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Do You Fix Certain Foods On New Year's Day (For Good Luck)?
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Do You Fix Certain Foods On New Year's Day (For Good Luck)?
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(Judy Haffner) wrote:
> Some of our friends say they always start the new year out with a
> particular menu, as it is to bring good luck all year long.
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> I think they said they fix pork and sauerkraut and red beans and rice,
> but not sure if they have all of that on New Year's Day. We've never
> done anything like that. If we have turkey at Christmas, then we'll
> usually cook a ham for New Years, or vise versa, but it's never the same
> year after year.
>
> Do you have a certain type of food you fix every single year on that
> day, and have you even heard of this being done before?
No. I know some Americans make black-eyed peas with greens for "good
luck" but that's not a NZ thing at all.
We make jokes about eating "last year's food," instead.
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