Re: New Year's Day Traditions

[Guest guest]

Hello pcramer@... (Pattie),

In reference to your comment:

è pork and sauerkraut for New Year's, so I don't know

è where the tradition comes from. The only other

è tradition we have is taking down the Christmas

è decorations on New Year's Day. Why? I don't know

è other than that's when my parents do it.

We've always had pork and sauerkraut for New Year's Day ... and since I'm of

German descent, I've always been told it's a German tradition. My family has

also always taken the tree down on New Year's Day. Tradition also I

suppose. Now that I'm an adult, it depends on what day NYD falls on and

whether or not I have the day off. Otherwise, it's the weekend following

NYD.

Happy New Year to all

Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically)

Remember... WSTPMTR (which means,

whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules).

[Guest guest]

As far as eating traditional foods on holidays...

At Thanksgiving we (husband, daughter, me, and soon our son) eat pizza - our

own tradition started a few years ago. You just have to make sure your

favorite pizza place is open on Thanksgiving. I'm kinda the black sheep of

the family - I eat pizza for breakfast, and so does my daughter. (Of

course, I got it from my mom, and I turned out okay....except for that nasty

habit of - oh, never mind). My mom always calls to give me crap about

Thanksgiving. I like turkey, but I don't like seeing everyone getting all

wound about having company and getting their house clean (impossible for

me - I have four dogs, 1 cat, 2 ferrets, a 3? -year-old and a 41? month old)

and getting all the food done at the same time. But, I digress....

Nope, don't eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day. As a matter of fact,

I don't eat it on any other day, either!

Have a good day everybody!

Maureen Cole, CMT

My jewelry website: http://www.angelbugcreations.com

New Year's Day Traditions

Does the rest of the US eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day? I

can't remember doing that where I grew up in land. I'm wondering if

this is a Pennsylvania tradition (like the old pickle in the tree at

Christmas)?

There is some saying they have here about what you eat affects your year.

I'm sure I will " butcher it " (pun intended) but it goes like this:

If the first meat you eat in the new year is pork, you will live high on

the hog

If the first meat you eat in the new year is poultry, you will have to

scratch for everything (scratch like a chicken)

Beef?

What are your traditions?

Chris

[Guest guest]

Here on the Texas Gulf Coast we eat black-eyed peas and cabbage for good luck.

To be added to today's menu are buttermilk cornbread and a pork tenderloin.

Yummers!

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----- Original Message -----

Does the rest of the US eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day? I can't

remember doing that

where I grew up in land. I'm wondering if this is a Pennsylvania tradition

(like the old pickle

in the tree at Christmas)?

There is some saying they have here about what you eat affects your year. I'm

sure I will " butcher

it " (pun intended) but it goes like this:

If the first meat you eat in the new year is pork, you will live high on the hog

If the first meat you eat in the new year is poultry, you will have to scratch

for everything

(scratch like a chicken)

Beef?

What are your traditions?

[Guest guest]

>3? -year-old and a 41? month old

that's supposed to be 3 1/2-year-old and 4 1/2-month old.....my formatting

got all whorked!

Maureen Cole, CMT

My jewelry website: http://www.angelbugcreations.com

New Year's Day Traditions

Does the rest of the US eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day? I

can't remember doing that where I grew up in land. I'm wondering if

this is a Pennsylvania tradition (like the old pickle in the tree at

Christmas)?

There is some saying they have here about what you eat affects your

year.

I'm sure I will " butcher it " (pun intended) but it goes like this:

If the first meat you eat in the new year is pork, you will live high on

the hog

If the first meat you eat in the new year is poultry, you will have to

scratch for everything (scratch like a chicken)

Beef?

What are your traditions?

Chris

[Guest guest]

accuscript1 wrote:

> Does the rest of the US eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day?

Here in Texas we eat what we fondly refer to as " beans and greens. " The

beans are actually black-eyed peas, the greens are usually cabbage.

It's said that if you eat black-eyed peas on the first day of the year,

you will not go hungry all year. The greens are for $money$, so I'm

eating a bunch of cabbage today cause that's been a BIG problem in 2001.

While I'm here: Happy New Year to all my NMTC friends.

Jayni

[Guest guest]

no tradition at all here in AZ, but originally from WY and no tradition

there either.

val

New Year's Day Traditions

> Does the rest of the US eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day? I

can't remember doing that where I grew up in land. I'm wondering if

this is a Pennsylvania tradition (like the old pickle in the tree at

Christmas)?

>

> There is some saying they have here about what you eat affects your year.

I'm sure I will " butcher it " (pun intended) but it goes like this:

>

> If the first meat you eat in the new year is pork, you will live high on

the hog

> If the first meat you eat in the new year is poultry, you will have to

scratch for everything (scratch like a chicken)

> Beef?

>

> What are your traditions?

>

> Chris

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

You betcha we have pork and sauerkraut for New Year's (here in PA), except we

have it New Year's Eve (and a few other times during the year). My mom and

grandparents are from Baltimore, and they have pork and sauerkraut for New

Year's, so I don't know where the tradition comes from.

The only other tradition we have is taking down the Christmas decorations on New

Year's Day. Why? I don't know other than that's when my parents do it.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Pattie

accuscript1 wrote:

> Does the rest of the US eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day? I can't

remember doing that where I grew up in land. I'm wondering if this is a

Pennsylvania tradition (like the old pickle in the tree at Christmas)?

>

> There is some saying they have here about what you eat affects your year. I'm

sure I will " butcher it " (pun intended) but it goes like this:

>

> If the first meat you eat in the new year is pork, you will live high on the

hog

> If the first meat you eat in the new year is poultry, you will have to scratch

for everything (scratch like a chicken)

> Beef?

>

> What are your traditions?

>

> Chris

>

>

[Guest guest]

Corned beef and cabbage on New Year's Day here in Indiana. I'm not sure

why; I think my family usually said for " good luck. "

My family also took down the Christmas decorations on New Year's Day when I

was a kid. I am not doing it today because I am working. Actually, my

husband's birthday is on 2/13, so we might just leave 'em up til then!! lol

Happy New Year everyone!

New Year's Day Traditions

Does the rest of the US eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day? I can't

remember doing that where I grew up in land. I'm wondering if this is a

Pennsylvania tradition (like the old pickle in the tree at Christmas)?

There is some saying they have here about what you eat affects your year.

I'm sure I will " butcher it " (pun intended) but it goes like this:

If the first meat you eat in the new year is pork, you will live high on the

hog

If the first meat you eat in the new year is poultry, you will have to

scratch for everything (scratch like a chicken)

Beef?

What are your traditions?

Chris

[Guest guest]

Here in the south it is black eyed peas. We are having ham with our black eyed

peas though.

Quixote

New Year's Day Traditions

Does the rest of the US eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day? I can't

remember doing that where I grew up in land. I'm wondering if this is a

Pennsylvania tradition (like the old pickle in the tree at Christmas)?

There is some saying they have here about what you eat affects your year. I'm

sure I will " butcher it " (pun intended) but it goes like this:

If the first meat you eat in the new year is pork, you will live high on the

hog

If the first meat you eat in the new year is poultry, you will have to scratch

for everything (scratch like a chicken)

Beef?

What are your traditions?

Chris

[Guest guest]

Here in East Texas it's cabbage and black-eyed peas. Yummmmm!

Tracey

-- In nmtc@y..., " accuscript1 " <accuscript1@h...> wrote:

> Does the rest of the US eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day?

I can't remember doing that where I grew up in land. I'm

wondering if this is a Pennsylvania tradition (like the old pickle in

the tree at Christmas)?

>

> There is some saying they have here about what you eat affects your

year. I'm sure I will " butcher it " (pun intended) but it goes like

this:

>

> If the first meat you eat in the new year is pork, you will live

high on the hog

> If the first meat you eat in the new year is poultry, you will have

to scratch for everything (scratch like a chicken)

> Beef?

>

> What are your traditions?

>

> Chris

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Here in Eastern North Carolina, the required New Year's dinner is

black-eyed peas and collard greens. A bit of corn bread rounds it

out. Some folks have sweet potatoes with dinner; we'll have sweet potato

pie and apple crisp. My mother always cooked hog jowl with the peas and

side meat with the greens; I don't. NO meat on my table, so living high on

the hog isn't an option <G>.

The legend about the peas is that one would get a dollar during the year

for every pea consumed on New Year's Day. What with inflation and reduced

capacity for consumption, I'd want at least $100 for each pea.

Pork and sauerkraut sounds like a German tradition to me, so the

German-settled parts of Pennsylvania would probably uphold that tradition.

Valeria

At 12:32 PM 1/1/2002, you wrote:

>Does the rest of the US eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day? I

>can't remember doing that where I grew up in land. I'm wondering if

>this is a Pennsylvania tradition (like the old pickle in the tree at

>Christmas)?

>

>There is some saying they have here about what you eat affects your

>year. I'm sure I will " butcher it " (pun intended) but it goes like this:

>

>If the first meat you eat in the new year is pork, you will live high on

>the hog

>If the first meat you eat in the new year is poultry, you will have to

>scratch for everything (scratch like a chicken)

>Beef?

>

>What are your traditions?

>

>Chris

Valeria D. Truitt, Instructor Medical Office Administration

Craven Community College Phone

800 College Court vtruitt@...

New Bern, NC 28562

[Guest guest]

I've always had black-eyed peas as well here in Texas,

OK, I'll throw mine in, too! Here in NM it's a big tradition to have tamales!

We usually have rolled tacos, tamales and of course pinto beans with lots of

chile! That's my husbands side, on my side our family always had ham and navy

beans!

Ruth

[Guest guest]

Mmmmmm....

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From: RRodrig776@...

To: nmtc

Subject: Re: New Year's Day Traditions

Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 10:52:18 EST

I've always had black-eyed peas as well here in Texas,

OK, I'll throw mine in, too! Here in NM it's a big tradition to have

tamales!

We usually have rolled tacos, tamales and of course pinto beans with lots of

chile! That's my husbands side, on my side our family always had ham and

navy

beans!

Ruth