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New Year's Food Traditions
New Year's Food Traditions
- Eating noodles at midnight is customary at Buddhist temples in Japan.
- A German/Pennsylvania Dutch tradition is to eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's day for good luck.
- It is a Cuban tradition to eat 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight. The 12 grapes signify the last twelve months of the year.
- German folklore says that eating herring at the stroke of midnight will bring luck for the next year.
- Eating pickled herring as the first bite of the New Year brings good luck to those of Polish descent.
- In the southern United States, it is believed eating black eyed peas on New Year's eve will bring luck for the coming year.
- Also from the south comes the custom of eating greens such as cabbage, collard greens, mustard greens, kale or spinach to bring money.
- One more from the Southerners: eating cornbread will bring wealth.
- The Southern custom of eating greens can be found in other cultures as well, although the cabbage can take many forms, such as sauerkraut or even kimchee.
- In the Philippines, it is important to have food on the table at midnight in order to insure an abundance of food in the upcoming year.
- Boiled Cod is a New Year's Eve must in Denmark.
- Olie Bollen a donut-like fritter is popular in Holland for New Year.
- Black-eyed peas, fish, apples, and beets are eaten for luck at the Jewish New Year's celebration (not celebrated on Jan 1).