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Oompa_Loompa
Oompa_Loompa Posts: 1,099 Member
edited September 2024 in Chit-Chat
Why is chinese food so big on New years eve and or day??

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  • TammyBee
    TammyBee Posts: 178
    I don't know about Chinese but i am from South Texas and the word here at New Years is TAMALES! I love them but they are so not on my diet. lol
  • ashlee954
    ashlee954 Posts: 1,112 Member
    I didn't realize it was. Now I am intrigued...
  • sophia_uk
    sophia_uk Posts: 152 Member
    It isnt popular in England on New Years....
    it's popular all year round....
  • sophia_uk
    sophia_uk Posts: 152 Member
    It isnt popular in England on New Years....
    it's popular all year round....
  • mamaDaisyJ
    mamaDaisyJ Posts: 395
    Around here it's black-eyed peas and cornbread~
  • Valqis
    Valqis Posts: 1,016 Member
    Around here it's black-eyed peas and cornbread~
    Here in Georgia it's that and collards and ham of some sort.
  • TayJoMama
    TayJoMama Posts: 348 Member
    Around here it's black-eyed peas and cornbread~
    Same here Black Eyed Peas for good luck the rest of the year. Some just put a peas in their purse, LOL! But Chinese food sounds good!
  • beethedreamer
    beethedreamer Posts: 465 Member
    I don't know about Chinese but i am from South Texas and the word here at New Years is TAMALES! I love them but they are so not on my diet. lol

    I'm from southern California and we do the tamale thing too. my family actually made some for Christmas and they were delicious even though they played a big part in my holiday weight gain :p
  • princesspurple
    princesspurple Posts: 688
    I am from the Northeast, and Chinese is HUGE for New Years, both New Years Eve and Day! :drinker:
  • Oompa_Loompa
    Oompa_Loompa Posts: 1,099 Member
    It isnt popular in England on New Years....
    it's popular all year round....

    Its popular here all year round too..but i mean on new years eve and new years day..when you call to order it and either pick it up or get it delivered...its a 3 hour wait!
  • ron2282
    ron2282 Posts: 2,760 Member
    I have no idea why, but that’s what my husband and I will be eating New Years Eve!!! :laugh: :laugh:
  • Oompa_Loompa
    Oompa_Loompa Posts: 1,099 Member
    It totally must be a north eastern thing then because it is SOOOO popular on those 2 days
  • Oompa_Loompa
    Oompa_Loompa Posts: 1,099 Member
    It totally must be a north eastern thing then because it is SOOOO popular on those 2 days

    New england thing lol
  • ourgang
    ourgang Posts: 229
    Pork and Sourkraut in Pa!!!! go Dutchies :)
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    I thought it was alcohol on New Year's Eve. (LOL)
  • Hitsujikai
    Hitsujikai Posts: 111 Member
    It's probably something to do with New Year and Chinese New Year being different, so all the Chinese takeaways are open and everyone else is too lazy or hungover to cook anything the day after New Years Eve lol
  • Oompa_Loompa
    Oompa_Loompa Posts: 1,099 Member
    It's probably something to do with New Year and Chinese New Year being different, so all the Chinese takeaways are open and everyone else is too lazy or hungover to cook anything the day after New Years Eve lol

    They really are open everyday lol
  • ♥jewelchristian♥
    ♥jewelchristian♥ Posts: 3,666 Member
    Maybe it's a hangover cure??
  • Oompa_Loompa
    Oompa_Loompa Posts: 1,099 Member
    Maybe it's a hangover cure??

    anything fried and greasy is a hangover cure lol
  • msamcoates
    msamcoates Posts: 261 Member
    Around here it's black-eyed peas and cornbread~
    Same here Black Eyed Peas for good luck the rest of the year. Some just put a peas in their purse, LOL! But Chinese food sounds good!

    Yes I'm in the south and its Black Eyed Peas, Collard Greens, Fish or Ham ... o and a bunch of other things like you can't go into the new year dirty, everything must be cleaned ... no cleaning on NY ... a man must walk threw the door first .....
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    My family has never made anything specific for New Years, however my husbands family (polish) makes Perogis, Kraut & Kilbasi for New Years (and pretty much every other holiday!!)
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