I feel like we sort of forgot about you all.
I went to dinner at the folks and crashed on the couch. Did we all have our pork and sauerkraut tonight?
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I feel like we sort of forgot about you all.
I went to dinner at the folks and crashed on the couch. Did we all have our pork and sauerkraut tonight?
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Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m Never. Drinking. Again.
burnspbesq
Pork and sauerkraut?
Nope.
Kung pao chicken. And Boston cream pie. We’re very multicultural at Casa Burns.
burnspbesq
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
Had a little too much fun last night, did we?
stibbert
not yet – pork&kraut will be Sunday’s dinner.
Poopyman
No we did not. We had leftover black-eyed pea soup from last night. Which is good, so I’m not complaining. Anyway, I’m at my vegetarian sister’s, so there were no expectations of pork.
Now I gotta get some sleep before the drive home. Look for me on the tail end of some thread sometime around Tuesday AM when I’m back at work.
Yutsano
@burnspbesq: It’s so funny how the hungover swear they will never drink again…and then get right back in the saddle. I’m kinda glad I gave it up myself, although there have been times a beer after work sounds pretty damn good.
Have you ever heard of a white rioja? There’s a bottle in the store and it keeps intriguing me but I never end up buying it.
mr. whipple
Pork, no kraut.
Walker
Today is New Years. That means hoppin’ John.
General Stuck
Black Eyed Peas I made in the slow cooker is what I will graze on tonight. With a celery stick, and ice tea made from powdered Macha green tea. Dog will have purina puppy chow, and whatever hits the floor.
Anonymous At Work
Black-eyed peas, dude…damnyankees. Frankly, black-eyed pea soup with salted pork for the meat…but couldn’t swing the fermented cabbage.
john smallberries
Hoppin’ John, herb crusted roast pork, and green beans with lots of almonds. There was a bit of porcine redundancy between the pork and the hoppin’ john, which features a chopped up chunk of salt pork the way I make it.. Preceded with a homemade green goddess dressing on a salad and washed down with a Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale.
The new years off to a good start.
General Stuck
Did you hear? The Browns played the Stillers today and whopped them pretty boys 68 to 1. I read it on Balloon Juice.
Comrade Mary
Just finished a lovely little Yorkshire Pudding. Last night was Blanche de Chambly and various chocolate truffles, which actually worked beautifully together.
Mark S.
Cashew chicken.
p mac
Yup–
The usual.
Roast pork loin, sauer kraut, mashed sweet potato and steamed broccoli.
Also, beer.
burnspbesq
@Yutsano:
White rioja? That’s a new one.
I have a six of Pilsner Urquell in the fridge in the garage. Think I’m going to treat myself to one.
Yutsano
@burnspbesq: Okay that settles it: next trip to the store that vino goes in my cart. It’s not like it’s prohibitively expensive either, plus I love a good spicy rioja.
burnspbesq
@Yutsano:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-10-12/wine/17264173_1_rioja-alta-rioja-alavesa-aromas
robertdsc-PowerBook & 27 titles
Pork chops, mashed potatoes, and salad. Yummy.
Yutsano
@burnspbesq: Salivation mode has set in. I didn’t see the particular vintner available to me, but I’ll definitely report upon my findings once I get the bottle.
Ross Hershberger
Whole wheat linguine with tomato/vegetable sauce and a pile of Christmas cookies. It’s the weekend and I’m lazy.
suzanne
I didn’t realize sauerkraut was traditional. My grandmother, who was The Worst Cook Ever, used to buy pickled red cabbage in a jar and heat it up and serve it on New Year’s Eve. I remember it being a struggle to even gag it down.
Yutsano
@suzanne:
I’d never heard of that either. I knew of the blackeyed peas thing. I almost have enough ingredients for hoppin’ john in the house except the wrong kind of peas.
freelancer
What is this “we” shit?
Yutsano
@freelancer: What, Lily, Rosie, and Tunch don’t count anymore?
CaseyL
OMG, I didn’t have Hoppin John today! I love the stuff, and am really upset I forgot all about it today. Instead, my dinner was pub grub Seattle-style: a grilled apple-and-cheese-and-fried green tomato sandwich that, sadly, sounds better than it actually was. Le sigh. But the company was excellent :)
lacp
None of the above. As is my wont once or twice a year, I took my wingnut downstairs neighbor out to the bar and got both of us plastered (insofar as there was food, I vaguely remember wings and onion rings). Right proper Tea Partier he is: lived off his girlfriend and the landlord for almost 20 years without working by telling sad stories, now collects SS and Medicare and complains that the Islamomarxistkenyan is preventing full employment by screwing small businesses with high taxes and too much regulation. 2011 looks like good times indeed.
eemom
@Yutsano:
The two best examples of reiterative human stupidity, I have always thought, are drunkenness and sunburn. Lessons impervious of learning.
Joey Maloney
Jane Hamsher and the professional left have declared 2011 a complete failure.
freelancer
@Yutsano:
Snark. One of our trolls who will not be named can’t open his mouth without using the “Royal ‘We'”.
burnspbesq
@Joey Maloney:
Well, given that we are 24 hours into the new year and Obama hasn’t delivered a single unicorn, who could argue with that?
Yutsano
@freelancer</a: Dammit, I knew I shoulda tagged that comment with a smilie at the end. Then we'd have a snark chain going. I r teh suxxors.
burnspbesq
Pilsner Urquell is definitive proof of the existence of God.
Yutsano
@freelancer: FYWPVM.
I knew I shoulda put a smilie on the end of that comment. Then we woulda had a snark chain rolling. I r teh suxxors.
blogbytom
I also didn’t realize that sauerkraut was traditional.
That said, I’ve been hungover all day, but I cured that hangover by Drinking. Again.
All’s well that ends well.
Mike Kay (Christine O'Donnell's Co-Witch)
@Joey Maloney: what took them so long?
Mark S.
@freelancer:
I’m drawing a blank on which troll that would be.
I’m hoping 2011 brings a higher standard of troll. BoB’s a shell of his former self, and nobody else can lay off the glue for long enough to make more than two moronic comments before they pass out.
Yutsano
PS the Sooners whomped UConn. I predict a certain Okie commenter will remind us of this fact early and often.
Shadow's Mom
My New Year’s dinner was leftover chile. Watching Amelia at the moment, and psyching myself into anticipating the return of my normally hectic school and work schedule on Monday. Not so surprised to find that celebrity status was abused by the marketeers 70 years ago just as today.
@Comrade Mary: I had that on Christmas. First time I’d made it. Oddly, I was surprised that the completed pudding was, in fact, a custard-like substance. For some curious reason, I’d always thought of it being like a popover. Silly idea once I considered the ingredients and cooking method. I may make the roast beef and Yorkshire pudding a tradition for future Christmases
@suzanne: My father’s family were Slovaks from the Turtle Creek/East Pittsburgh PA. There sauerkraut and pork are required eating on New Year’s. Also, the entire neighborhood going outside at midnight and banging on pots and pans. In a sop to male-dominant cultural history, the oldest male member of the household had to be the first to reenter the home on New Year’s morning.
cckids
We just finished a princely prime rib w/twice baked potatoes & roast carrots. And a lovely Chateneuf de Pape to go with it. Was supposed to be Xmas dinner, postponed due to the stomach flu making the rounds. Completely excellent tonight. And the teenagers are cleaning the kitchen, so life is truly good.
Also, found a female Pomeranian wandering loose on the street today. We’ve got a male Pom, who is truly thrilled to meet her. She, less so to get to know him. We’ve got posters up, waiting for her mom & dad to give us a call. But it looks like she’s here for the night, at least. Quite the 5-lb cutie. And she even likes my cats.
Glenn Beck's Chalkboard
Three bowls of black-eyed peas with bacon, and two helpings of ham. That should do it.
KRK
Happy Birthday, Balloon Juice! I hope John got you something nice.
freelancer
@Yutsano:
Forward
Anne Laurie
@suzanne: __
It’s a German thing, I’ve been told — cabbage and pork for prosperity. One of the few things I know for sure about Cole is that he’s got German ancestry.
I was also told the German Jews discretely swapped corned beef for the pork. After many years and some cross-Atlantic migration, Irish servants picked up this combination from their prosperous German-Jewish employers in the New World. Which is why Americans think corned beef, instead of pork, is the “traditional” St. Patrick’s Day feast!
asiangrrlMN
@Mark S.: This one, minus the S (I think).
And, what the fuck with pork and sauerkraut? What awesome American tradition am I missing out on this time around?
@Anne Laurie: Ah. Thanks. Now I feel slightly less clueless.
ETA: My new year isn’t for another month, so phooey on you all, anyway.
@Yutsano: Hon, do you think Ted Allen swings my way a leeeeetle bit?
Yutsano
@freelancer: Dammit I thought I spiked that sucker.
@Anne Laurie: Would you please be so kind as to delete comment #32? WP was having a moment, and not in the good way.
freelancer
@Yutsano:
See, you got angry with wordpress. And she smote you with the spite of a wronged woman.
Joey Maloney
I’ve never been able to enjoy black-eyed peas for New Years. In my mind the association with jail food is inextricable.
asiangrrlMN
@Mark S.: This one, minus the S (I think).
And, what the fuck with pork and sauerkraut? What awesome American tradition am I missing out on this time around?
@Anne Laurie: Ah. Thanks. Now I feel slightly less clueless.
ETA: My new year isn’t for another month, so phooey on you all, anyway.
suzanne
@Anne Laurie: Interesting. Though, as a rule, I tend to distrust the Germans when it comes to matters gastronomical.
German food. Ewwwwww.
They should stick to things they know best. Like really upsetting pornography.
Anne Laurie
@Shadow’s Mom: __
Beats the modern iteration where everybody goes out and shoots straight into the air. When I was living in Michigan, there always seemed to be at least one news report about an accidental injury resulting from this.
Fireworks, now — many pets would disagree with me, but I can understand the fireworks urge. Especially if setting them off is left up to the professionals. Ah, the increasing specialization of modern life…
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Well technically mine was four months ago. So neener. We can still observe the Western niceties.
@suzanne: When I was in Germany I didn’t really eat much of the actual German food there. I do like the traditional breakfast though. Cold meats and cheeses on dark bread. Serious nom.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Not when I don’t know the actual traditions of said Western civilization. Harrumph. You buy me this for Taiwanese/Chinese New Year.
Anne Laurie
@suzanne: __
But, but — Sausages! Spaetzle! Horseradish cream! Marzipan and Black Forest torte!
As long as they’re not attempting to handle anything involving the vegetarian option, my main grievance with German food is that the best of it runs approximately ten thousand calories per bite. And, as Cole mentions, will put you to sleep faster than Ambien.
freelancer
Somebody talk me down. There’s probably people from Jersey here. I’m watching Brick City, the Sundance channel documentary miniseries on Newark. Cory Booker first landed on my radar after the documentary Street Fight about his first mayoral campaign. The man is just awesome from everything I’ve seen, and the national story about Booker running around town with snowshovels and diapers putting other East Coast elected officials to shame hasn’t done anything to dispel that. I’m getting a huge mancrush on the guy, and I need some reality to maybe counter that bias if it’s called for.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: I might get those as a wedding gift. Me buy car first.
suzanne
@Yutsano: Looking at the white sausages made me want to spew. Not to mention the pork knuckles.
freelancer
@freelancer:
Fuck, I’m in mod hell again?! Jesus. I didn’t even say sociaIism.
suzanne
@Anne Laurie: At one point while I was in Munich, I ordered a salad. They brought me a bowl of meat—apparently “sausage salad” isn’t a joke.
I was so thrilled to come home and eat a vegetable.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: OK, fine. I will take a box of these instead. I thought there was no price on love!
ETA: Or Alan Rickman. He would do nicely, too. Or both.
@Anne Laurie: EEK! I hate Chuckie, so I shudder at the image.
Anne Laurie
@asiangrrlMN: __
Year of the Rabbit! As a Goat, married to a Rabbit, I’m of course looking forward to it. Our favorite Chinese delivery place already gave out their annual calendars, though — which features the most disturbing cartoon rabbit you can imagine. If you made it into a plush toy, it would be right at home in Chuckie’s toybox.
Yutsano
@suzanne: These were (fortunately) a bit more appetizing. Smoked chicken and an unknown yellow cheese (I think gouda but don’t quote me on that) and ham for my friend. I was being a good Jewish boy at the time.
@asiangrrlMN: Ships in fourteen days with a shelf life of seven? I’m no genius (well technically I am) but those maths don’t be adding up.
Morbo
You appear to have caught an ad with auto-playing audio. Please kill it with fire.
PanAmerican
Pickled Herring and the Glögg.
gwangung
My hillbilly Cantonese New Year’s dinner is crispy fried chicken and sauteed bok choy (today, with mushrooms).
Comfort food, it is….
Yutsano
@gwangung: And you didn’t invite me over. I r seriously crushed. Well not really, I’ve kinda enjoyed not leaving the condo at all today.
EDIT: Oh swell! Seattle playeth the Lambs tomorrow! Maybe I can go sneak into Sam Bradford’s hotel room.
catdevotee
I grew up in Memphis (Tennessee, not Egypt). The required New Year’s Day meal was cabbage and black-eyed peas. In my adult life, I lived in Dallas; the tradition was the same, with over-the-top Texas flourishes of course. Now I live in southern Oregon, where most people are just glad to have a dinner to start the year – they don’t seem to care what the menu is.
freelancer
@Anne Laurie:
I’m guessing that was you who freed me. Thanks.
asiangrrlMN
@gwangung: Yum. Yum. YUM! Want!
@Yutsano: Damn. I didn’t read the fine print. How about this? There are matching earrings. The whole set has a delightful whimsy to it. You have to ask for a price (and the website sucks).
asiangrrlMN
@freelancer: For some reason, I’m going into mod when I answer your other comment, so I’ll put it here. I can’t talk you down from crushing out on Cory Booker. I think he’s amazing. Sorry.
asiangrrlMN
This is a test. FYFWP.
Freelancer, answering you is putting me in you-know-what. So, I think Cory Booker is wonderful. I can’t help you. Sorry.
Mark S.
@asiangrrlMN:
Oh, that jackass. Like I said, better trolls this year.
asiangrrlMN
@freelancer: It’s the name of the NJ mayor throwing me into mod. WTF? Anyway, I think he’s fabulous, so I can’t help. Sorry.
Anne Laurie, please delete comments 70 & 71. Thanks.
@Mark S.: Agreed. But, I got to hear David Bowie, so it’s all good.
@Yutsano: Well, I did choose the over $25,000 price range!
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: There was a set of earrings that I liked in that set, but the whimsy bordered on too much for me. The earring at least had a price. More than the car I want.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Once again, I dedicate this from you to me. Man, there is some ugly-looking expensive shit out there.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Mmm…Jamie Foxx…I’m sorry, what were we talking about again? :)
@freelancer: It was five figures IIRC. And it wasn’t that bad looking. Just really really big.
freelancer
@asiangrrlMN:
Sez this from the grrl who wanted an onyx ring that was, like, 4 figures. Or does my memory serve me wrong?
Church Lady
Growing up in Memphis, we always did black eye peas for luck and pork for prosperity, but others in the South do different takes on it. A friend from Jackson, Mississippi does the peas, subs cabbage for the pork and adds carrots for health.
My sister hates black eye peas, but is too superstitious to not honor the tradition. She sticks one pea in her mouth and washes it down with a liquid, like it’s a pill. As far as she’s concerned, all that matters is that she swallowed it.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Yeah, I thought that would distract you.
@freelancer: Your memory serves you very wrong. It’s five figures, and it’s awesome!
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Yep. Still haven’t quite recovered from that heart attack. But at least that one is about even in price with the car.
freelancer
@asiangrrlMN:
Just call me Mcfreelancer.
I blame it on alcohol-fueled gastritis.
Mark S.
Oh Dear God.
Shorter Greg Mankiw:
Dear President Obama,
It is possible to work with Republicans. What you need to do is accept all their ideas and reject all the ideas of your supporters. Then they’ll come around. They are very reasonable people and want what’s best for the country and definitely do not constantly think of destroying your presidency.
Your friend,
Dr. Mankiw
asiangrrlMN
@freelancer: Well, it was a better McEstimate than MM2 herself could have made.
ETA: She is the pink Himalayan salt that just keeps on giving.
@Yutsano: That was the funniest reaction yet. Heh. That’s what you get for being an ebil gubmint worker. I got my claws in you!
@Mark S.: Thanks for the shorter so I wouldn’t have to poke my eyes out with my rusty pitchfork.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Mark S.: Well in fairness, that’s what Broder’s been telling Democrats for the twenty or so years I’ve been reading him, or more accurately, for the fifteen years I’d been reading him when I gave up a few years ago.
asiangrrlMN
Woot woot! TBogg ‘steals’ the Moore Award from Olbermann and Sully’s minion whines about it. Plus, Joe Scarborough getting any award for calling out Newt Gingrich (Mr. Despicable himself) is WEAK!
Suffern ACE
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: It’s not the Republican’s fault that the Democrats are so divisive as to have different ideas.
Yutsano
@Mark S.: Sure Greg. Just keep embracing the ideas that brought about 30 years of economic chaos and income inequality. I’m amazed he even bothered to mention it, then suggested that Obama should enact policies that increase it even more. And gives no reason why other than to give Republicans a happy.
Fuck. That. Noise. I want sweet Republican tears and gnashing of teef.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: But do you think that will happen? It doesn’t seem like the public gives a shit until everything is so fucked up, people are forced to vote Democratic just so the country won’t destroy itself. So, I don’t see the Republicans being completely thwarted any time soon.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: It really depends upon how the Democrats in the Senate react to what comes out of the House. If they stay united (this assumes no rule changes) then it never reaches Obama in the first place. If they keep on splitting, watch for Bernie Sanders to start filibustering early and often.
PS: I’m calling it right now: Paul Ryan will refuse to raise the debt ceiling and there will be a shutdown in a month or two. It’s gonna be epic.
Anne Laurie
Since there’s nobody here but the Late Shift, can I take this opportunity to bitch about my godsdamned dogs? The Spousal Unit has been “inexplicably (to the dogs) missing” for several days now, which means all three adorable little rescues have been backsliding — like many rescues, they don’t deal well with any change in routine. I can cope with the neediness, and the noisy spats as they argue over whose turn it is to monopolize my attention, and even the nonstop “random marking behavior” (thank goddess & the Swiffer corporation).
But Zevon, our Vagabond Boy, has reverted to his second-most-annoying behavioral glitch. He demands to go Out in the Yard every 75 minutes (I timed it), takes a lap, then sits six feet from the back door and barks frantically until I put my shoes on, crunch through the snow, and herd him back into the house. I wish he could at least be convinced to lay off the yapping between 11pm and 6am, though, because I cringe at the thought of being That Neighbor, y’know?
If I ever run into the guy who invented the ‘invisible fence’, I may have to be restrained from strangling him, or at least zapping him with one of his own godsdamned collars.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: I just think it’s all gonna get ugly, and the Democrats (especially Obama) are going to get the blame. I am not looking forward to it. As for Paul Ryan, I’m not so sure. I think when push comes to shove, the Republicans just may back down on that one while spin, spin, spinning the whole way.
@Anne Laurie: Oh man, that’s rough. I really hope your Spousal Unit isn’t gone for much longer.
Yutsano
@Anne Laurie: Hmm…no advice, just sympathy for a swift return. Then of course you need to bail out of town yourself for a few days and let HIM deal with it. Seems only fair.
@asiangrrlMN:
The Republicans thought this exact same thing when it happened under Clinton. It backfired on them mightily. And Boehner’s nowhere near as smart as Gingrich, no way can he control the spin fast enough, especially if Nancy SMASH!! gets there first. And I get the feeling she hates that orange toad.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: I like your advice to Anne Laurie. And, yeah, I remember that. That’s why I think the Republicans may actually try to avoid a government shutdown, no matter how much they threaten to make one happen.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: See, the onus is on the Republicans to do shit now. They can try to blame Obama all they want, but most Americans are smart enough to recognize when the opposition isn’t even trying. If all they throw out there is repeals and glibertarian bullshit without actually coming up with workable solutions, they’ll pay for it later. And no amount of white old men is gonna save them at the ballot box.
kdaug
@Yutsano:
Jury’s still out. Your URL is broken.
Yutsano
@kdaug: Oh. Yeah. That. Been trying to delete that thing all damn day. It seems to be stuck there now.
EDIT: Think it took that time. FYWP.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: You really think most Americans are smart enough to recognize the opposition isn’t trying? Then, why the fuck did the Dems lose the house?
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Old white men voted and pretty much no one else did. It was a demographic nightmare for the Democrats. I don’t think it will stick for 2012.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: That’s why you are the optimist of the two of us. We shall see.
JimK
@Yutsano: Just “old” period, not gender specific.
Suffern ACE
@Yutsano: Unfortunately, that is a growing demographic.
Yutsano
@JimK: True. The point still holds. The Republicans lied to the old folks about the health care law and they bought it. They lied about a bunch of other stuff too, but it got the old voting base riled up while the younger folk stayed home. And as soon as Social Security or Medicare hit the chopping block, they’ll lie about that too while gleefully trimming off as much as they can.
JimK
@Yutsano: Yep. I live in T-tard usa. Get e-mails all the time from my neighbors, straight from FX. Send rebuttals, never hear back.
Anne Laurie
@Yutsano: __
The Spousal Unit claims Zevon doesn’t carry on like this on the (rare) occasions I’m gone overnight. On the other hand, it’s an established fact that he “doesn’t hear” Zevon or the others barking when he’s inside and they’re outside, so I suspect Idiot Boy (the four-footed one) just yarps his brains out until S.U. remembers, after 20 minutes or so, that maybe he should go check the back door and see if Zeev’s interested in coming in. Which kind of negates the whole “not driving the neighbors crazy” concept…
Yutsano
@Anne Laurie: My mother has a term for that phenomenon. Selective hearing. It usually runs in families.
@Suffern ACE: Growing and more important, the old folk VOTE. There are still more people in this country under the age of 55 than over it, but it makes no difference if they don’t make it to the voting booth. It’s why I’m really hip on vote by mail.
Anne Laurie
@asiangrrlMN: You’re right, looks like FYWP considers “Booker” a gaming-based no-no word. Now we know, Freelancer!
Yutsano
@Anne Laurie: And knowing is half the battle!
And on that cheesy note, I adjourn. Talk with y’all tomorrow!
JMY
@freelancer:
Corey Booker 2016? I’d vote for him.
newhavenguy
Frank Logue, former Mayor of New Haven in some interesting times, passes.
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/a_city_lover_passes#cmt
I will say one thing for this god forsaken suburb of NYC, our politics have been very interesting. Much has been written about them, and not only— I think— because of the presence of Yale University.
Hey, it’s not The Wire, but ours is an interesting story, presuming of course that one gives a shit about urban politics, reform movements and such in North America, circa 1965- present.
Cheers, and Happy Fucking New Year! This one goes to eleven. ELEVEN!
BethanyAnne
@freelancer: I’ve seen Booker on a couple of interview shows. He’s freakin awesome. The first mayor that I’ve ever seen and thought “Hmm, wonder if he’s gonna be President some day?”
freelancer
@JMY:
Cory B./Franken vs Huntsman/ReligiousGOPTalkRadioLunatic for 2016.
I think I’d feel safe either way compared to today’s climate.
harlana
Pork and sauerkraut?
We do black-eyed peas, collard greens and hog jowls down here in DeMint country.
HeartlandLiberal
I note someone else who adheres to proper New Year’s cuisine.
We had ham, black eyed peas, and I made a cast iron skillet of southern style corn bread ( no sugar, thank you very much), with buttermilk and eggs, plus I added a can of yellow corn to the batter. Being from the really deep south originally, Alabama, I put ketchup on my plate as a vegetable to dip my cornbread in.
We did decide to have brussels sprouts rather than the usual greens. I grow a half dozen varieties of greens every year in the garden, and we had had enough. I had planted in late August for a second round, and we were eating kale, collards, mustard greens, and turnip greens (with some beautiful turnips) into November.
This from last year’s New Year’s day meal, but it makes the point: New Year’s Meal 2009
Finally in late November, Indiana weather decided to show a little tradition, and we started in with fits of snow storms, and by December we spent most of the month with snow on the ground for the first time in many years. The cold and snow finally killed off the greens.
alwhite
@Anne Laurie:
Odd, my Großvater came here at 16 and never mentioned this as a tradition. We used to have oyster stew. I knew about hoppin john but not the kraut thing as new year fare
alwhite
@Yutsano:
I thought selective hearing ran in genders (male) at least that was what I have been told!
Ross Hershberger
These food traditions are all news to me or I’ve forgotten having heard about them. And I worked in a restaurant for 10 years.
Pork and sauerkraut is a pretty good combination any time. Comfort food for the dead of winter. And sauerkraut is a good source of vitamin C.
Michael D.
I actually started life as a vegetarian yesterday!
Cat Lady
Never heard of pork and sauerkraut tradition, and I’m all German ancestry. Huh. The only traditional New Year’s day dish I’ve ever eaten is ltalian – lentils and pork sausage. I guess the idea everywhere is to start the New Year off being “regular”. Cabbage and beans work, also too.
Svensker
@Cat Lady:
Think it’s a Pennsylvania thing. My PA rellies are all talking about their pork and kraut on FB.
Svensker
@Michael D.:
Weren’t you doing a vegan thing a couple years ago?