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Sauerkraut, along with pork, is eaten traditionally in Pennsylvania on New Year's Day. The tradition, started by the Pennsylvania Dutch, is thought to bring good luck for the upcoming year. [24] Sauerkraut is also used in American cuisine as a condiment upon various foods, such as sandwiches and hot dogs.
Traditional celebration food on New Year's Eve is virsli, a sausage served with mustard or horseradish, and a poppyseed roll known as bejgli. Champagne is served in midnight toasts. On New Year's Day the traditional meal is pork, lentils, and cabbage soup. Eating something sweet brings luck. Eating pork brings luck, especially the tail.
Add the pork and sear on all sides until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Remove the pork from the pot and set aside. Add the butter to the drippings in the pot and let melt.
Traditional New Year food includes pork with sauerkraut or Estonian sauerkraut (mulgikapsad), baked potatoes and swedes with hog's head, and white and blood sausage. Vegetarians can eat potato salad with navy beet [ clarification needed ] and pâté.
From slow-cooked pork to cabbage with black-eyed peas, families share traditional foods said to bring good luck when eaten on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day.
It remains a traditional New Year's Day side dish for many Pennsylvania German families; in fact, many families believe that it is bad luck if not even a small piece is consumed on New Year's Day, as is the case with pork and sauerkraut. The stomach is purchased at one of the many traditional butchers at local farmers' markets.
Eating 12 grapes at midnight to ring in the new year is a Spanish tradition that is hundreds of years old, according to Vogue. It is practiced across the Caribbean, South America and other ...