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Why Do We Eat Pork and Sauerkraut on New Year’s Day
EatDelights ^ | Kimberley Baxter

Posted on 12/30/2022 3:19:18 PM PST by DallasBiff

It’s no coincidence that pork chops and sauerkraut are traditional holiday dishes, especially on New Year’s Day.

This meal symbolizes wealth and prosperity for the coming year in German-American culture

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: newyearsday; sauerkraut; tradition
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To: OHPatriot
I’ll trade Pierogi’s for mashed potatoes.

Any day……..

61 posted on 12/30/2022 4:29:42 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Notice all the replies denigrating this in various ways

I wouldn't days its denigrating, just regional differences.

62 posted on 12/30/2022 4:30:28 PM PST by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: lilypad

Sounds delicious. Good luck and Happy New Year as best we can!


63 posted on 12/30/2022 4:35:37 PM PST by dforest
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To: DallasBiff

Chile Verde burritos for me


64 posted on 12/30/2022 4:42:00 PM PST by Greg123456
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To: DallasBiff

Folks are cooking up a batch right now.


65 posted on 12/30/2022 4:44:36 PM PST by SkyDancer (I Walk In The Rain So Nobody Can See My Tears)
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To: DallasBiff

Corned Beef And Cabbage here.


66 posted on 12/30/2022 4:46:33 PM PST by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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To: DallasBiff

New Year’s Day menu: Alka Seltzer and Tylneol


67 posted on 12/30/2022 4:47:05 PM PST by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I like sauerkraut on hot dogs or with just about any form of pork, and I too will eat it plain out of the jar. My wife hates it, though, with the sole exception of Reuben sandwiches.

Someday I want to try making my own sauerkraut.


68 posted on 12/30/2022 4:47:56 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: DallasBiff

For lack of a better all-encompassing term.

Most of it is dismissive, instead of “oh, that’s interesting”. As many other groups would get for their customs. Just the “never heard of it” you’d not see in most other cultural threads (if you can’t say something nice, don’t post?). Why the need to post how they don’t know it? Doesn’t happen in others. Or the “I’ll take this instead”.

I’m serious, I’ve noticed this total ignorance and disrespect for German culture. Yet is the most influential in American culture (most of that Christmas obsession is German, not English), not to mention genetics.

Anyway, off my soapbox.


69 posted on 12/30/2022 4:50:37 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I have a real problem with Reubens.

I tell these waiters to ensure they put LOTS of sauerkraut on it. LOTS! But mostly it’s just another small layer in there.


70 posted on 12/30/2022 4:52:19 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I seldom order a Reuben in a restaurant because they’re usually not very good. One place even made what they called a Reuben with coleslaw instead of sauerkraut, if you can believe that. Every couple of months I get the ingredients and make about half a dozen at home.


71 posted on 12/30/2022 4:57:04 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: DallasBiff
"Pork and sauerkraut is a northeast tradition."

Must be New England tradition. I live in New York State, and we usually had ham on New Year's Day.

72 posted on 12/30/2022 4:59:16 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: the OlLine Rebel

At restaurants there is not enough kraut not enough sauce and scantily toasted.


73 posted on 12/30/2022 4:59:35 PM PST by M_Continuum
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Most of it is dismissive, instead of “oh, that’s interesting”. As many other groups would get for their customs. Just the “never heard of it” you’d not see in most other cultural threads (if you can’t say something nice, don’t post?). Why the need to post how they don’t know it? Doesn’t happen in others. Or the “I’ll take this instead

Leave your basement, and get a life.

74 posted on 12/30/2022 4:59:50 PM PST by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: DallasBiff

Pork, collard greens, black eyed peas and corn bread Southern New Years meal. Pork for prosperity, collards for paper money, black eyed peas for coins and corn bread for gold.


75 posted on 12/30/2022 5:06:19 PM PST by carcraft (Pray for our Country)
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To: DallasBiff

I have a 5 pound wild boar roast ready to put in the crock pot tomorrow, along with sauerkraut that I will add when it is nearly done.

And I will make lots of mashed potatoes too!

Because that’s what my ancestors did!

Happy New Year!!!


76 posted on 12/30/2022 5:09:05 PM PST by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! R)
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To: airborne
I have a 5 pound wild boar roast ready to put in the crock pot tomorrow, along with sauerkraut that I will add when it is nearly done

Happy New Year and enjoy the day, wish I could be at your table, enjoy the day.

77 posted on 12/30/2022 5:17:11 PM PST by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: taxcontrol

I suppose if yer a Mexican. 😁


78 posted on 12/30/2022 5:31:55 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: DallasBiff

Along with the P&SK, I throw in a can of white beans, to give it some more body. Corn cake on the side.

Trouble is that more SK producers are sweetening up their kraut, toning down its sourness with sweetness.


79 posted on 12/30/2022 5:32:37 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: lee martell

And Yeunling beer.


80 posted on 12/30/2022 5:32:44 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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