What Do Y'all Eat For New Year's?

[BiBunny]

We've had the Thanksgiving and Christmas threads, so I thought I might as well keep the trend going.

I'm just cooking for Kitty and me today. I have meatloaf in the oven, rice (to spread the meatloaf over), squash, rutabagas, turnip greens (of course), black-eyed peas (of course), and rolls. For dessert, there will be leftover fudge from Christmas because I'm not in a baking mood today.

We're eating with our friend L. and her husband tonight, where we'll be having pork chops, macaroni and cheese, and black-eyed peas. No turnip greens because she doesn't like them.

My kinfolks always do turnip greens and black-eyed peas, of course, and sometimes, they even do hog's feet. *Gag* I'm about as country as they come, but I just can't bring myself to eat feet or internal organs. So they started doing the meatloaf thing for me because I don't care for any of that or for beef roast, either, which is something a lot of other people I know do. I'm very weird about meat, LOL. So I guess I'm carrying on the tradition by making meat loaf for me and the Kitty.

Anyway. What about y'all? For Thanksgiving and Christmas, most people do turkey or ham, but New Year's Day dinners seem to be more varied. I'm curious.

 

[ownedsubgal]

Daddy is a hardcore seafoodie, which means that New Year's Eve means crab legs and lobster tails. this year we switched it up a bit by having grilled lobster tails as opposed to steam. it was all delicious, but i loved the king crab legs best...a squirt of lemon, dip in clarified butter, ooooh sookie sookie!!!

 

[BiBunny]

Daddy is a hardcore seafoodie, which means that New Year's Eve means crab legs and lobster tails. this year we switched it up a bit by having grilled lobster tails as opposed to steam. it was all delicious, but i loved the king crab legs best...a squirt of lemon, dip in clarified butter, ooooh sookie sookie!!!

OMG, I LOVE seafood. That sounds *so* good to me right now.

I have to confess, I cooked nothing last night. We had Chinese, LOL.

 

[Netzach]

Crab is the first thing I am eating when I get de-fucked up here. It actually treats me really well.

I am too spastic to cook my own though, I always get paranoid and end up with a rubber tire. Someday I really mean to get over this.

 

[BiBunny]

Crab is the first thing I am eating when I get de-fucked up here. It actually treats me really well.

I am too spastic to cook my own though, I always get paranoid and end up with a rubber tire. Someday I really mean to get over this.

Mmm...crab. I love it, but I don't have the foggiest idea about how to cook it, either.

 

[chy_girl]

Bunny, now you have me craving black beans and rice.

Wonder if I have everything it takes to make it...

 

[ecstaticsub]

Steak, twice-baked potatoes, asparagus and salad just with the immediate family.

We have no New Year's Day traditions. Though we really enjoyed watching the Winter Classic at Fenway Park today (on TV, I wish I could have been there in person).

 

[Aquila1]

Well it's summer here (glares at the rain and gale blowing outside), which means the garden is just beginning to peak. At the moment we have 4 types of lettuce, cherry tomatoes, rocket, basil, peas, carrots, beetroot, peas (normal and snow-peas), beans, garlic, and courgettes. I'm a bit over cooking after having a full house for Christmas, so at the moment we just have steak (usually venison), or fish, cooked on the BBQ with a salad thrown together from the garden. For some reason we got given a lot of boxes of chocolates for Christmas.....I am working my way through them steadily

How do you actually cook black-eyed peas btw? they're not something we have here although I have seen the dried ones at the store.

 

[WriterDom]

Well it's summer here (glares at the rain and gale blowing outside), which means the garden is just beginning to peak. At the moment we have 4 types of lettuce, cherry tomatoes, rocket, basil, peas, carrots, beetroot, peas (normal and snow-peas), beans, garlic, and courgettes. I'm a bit over cooking after having a full house for Christmas, so at the moment we just have steak (usually venison), or fish, cooked on the BBQ with a salad thrown together from the garden. For some reason we got given a lot of boxes of chocolates for Christmas.....I am working my way through them steadily

How do you actually cook black-eyed peas btw? they're not something we have here although I have seen the dried ones at the store.

I pour them out of a can and heat them up.

 

[graceanne]

Nada. We have a movie night on new years eve, and we have munchies for that and an easy meal (this year we had baked potato night). Then the next day is just a regular day for us.

 

[BiBunny]

Bunny, now you have me craving black beans and rice.

Wonder if I have everything it takes to make it...

Maybe so 'cause that sounds good.

Steak, twice-baked potatoes, asparagus and salad just with the immediate family.

We have no New Year's Day traditions. Though we really enjoyed watching the Winter Classic at Fenway Park today (on TV, I wish I could have been there in person).

Mmm, steak. I'm weird about a lot of meat, but steak is NOT one of them!

Well it's summer here (glares at the rain and gale blowing outside), which means the garden is just beginning to peak. At the moment we have 4 types of lettuce, cherry tomatoes, rocket, basil, peas, carrots, beetroot, peas (normal and snow-peas), beans, garlic, and courgettes. I'm a bit over cooking after having a full house for Christmas, so at the moment we just have steak (usually venison), or fish, cooked on the BBQ with a salad thrown together from the garden. For some reason we got given a lot of boxes of chocolates for Christmas.....I am working my way through them steadily

How do you actually cook black-eyed peas btw? they're not something we have here although I have seen the dried ones at the store.

OMG, the stuff in your garden. Yummmmm.

I pour them out of a can and heat them up.

Haha, me, too, because I'm fat and lazy. Or else just boil the frozen ones.

But my mother and most people I know soak and then boil the dried peas for roughly, oh, forever. They're seasoned with same things all rural Southern people season boiled vegetables with: a little salt, a little pepper, and a shot of vegetable oil. Some folks cook a small piece of meat in with the peas instead of the oil, but I don't care for my veggies to taste meaty, personally.

 

[BiBunny]

Nada. We have a movie night on new years eve, and we have munchies for that and an easy meal (this year we had baked potato night). Then the next day is just a regular day for us.

Can't say that I blame you for that one.

 

[graceanne]

Can't say that I blame you for that one.

My family never made much a fuss of new years, and K doesn't really care about the holiday. I've always done quiet, at home, things for the holiday and I suspect I always will. The joys of marrying an older man. LOL

 

[MisterSir]

I think I cooked myself a can of meatballs with pasta. Eating is not really something that a lot of emphasis is put on on New Year's Eve with my family, or generally in this country in my experience.

 

[BiBunny]

I think I cooked myself a can of meatballs with pasta. Eating is not really something that a lot of emphasis is put on on New Year's Eve with my family, or generally in this country in my experience.

I once pointed out to my mother that maybe one reason our family is full of fatasses is that we feel the need to eat ridiculously much on pretty much every holiday imaginable.

 

[sinnocence]

We had pork loin, black eyed peas, fried cabbage, roasted onion potatoes, escarole soup, and a tomato/mozzarella cheese salad.

 

[FurryFury]

Black eyed peas, greens and fried artichoke hearts.

 

[LetsAllRimRobby]

We've had the Thanksgiving and Christmas threads, so I thought I might as well keep the trend going.

I'm just cooking for Kitty and me today. I have meatloaf in the oven, rice (to spread the meatloaf over), squash, rutabagas, turnip greens (of course), black-eyed peas (of course), and rolls. For dessert, there will be leftover fudge from Christmas because I'm not in a baking mood today.

We're eating with our friend L. and her husband tonight, where we'll be having pork chops, macaroni and cheese, and black-eyed peas. No turnip greens because she doesn't like them.

My kinfolks always do turnip greens and black-eyed peas, of course, and sometimes, they even do hog's feet. *Gag* I'm about as country as they come, but I just can't bring myself to eat feet or internal organs. So they started doing the meatloaf thing for me because I don't care for any of that or for beef roast, either, which is something a lot of other people I know do. I'm very weird about meat, LOL. So I guess I'm carrying on the tradition by making meat loaf for me and the Kitty.

Anyway. What about y'all? For Thanksgiving and Christmas, most people do turkey or ham, but New Year's Day dinners seem to be more varied. I'm curious.

Big bowls of hot home made soup.

 

[BiBunny]

We had pork loin, black eyed peas, fried cabbage, roasted onion potatoes, escarole soup, and a tomato/mozzarella cheese salad.

I've never had cabbage fried. I think I'd like to try it, though.

Black eyed peas, greens and fried artichoke hearts.

Never had fried artichoke hearts, but I'd like to try those, too.

I think I'm coming to eat with y'all Lit people next New Year's.

 

[BiBunny]

Big bowls of hot home made soup.

What kinda soup?

 

[sinnocence]

I've never had cabbage fried. I think I'd like to try it, though.

My step-mother used bacon grease and it also had little pieces of bacon in it. I didn't have any since I'm not real fond of cabbage, but it did look good.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Blackeyed peas, greens, ham and cornbread!

Hey, isn't it about time for a snack?

 

[BiBunny]

My step-mother used bacon grease and it also had little pieces of bacon in it. I didn't have any since I'm not real fond of cabbage, but it did look good.

Mmm, sounds good.

Blackeyed peas, greens, ham and cornbread!

Hey, isn't it about time for a snack?

Yes.

I almost had cornbread, too, instead of rolls, but I took the easy way out.

 

[chy_girl]

Damn.

Now I'm hungry.

 

[ultramarineblue]

I'm hungry too. We had a chicken rotel dish, blackeyed peas, baked cabbage, and cornbread.