OT: New Years Customs
The Vampire
Year's custom or superstition they practice?
My own:
1) Never do the laundry on New Year's day.
2) Eat black-eyed peas or Hoppin' John on New Year's Day for prosperity in the
coming year.
3) Make sure all salt cellers and pepper pots are full on New Year's Eve.
Anyone else? Florian, I'm sure you know what Hoppin' John is! Love that Low
Country food!
;-D
The Vampire
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Jeanannd
It's sort of setting things in order for the first of the year.
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Guy Haines, II
Low
> Country food!
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folks are supposed to eat pork and sour kraut on the first day of the year.
Guy
baldwidow
like fumigating the house. lol
Jeanannd wrote in message ...
Tony Ning Lew
"baldwidow" <bald...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>My husband cooked Menudo. Who knows what that is?
Mexican tripe and hominy soup.
Voice of Sweet Lorraine
Tony Ning Lew wrote:
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This also explains everything I really needed to know about Ricky Martin
(former member of Menudo) ! <g>
V.o.S.L.
Tony Ning Lew
Menudo's supposed to be good for hangovers!
(The soup, not the band.)
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>V.o.S.L.
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Dumorte
I was always told to eat Hoppin' John for good luck and cabbage for wealth.
Sidney
Dumorte
You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stopped
laughing.
Knockknee
says...
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>>> Anyone else? Florian, I'm sure you know what Hoppin' John is! Love that
>>Low
>>> Country food!
>>>
>>In this neck of the woods, for good luck and prosperity through the new year
>>folks are supposed to eat pork and sour kraut on the first day of the year.
>>
>
>I was always told to eat Hoppin' John for good luck and cabbage for wealth.
>
>
Year's, but I usually got away. <g>
Knockknee
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MmeCo...@webtv.net
For many years this was our New Year custom:
my Albanian grandmother used to bake a spinach pie that had a coin
hidden in the crust. Whoever got the slice of pie with the coin was
supposed to have good fortune throughout the year. (For years, this was
the _only_ way I would eat spinach.) Gram wanted to make sure we all
prospered, so after the winner found the coin, she would give one to
everybody else at the table.
~Mamie Collins~
(distant cousin to *everybody*)
DSCOTT7972
the dime in their piece was suppose to have good luck for the year. Danny.
Florian de Beaucastel
wrote:
>Since DS gave me a life long interest in folklore, does anyone have a New
>Year's custom or superstition they practice?
>
>My own:
>
>1) Never do the laundry on New Year's day.
>
>2) Eat black-eyed peas or Hoppin' John on New Year's Day for prosperity in the
>coming year.
>
>3) Make sure all salt cellers and pepper pots are full on New Year's Eve.
Yes, to fend off poverty in the new year, make sure you fill up the
shakers, and make sure coins are in your pockets. And don't let the
fire go out. However, emptying the last dregs from a bottle of drink
before midnight brings fortune!
>
>Anyone else? Florian, I'm sure you know what Hoppin' John is! Love that Low
>Country food!
>
I'll testify to that, Vampire! I was praising the qualities of
Hoppin' John at a New Year's Eve party last night, and explaining what
it was to my non-Southern acquaintances. I usually eat it with turnip
greens. That way you have black-eyed peas for pennies and greens for
dollars in the new year.
Another superstition I have heard of, but can't practice because I'd
jinx things:
If the first man to walk into the house after midnight has dark hair
and is carrying a shovel of coal then a year of good luck follows. if
the first to cross the threshold is a woman, or fair-haired man like
poor Florian, then bad luck can be expected.
Happy New Year!
Florian dB
Knockknee
Oh, that's from northern England! It's called first-footing.
The Vampire
I got that particular superstition from my grandmother. She always said "If
you wash clothes on New Year's Day someone will die in the family in the coming
year." Two other variations are washing away good luck or the good memories of
the previous year.
I'm not sure of the country origin of this particular belief but according to
the NC Museum of Natural History it's a popular practice in the eastern part of
NC.
The Vampire
>greens. That way you have black-eyed peas for pennies and greens for
>dollars in the new year.
Our variation is eating it with collard greens. I hate collard greens, but it
has been demanded that I cook collard greens this evening to ward off any
financial reversals or impending recessions in the coming year. Now I'll have
to open up the windows and let in the night air...which leads to another
superstition....
;-D
Thank God for Thrifty Maid brand canned collard greens...
And Happy New Year to all!
The Vampire
I turned up my nose at the custom last year and had nothing but damnation for
the entire year. You can be sure I'll have my share of greens and black-eyed
peas this year!
The Vampire
Jeanannd
polar bear club here in Colorado all go swimming in Cherry Creek reservoir
and other frozen lakes and rivers on the first day of the year, and
apparently in other states as well.
The first day of the year is another traditional sale day for more then a
few stores.
Most government and Federal agencies are closed, including the Federal
Reserve. This means all banks and credit unions are also closed, which
means I had off today....Hurrah !!!!
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I'm not sure, but I understand whenever one of the ingredients gets too
old, it gets replaced with a newer one : )
But then, Ricky Martin is one hot Latin dish at any age!
DivaMagenta @>~~>~~>~~~~
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result of mere chance as it is that a masterpiece comes to life without
an artist to guide the brushstrokes...
pansyfaye
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pansy
Tony Ning Lew
>My husband cooked Menudo. Who knows what that is? The smell--- kinda
>like fumigating the house. lol
Here's a recipe:
MENUDO ESTILO NORTENO
(Northern Mexican Style Tripe and Hominy soup)
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups Mexican
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1 Calf's foot (1 to 1-1/2 lb)
4 qt Water
2 lb Honeycomb tripe
3 lg Chiles anchos
1 Large onion
2 Canned, peeled green chiles
3 Cloves garlic, peeled
1 1/2 c Canned hominy
6 Peppercorns
1 t Oregano
2 ts Salt, or to taste
Cut the calf's foot into four pieces. Cut the tripe
into small squares. Put them into the pan with the
onion, garlic, peppercorns, salt, and water. Cover and
bring to a boil. Lower the flame, open the windows(!)
and simmer uncovered for about 2 hours, or until the
tripe and foot are just tender but not too soft.
Meanwhile, toast the chiles anchos well on a dry
skillet, turning them from time to time until the skin
is charred. Slit them open (wearing rubber gloves, if
you like keeping your skin) and remove the seeds and
veins. Grind them dry to a fine powder. Add it to the
pot as the meat is cooking. Remove the pieces of the
calf's foot from the pan, and when they are cool
enough to handle, strip off the fleshy parts. Chop
them roughly and return them to the pan. Add the
hominy and continue cooking the menudo slowly, still
uncovered, for another two hours. Adjust the salt to
taste. Sprinkle with oregano and serve.
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Tony Ning Lew
dum...@aol.com (Dumorte) wrote:
>>> Anyone else? Florian, I'm sure you know what Hoppin' John is! Love that
>>Low
>>> Country food!
>>>
>>In this neck of the woods, for good luck and prosperity through the new year
>>folks are supposed to eat pork and sour kraut on the first day of the year.
>>
>
>I was always told to eat Hoppin' John for good luck and cabbage for wealth.
Hoppin' John = Black Eyed peas and rice:
Title: Hoppin' John
Categories: Southern, Low country
Yield: 6 servings
1 c Small dried peas such as
-cowpeas or black-eyes
6 c Water
1 Dried hot pepper (opt)
1 Smoked ham hock
1 md Onion, chopped (~3/4 cup)
1 c Long-grain white rice
Wash and sort the peas. Place them in a saucepan, add the water, and
discard any peas that float. Gently boil the peas with the pepper, ham
hock and onion, uncovered, until tender but not mushy - about 1 1/2
hours - or until 2 cups of liquid remain. Add the rice to the pot,
cover, and simmer for about 30 minutes, never lifting the lid.
Remove from the heat and allow to steam, still covered, for another 10
minutes. Remove the cover, fluff with a fork, and serve immediately.
from "Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking," Bantam Books,
Copyright 1992 by John Martin Taylor
Knockknee
says...
me, I ate 'em, she was satisfied that I'd have good luck, I'd run to eat
something else, *anything* else, to get the awful mealy taste out of my mouth.
Gaaaaaah. Peas.
Cramnella
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>Knockknee
LOL! My aunt feels the same as you where black-eyed peas are concerned and her
policy is to eat a single pea on New Years day.
Marc Allen
Knockknee
says...
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>>Knockknee
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>LOL! My aunt feels the same as you where black-eyed peas are concerned and her
>policy is to eat a single pea on New Years day.
The Great Pea Compromise!
baldwidow
>In article <97832719...@chalk.odsgc.net>,
> "baldwidow" <bald...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>My husband cooked Menudo. Who knows what that is? The smell--- kinda
>>like fumigating the house. lol
>
>Here's a recipe:
>
Thanks, but no thanks. The recipe shows that there is a lot involved in
cooking it. My husband would spend all night making it perfect. I guess
the person cooking it wouldn't be the same one with the hangover, since you
can't cook it while drunk.
The Vampire
>something else, *anything* else, to get the awful mealy taste out of my
>mouth.
There good with ketchup too!