FReeper Canteen ~ New Year's Lucky Foods ~ 04 January 2022

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

New Year's Lucky Foods!

Across the country and around the world, people celebrate the new year with a variety of foods, many of them thought to bring luck in the coming year.

From pork to peas to pastries, we can embrace different cultural culinary traditions in the hope of starting the new year off on the right foot.

Here's a symbol of gold for your New Year's table: cornbread! Combine this Southern favorite with black-eyed peas and collard greens for triple the luck.

Need some inspiration this year? Take a cue from pigs who are known to push forward as they eat. (And we want to move forward, not backward in the new year.) This is just one reason why pork is considered to be lucky on New Year's.

Ensure good fortune this year by eating your greens—it's the color of money, after all! Collard greens are a Southern favorite, but you could also try kale, Swiss card, or any leafy green you could find.

Black-eyed peas, which are actually a type of bean, are typically eaten on New Year's Day in the form of Hoppin' John (a simple stew), but they can also be made into a warm party dip, curry, or side dish for your New Year's meal. The shape of black-eyed peas is said to look like a coin which represents wealth—especially when combined with collard greens.

What did you eat for New Years to bring good luck?

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[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, Happy New Year and thanks Ladies!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Fried cabbage and black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day, just like every year.

[Sacajaweau]

i’m snacking on a t-bone right now.

[real saxophonist]

Blackeyed peas with smoked sausage and Crystal hot sauce.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please note that tonight’s thread was authored by laurenmarlowe. Please thank her. She is working.

And thanks to lightman for the idea.

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ New Year's Lucky Foods ~

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

6 out of 10 correct

Shocker that I got that many correct. Every one was a guess. LOL

[mylife]

Lil late but Kielbasa , kraut and grannie smith apple

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...still cold? Daughter make it safely back to Seattle?

Really bad winds about 30 miles up the road. Semis getting blown over and lots of power outages. Thankfully little to no wind on my side of town.

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, daughter made it safely back home.

We woke up to 10" of new snow this morning, first significant storm of the winter with more expected.

Oh well, it's warm inside and that's where I intend to stay.

[lightman]

10/10

Pork und sauerkraut in der Pennsylwaniadeutchland!

‘Kraut cooked with an apple and brown sugar to sweeten it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...still watching for black ice?

Just cold here...the high was -6. Luckily my side of town hasn’t had any of the high winds.

[left that other site]

Low twenties tonight!

We took sis out to eat on the waterfront, for her birthday.
The wind coming off the ocean was really cold!

Luckily, the roads were dry.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Hartley, and thanks for sharing.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Sacajaweau...now that sounds like a good snack.

[mylife]

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[The Mayor]

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Tuesday,
January 4, 2022

Resilient Faith

Read: Matthew 7:24–27

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. Matthew 7:26

Towering dunes along the north shore of Silver Lake put nearby homes at risk of sinking into shifting sands. Though residents tried moving mounds of sand in efforts to protect their homes, they watched helplessly as well-built houses were buried right before their eyes. As a local sheriff oversaw the cleanup of a recently destroyed cottage, he affirmed the process couldn’t be prevented. No matter how hard homeowners tried to avoid the dangers of these unsteady embankments, the dunes simply couldn’t provide a strong foundational support.

Jesus knew the futility of building a house on sand. After warning the disciples to be wary of false prophets, He assured them that loving obedience demonstrates wisdom (Matthew 7:15–23). He said that everyone who hears His words and “puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock” (v. 24). The one who hears God’s words and chooses not to put them into practice, however, is “like a foolish man who built his house on sand” (v. 26).

When circumstances feel like shifting sands burying us under the weight of affliction or worries, we can place our hope in Christ, our Rock. He will help us develop resilient faith built on the unshakable foundation of His unchanging character. — Xochitl Dixon

How does obedience demonstrate your trust in God? In what areas of your life are you standing on the shifting sands of disobedience to Him?

Jesus, please help me develop resilient faith. Empower me to demonstrate my trust through loving obedience to You.

Bible in a year: Genesis 10–12; Matthew 4

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Nice to see the wind finally laid down up there. It was wild for the past two days.

I hope the first Monday of the new year hasn’t too crazy.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

Hope you had a good New Year’s weekend.

We had tornados and snow here. LOL