So What is your Tradition?

[HalfSmoked]

Thanks for the like Chris it is appreciated.

Warren

 

[tx smoker]

Nice thread Warren. Not going to say it's necessarily a tradition but smoked prime rib is very popular in this area...and this household This year (today) it's a NY Strip roast specifically for one of our best friends. Gotta admit though, I do love my black eye peas and smoked ham hocks with a batch of corn bread. Like several others here, I can do cornbread with pretty much anything but there are certain things that it's a must-have with.

Robert

 

[Brokenhandle]

Guess there is one thing we or I enjoy...wife not at all, daughter likes some, and my son loves it. Ground round on crackers with onion, salt and pepper

Local store was out so had to get a top round steak and grind my own.

Ryan

 

[HalfSmoked]

Guess there is one thing we or I enjoy...wife not at all, daughter likes some, and my son loves it. Ground round on crackers with onion, salt and pepper

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Local store was out so had to get a top round steak and grind my own.

Ryan

Works for me.

Warren

 

[MJB05615]

Nice and Different.

 

[SherryT]

Black eyed peas, Jowl, turnip greens, cornbread. Been eating that for new years as long as I can remember

Same here...peas for luck, greens for money, and cornbread for...I have no idea, but you gotta soak up that pot liquor with SOMETHING!!

 

[TNJAKE]

Same here...peas for luck, greens for money, and cornbread for...I have no idea, but you gotta soak up that pot liquor with SOMETHING!!

I crumble my cornbread and cover it in peas and the juice........ heaven

 

[chopsaw]

I crumble my cornbread and cover it in peas and the juice.

I do that with ham and beans . Man that's good .

 

[Bearcarver]

Sounds like someone is Norwegian. We had that a lot when I was really young. Not so much in the last 50 years.

I've had some form of Herring, sardines or anchovies every Christmas and New Years since I can remember. Ok I'll admit it I eat those little fishies throughout the year, but I make sure I have them at this time of year.

Chris

I started eating "Herring Roe", but mainly because I can't get Shad Roe any more.
The Air Fryer seems to be the best way to make the Canned Herring Roe.

Bear

 

[SherryT]

I crumble my cornbread and cover it in peas and the juice........ heaven

Oh yeeeeaaahhhh...nothing better!

 

[JckDanls 07]

Being the wife is from PA.. we also do pork and sauerkraut... this years pork was fresh homemade Italian sausage in the crockpot with the kraut...

 

[Braz]

Corned beef and cabbage is our tradition.

 

[chef jimmyj]

As it worked out, we had Pork Ribs and Sauerkraut Christmas Day. With 3 kinds of Kielbasa.
Only family tradition we follow is Chinese Take-out, New Years Eve.
It must be a tradition with other families, locally, as the restaurant had a 45 minute wait. That is Slammed for this tiny place in a Meat and Potatoes town!...JJ

 

[912smoker]

I crumble my cornbread and cover it in peas and the juice........ heaven

Same here in Ga. Or we have the blackeyes over rice (soakimg up the juice). New addition is double smoked ham started today !

 

[rcompart]

I think I managed to inadvertently start the tradition of smoking a pork shoulder on New Years Day eve. It has never been planned but my subconscious has made the concerted effort to be sure I have a shoulder at near room temp by 7PM the last 4 years in a row so at this point I think it's officially a tradition. Gonna be a smokin' awesome lunch tomorrow and then some super tasty left-overs for dinner.

To everyone here that sees this, have a safe and healthy and happy new year!

 

[forktender]

In our house everyone must wear red underwear on New Years and not for the sexiness. hahaha
For Sicilian families red underwear and bra if you are female bring you good luck in the new year.
Also, everyone exchanges a small tobacco pouch full of Lentils, or Lenticchie and you must eat them right after New Year's Eve/ midnight to ward away the evil and bring health, happiness, prosperity and all around good luck in the new year.

This one my brothers and I made up when we were little kids you must kill and eat whatever it is that you killed on New Year's Day. Thank God there were always ducks, geese turkeys, pheasant and hogs running around for us. Except one yr that I can remember when we spent Christmas and New Year's down in San Diego CA. So we told our Gramp's about us needing to kill and eat what we killed on New Year's Day and handed us an old BB gun and Wrist Rocket slingshots and sent us across the street to the park to kill as many Red Breasted Robin's as we could kill. We came home a few hours later with a whole pillow case full of them and Nona roasted them up with onions and lots of garlic and served them too us over Polenta with her red sauce, and they were freak'in amazing.
There aren't as many Robins around as there were when we were kids or else I'd still be killing them for our yearly polenta feeds.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Thanks for the like Dan it is appreciated.

Warren

 

[hopkinsb]

My family sponsored some refugees during the Vietnam War, they taught us an amazing egg roll recipe, we cook them every new years.

 

[donaltman3]

Black eyed peas served over rice, collard greens and jalapeño corn bread on the side. Sometimes we have pork (if extended family is around or if we go to their homes) but traditionally my side of the family will not have much meat other than to season with for this meal. We skip the meat to remember to be humble and where we came from, it is also because of all the excesses we’ve just had with Thanksgiving and Christmas. One of our treats is a few days later we will blend up and make patties with the left over black eye peas, we coat them in seasoned flour and fry them for a side dish.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Thanks for the like donaltman3 it is appreciated.

Warren