New Year Day Good Luck Food Traditions
We pour the bubbly on new year s eve but what about the menu.
New year day good luck food traditions. In different cultures certain foods are considered to bring good luck in the year ahead. Peas and beans symbolize coins or wealth. Choose traditional black eyed peas lentils or beans to make a dish seasoned with pork ham or sausage.
Whether it s black eyed peas on a new year s day. Around the world people eat certain foods that symbolize good luck in the coming year. According to popular folklore if these foods are eaten on new year s day you re guaranteed good luck throughout the year.
This tradition stems from the greeks who make a traditional vasilopita for new year s eve food with a hidden coin baked inside. That depends on where you live. Maybe that s why they symbolized abundance in the new year around the world.
Ring in the new year 2021 with one or all of these food traditions said to bring good luck in the coming year. These traditional new year s food options all have unique stories behind them and are well worth considering putting on your menu as you ring in 2020. So many fish in the sea.
Don t forget to check the color of your underwear. To make 2020 your luckiest year ever borrow these new year good luck traditions from around the world. Here in the south new year s day brings a whole new mess of meaning to the table from good fortune to a long life.
While southern new year s food traditions are enjoyed year round failure to incorporate the most symbolic foods on new year s day is very bad luck. Try some black eyed peas for prosperity grapes for good fortune or long noodles. And while you don t eat the silvery scales they do stand for coinage and plenty of it.