I was thinking earlier today of what I traditionally cook, for good luck, on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I usually make black eyed peas or hoppin’ john (which for me is a combo of black eyed peas and rice). This is supposed to bring good luck to the household for the coming year, if it’s the first dish cooked in the New Year. Which got me to wondering what other culture’s traditions are. So please share, especially recipes! 
And Happy New Year, folks.
My mother and grandmother always cook black eyed peas and turnip or collard greens for New Year’s Day; they represent dollars and cents and are supposed to bring money during the year.
slight hijack: my grandmother refuses to wash clothes on New Year’s Day because of the superstition that she will “wash someone out of the family” (i.e., someone in the family will die during the coming year).
Sauerkraut, though I don’t eat much of it.
I would love some hoppin’ john, though.
Black eyed peas.
I usually make ham, scalloped potatoes, black eyed peas, and asparagus.
I can’t wait!
My Dutch husband likes Oliebollen, which are (as named) greasy little donut holes. It’s a Dutch New Year’s thing.
I’ve also known folks who have a big heaping helping of “shut the hell up, my head hurts” on New Year’s Day.
Leftover Berliners and aspirin.
Champagne on New Year’s Eve. I don’t think there’s anything traditional for New Year’s Day, unless it’s a BBQ with burnt sausages.