interesting new year traditions in food

[hippywife]

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

My mom used to mention that black-eyed peas brought luck, but she knew she'd never get us to eat them.

Now, my own is pork roast with sauerkraut. I didn't think I would like sauerkraut until I spent New Year's Day with the family of a roommate. That's what they were having, so to be polite I ate it, and in the process, found I loved it and eat it through the year. But New Year's Day is as convenient an excuse to have pork and sauerkraut as any.