What is Your Traditional New Year's Meal?

[Deleted member 93]

I figure everyone must have different takes and traditions, so what is yours? What hits your plate on this day?

I have read greens and ham are traditional in the South but I guess no one told me or countless others from Texas it was so I figured I would get the real take here. Though I do know a few eat ham.

Today we are to have cabbage, black eye peas, and corned beef, I cannot ever recall eating anything but this on new year's. I absolutely love this combo so I am tickled when this day rolls around, it is the only day of the year I can get my kids to eat cabbage or my boys to eat their peas! I love making extra so I can pig out on it for a couple extra days LOL!

 

[Kathy]

I thought I was finished posting for the day however I could not resist coming back on to answer a food question! :smile:

We are away this year, however our traditional Newfoundland New Years' Day meal is as follows:

Three bird roast - turkey, goose and pheasant, stuffed inside each other. Basically, one takes a pheasant, and stuffs it inside a goose, and then stuffs the goose inside a turkey. It is an archaic British/Irish dish, though I have heard you have something similar in the southern USA, called turducken.

To accompany the roast, baked codfish or salmon, lobster chowder, colcannon (an Irish dish of potatoes and cabbage), Newfoundland tack (hard bread), carrots, green peas and Yorkshire pudding. Trifle for dessert. Eggnog, Irish coffee, and screech (Newfoundland hard liquor) for those who drink alcohol.

 

[Deleted member 93]

Turducken is one of the best ideas ever someone came up with LOL, had no idea there were other versions. In the turducken you use crawfish stuffing... Ohh I am drooling. Do you use a stuffing with the birds? It sounds like very extravagant spread! You will have to take a picture for us next year!

You have to post the bread recipe sometime if you haven't already, I love playing with those!

 

[empowered]

We don't do anything traditionally New years day...We went for a walk along the beach...then sat on the grass and shared a fihermans basket....There were alot of people around doing the same thing.

 

[Marlene]

Here in the south, beans are traditionally eaten for luck for the coming year. It's usually black-eyed peas. Since I didn't have any of them, I made pinto bean soup for lunch today along with some Irish soda bread. The bread was because it's good with hot soup on a cold day. Another tradition is to eat collard greens to get money for the coming year. Since I'm the only one in the house who likes collard greens, I didn't make any.

I've heard of eating ham, too, on New Year's Day. But I'm not sure of the reason why.

Lisa

 

[kers]

When I was a kid we ate ham, then we switched to cold cuts (sandwiches) because they require little preparation.

Today, though, I'm starting a new tradition-- I'm eating leftovers from my New Year's Eve get-together.

 

[becvan]

I've ever had one "meal" on New Years. I didn't know this was a tradition! Learn something new every day eh?

bec

 

[Deleted member 93]

Yeah, the black eye peas are a big luck one and the greens (cabbage here) are for money... Still lost on the ham or corned beef, maybe to make the others taste good??

Just be careful on eating too many greens (turnip or mustard) You will pay dearly in about 4 hours LOL. Best Southern style detox ever!

You know I do not get into the traditional thanksgiving or x mas suppers but new years... Hell, I could never do without, maybe it is a yeah holidays are done celebration! It is a huge to do here. Bec when you nut up you will have to come get one here LOL ;)

 

[Kathy]

In the turducken you use crawfish stuffing... Ohh I am drooling. Do you use a stuffing with the birds?

Yes usually a seafood type stuffing, of crab or lobster, or a traditional spiced bread stuffing. Interesting that yours also has a seafood type stuffing, the origins must be the same I should think! And yes it is quite a spread, however Newfoundlanders do so love to eat and drink and party. :wink:

You have to post the bread recipe sometime if you haven't already, I love playing with those!

I have been meaning to post the recipe for hard tack (also known as brewis) in my blog. Thank you for reminding me. It is a very old recipe, about 400 years old. The bread was eaten by sailors and fisherman on long journeys across the Atlantic, as it keeps very well.

 

[Grama-Herc]

Hey you, I can't answer your PM about kitty untill you empty your PM storage file

 

[pandora]

We like to have chinese food!

 

[Eagle]

Yup here in Texas tradition calls for blacked eyed peas and cornbread. I dont care for black eyed peas but the the three birds sounds wonderful
Eagle