# New Year's meal ideas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-meal-ideas/430491>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-meal-ideas/430491 "2007-12-18T19:24:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-meal-ideas/430491/1 "2007-12-18T19:24:42Z")

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I will cook black eyed peas and some sort of greens (depends what’s available, but collard or mustard greens might be–turnip greens won’t). Other traditional and/or lucky New Year’s foods? They don’t have to be in the same cuisine (or the same New Year’s date). Thanks.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-meal-ideas/430491/2 "2007-12-18T19:27:25Z")

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Pork and sauerkraut, apparently.

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**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-meal-ideas/430491/3 "2007-12-18T19:28:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Shoshana]  
I will cook black eyed peas and some sort of greens (depends what’s available, but collard or mustard greens might be–turnip greens won’t). Other traditional and/or lucky New Year’s foods? They don’t have to be in the same cuisine (or the same New Year’s date). Thanks.  
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I don’t know about traditional or lucky, but when I was young my mom would often cook fried chicken for New Year’s Day, which would go nicely with the black-eyed peas and greens.