Traditional New Year’s Foods From Around The World
New Year’s Traditions all over the world center around food, health and prosperity.
Spain & Mexico: A tradition of eating 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve dates back to 1909, when the wine makers had a surplus of grapes and needed a creative way to market them. According to the tradition each grape represented a month, so if your 3rd grape was sour, May probably wasn’t going to be a good month for you. If you finished all of your grapes before the clock stopped chimming, you were believed to increase your good luck for the year.
Mexico: Bacalao, dried salted codfish, is a New Year’s staple in Mexico. Toasts are made with sparkling cider, and a hot fruit punch known as ponche is also popular.
Italy & Brazil: Many Italians & Brazilians believe beans and lentils to be lucky because they resemble coins.
Germany: German tradition is to eat herring for the new year. Not only do they consider it “lucky” it is also very healthy full of natural vitamin D, and omega 3’s, low in mercury.
Holland: The Dutch believed pork and sauerkraut to be the best choice on New Year’s Day. The long strings of the sauerkraut symbolize a long life and pigs are said to be “forward thinking animals”. All 4 of their hooves point forward and they root forward.
Southern United States: Collard Greens are thought to bring prosperity because dark leafy greens look like money.
Mediterranean: In Mediterranean culture, pomegranates are associated with abundance and fertility.
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