Your Favorite New Year's Tradition?

[lovecraft68]

And black eyed peas and cornbread are the same as pigs' knuckles and sauerkraut in what way, exactly?

Sauerkraut on New Year's is a German tradition. Pig's knuckles are Scandinavian.

Blackeyed peas and cornbread are neither German nor Scandinavian. Germans eat very little corn. It's regarded as animal feed, not for people.

I never equated Pig's Knuckles with the south directly. The couple of people I know that eat them are in my wife's family and are on the + side of 80. They also eat tripe and a few other things most people would throw to the side. One of the things a couple of her great aunts like is to bit the knuckles off of chicken bones and suck on them

Old school Italians who at one point I am sure barely had food to eat when they first came over

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Uh...let's see.

It used to be party, party, party until I threw up.

Then it was party, party and laughed at all those people throwing up.

Then it was party and laughing and pointing at those throwing up.

Now, it's sit at home and watch the ball fall in Times Square on the T.V. Oh and laughing at all the people throwing up.

 

[sr71plt]

And black eyed peas and cornbread are the same as pigs' knuckles and sauerkraut in what way, exactly?

Both in terms of "I do not go there." I answered your question in the first sentence and then moved on.

 

[sr71plt]

Is that the same as Ham Hock ?

Beats me. I never got close enough to it to figure it out.

 

[SecondCircle]

We usually make it a point to party our asses off. I've had young and old over, but usually it's lots of drinks, lots of slurred resolutions, lots of pissing off the porch while looking up at fireworks (requires a deal of skill). Then there's like, a lot more drinks. Loud music and loud noises. My wife broke out a fogger and some lazer lights and the girls went apeshit.

My family did the black eyed peas and cabbage thing. I was told as a kid if I ate the black eyed peas I'd get more coin money in the coming year and the cabbage would bring more green money. Of course they were full of shit, and I never developed a taste for either.