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Cooking & Baking

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4. In Wisconsin it was

Fri Dec 23, 2022, 02:00 PM

Dec 2022

herring in a jar that would bring one good luck in the New Year. My parents would encourage me to just have a little bite but NO. Never did.

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interesting new year traditions in food [View all] littlewolf Dec 2022 OP

Here it is Dave in VA Dec 2022 #1

Spicy black eyed peas with tomatoes and green chilies Silver Gaia Dec 2022 #2

Pennsylvania Dutch Freddie Dec 2022 #3

In Wisconsin it was MOMFUDSKI Dec 2022 #4

You mean you actually have to EAT it?!! 2naSalit Dec 2022 #6

One of my earliest memories was eating peacefreak2.0 Dec 2022 #12

My Polish grandmother did the same in New York Retrograde Dec 2022 #13

Pickled herring trof Dec 2022 #15

Hoppin' John is the one New Years' dish I have heard the most about ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2022 #5

I have made Hoppin' John from time to time instead of the pot of peas yellowdogintexas Dec 2022 #9

Here in NM, it's tamales Warpy Dec 2022 #7

we live near one of the large Mexican areas in FW yellowdogintexas Dec 2022 #10

There was a lady who sold them door to door in my neighborhood Warpy Dec 2022 #11

I have made Tamales and Hoppin' John dem in texas Jan 2023 #17

I from KY and live in Texas so of course it is black eyed peas yellowdogintexas Dec 2022 #8

We didn't have any new year food traditions when I was growing up. hippywife Dec 2022 #14

In coastal Alabama: trof Dec 2022 #16

Because I did not grow up with any New Year food traditions, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 #18