New Years traditions

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Mr. Clean

The Man Who Knows The Man
Do you have any? What are they?

Down here it is fairly basic. Black-eyed peas for good luck.

Dined on this savory dish last night and will have another serving today. Mrs. Clean prepared three 1lb. bags. Prepared in the slow cooker with smoked bacon and ham hocks. Mmmmm...darned good. Served up with a side of homemade cornbread.
 
kraut on new years day. (just finished hot dogs & kraut)
and my mom use to say wash your hands with silver coins on new years day, and you will have money all year.
 
We like sauerkraut w/hot dogs as well. Of course we also like chilidogs. Or hot dogs with onions and sweet relish. Never thought about for New Years though.

Along those lines do you have a favorite hot dog (weiner) brand?
 
TOYOTA FJ said:
not real picky. all beef tho.
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LOL, I do have a real funny story about weiners that were not all beef. Many (many) moons ago, Mrs. Clean and her good friend were charged with going to the store to pick up some 'dogs for a cookout while we "men folk" got other preparations underway...well...IIRC what got back to the apartment were chicken hot dogs! They never did live that one down. :)

I failed to mention, one of my Grandmother's New Years traditional meal was sauerkraut and beef short ribs. I don't know where that came from, but it sure was good!
 
The sauerkraut is a German tradition, that you eat it on new years day, it means that your money will not run out during the year. My inlaws are from gremany and that's what they told me..I don't care for it, but chocked down a spoon full just in case:rofl

We really don't have a new years tradition but for the last several years I have made new england clam chowder, currently its on the stove, cooling off then I will reheat it for dinner with some fresh sour dough bread and pino noir wine!
 
I made some Hoppin' John (black eyed peas and rice) last night and had some for lunch today. I have enough for several days. I forgot about the cornbread.
 
Beemerboy said:
The sauerkraut is a German tradition, that you eat it on new years day, it means that your money will not run out during the year. My inlaws are from gremany and that's what they told me..I don't care for it, but chocked down a spoon full just in case:rofl

We really don't have a new years tradition but for the last several years I have made new england clam chowder, currently its on the stove, cooling off then I will reheat it for dinner with some fresh sour dough bread and pino noir wine!
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That does make sense, though I know of no German ancestry on that side of the family. There is a strong German background on the other side of the family and I don't ever recall any sauerkraut or other German traditions from that side. :)

Clam chowder does sound good. We do love seafood. We spent last evening with friends and we dined on Black Drum, baked with a cream sauce which had bits of shrimp and crab, a green salad, black-eyed peas and cornbread
 
Sauerkraut and pork ribs, which I am not a big fan of but I make it for the family. I put my ribs on the grill:D. Also when we where kids we didn't get Christmas stockings we got New Year stockings. It was a tradition on my dad's side of the family and he is Swedish.
 
For me it was to have money in your pocket at midnight new years eve.

The thought was that if you start the year with money in your pocket it would be there through the whole year.
 
You guys do know that Both Sweden and Germaany were once controlled, in part from what ive read, by Denmark. So you can blame us Danes for so of those traditions. I am also half German. This season as well as fall sucked here. I dont need to have any traditions start from this season other than people getting together.
 
Me entire family is from germany. I am the first person to be born in the US, so we still have a lot of traditions from the old country. First you have to eat herring and pork as the clock strikes mid-night. In my family eating any fowl ist FORBOTEN 'cause if you do you luck and money will fly away. On New Years day we sit down to have a big pork and sauerkraut dinner. Then we all pass out in a carbo-coma
 
How is the herring prepared? Back when I was working in the corporate world the cafeteria would occasionally serve pickled herring as a salad option. I never passed that by.

What kind of pork?

Carb-COMA? What other carbs besides the sauerkraut? Homemade sauerkraut? If store bought, what brand. We don't eat it often, but when we do we like the Hebrew National brand that is sold in a pouch in the cooler with the weiners/sausages.
 
I don't think how the herring was important. We always had the pickled herring. My mother and grand mother would make tons of sides along with an equally huge amounts of desserts. I look forward to January second because I didn't have to eat until April
 
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