♥️Find Your Little Friday♥️
If you’re needing some inspiration regarding what to make for New Year’s Eve or Day, check out these dishes made around the world that bring luck and prosperity.
In a lot of Southern states, black-eyed peas, greens and cornbread are paired together to make a “fortune” for the year ahead. The saying goes, “peas for pennies, greens for dollars and cornbread for gold.”
Eat twelve grapes at midnight. This is a tradition that spans across a lot of Spanish culture. As the clock strikes twelve, you eat 12 grapes, each one representing a month ahead.
Cook up some lentils like they do in Brazil and Italy. These legumes are coin-shaped and have been eaten for luck since the Roman times.
Food in the shape of rings. At midnight have a slice of yummy cake or for breakfast on New Year’s Day have bagels or doughnuts. This represents the year coming full circle. In Greek culture, they bake a coin into the cake and whoever gets it in their slice has a full year of luck coming their way.
Enjoy some pig on New Year’s Day. Pork is considered to be the luckiest of all foods to eat on the day. The reason being that pigs are plump, this represents prosperity. Pigs also lead from their noses, which symbolizes progress. Queue the bacon, sausage and ham.
Another Greek tradition is to smash a pomegranate. When the clock strikes 12 over in Greece, a pomegranate is smashed in front of the door onto the floor to crack it open. This reveals its seeds that symbolize prosperity and good fortune. The more seeds there are, the more luck.
Consuming long, uncut noodles on New Year’s Day signifies longevity. For me, I’ll be having midnight pasta to bring my luck, longevity and prosperity into 2019. Most likely a puttanesca sauce since it’s tops for me.
On a final note for 2018, a thoughtful message from years ago for the year ahead
“Well, we have a whole new year ahead of us. And wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, a little more loving, and have a little more empathy, and maybe, next year at this time we'd like each other a little more.”- Judy Garland
To making 2019 the best year yet-go find your own little moments of delight #FindYourLittleFriday ♥️