (and Christmas Eve) would be sour cabbage rolls (didn't have any this year), sour cabbage with sour cream, fried sausage and beef salad (usually made with chicken).
  • CynthiaT60
    CynthiaT60 Posts: 1,280 Member
    Chinese food and my grandmother used to come over and throw wheat around the room, LOL
    :laugh:
  • CynthiaT60
    CynthiaT60 Posts: 1,280 Member
    Black-eyed peas, sauerkraut (= cabbage). I don't eat meat, so don't do the pork.
    As far as other traditions go, I follow my grandmother, who unfortunately did not throw wheat around the room, but put new shoes and new money outside the door just before midnight. Supposed to bring you the same in the New Year.
  • veggiebuckeye
    veggiebuckeye Posts: 115 Member
    It's all about the sauerkraut today.
  • rissadiane
    rissadiane Posts: 355 Member
    Sauerkraut, pork, hot dogs, and kielbasa here, with mashed potatoes. I originate from northwestern PA and that's our traditional New Year's dinner!
  • karen_golfs
    karen_golfs Posts: 377 Member
    Black-eyed peas for luck.

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