Another year has slipped by with pomp and circumstance.
The past year hasn't been without it's high's, lows, and tragedies. All in all, it has been probably no more or less than other years. How will historians veiw 2011?Onlytime will tell., but it is a time to celebrate.
Along with getting sloppy drunk and running around kissing everyone in the room with a lampshade on your head, there are a plethora of New Years traditions that many people engage in. Most have to do with luck and setting the stage for next twelve months.
Kissing - Kissing the one you love at the stroke of midnight is not only a moment of celebrations but also to ensure those affections will last the next year. Failure to kiss at midnight may portend a year of coldness.
Stocking up - Do not start the New Year off with bare cupboards. Stock up the pantry and put money in every wallet will ensure a year of prosperity.
Work- Do something work related on the first day of the year and be successful at it. Even if you don't go anywhere near your workplace.
Breakage - Avoid breaking anything on the first day of the year or wreckage in your life for the next year may be the result
Let the old year out- Open all the doors and windows so the old man has plenty of options in making his retreat. He must leave before the new year can come in.
Make lots of noise - You're not only celebrating, you are chasing away evil spirits so make lots of noise and have a great time doing it.
Food - My very favorite subject! In the South black eyed peas eaten on New years day will bring you good luck, especially financial. Other "lucky foods" are lentils because they are shaped like coins. Poultry scratches backwards, cows stand still but a pig always roots forward when it eats so; those who eat pork will be moving forward for the next year. Not good for the pig but lucky for the diner. (Conversely don't eat chicken or turkey on New Years day or you will be scratching in the dirt for your dinner next year or impoverished) Sauerkraut is also lucky, because it comes from green cabbage and is the color of money. Or, maybe, because it goes well with pork.
Another New Year's tradition is New Years Day breakfast at Full City Café. We will be serving up our regular fantastic breakfast menu from 9am-3pm and we will have a couple lucky dishes for you. A smoked pork chop served up with sauerkraut and a cup of split pea soup. One of my favorite Southern meals called Hoppin' John which is rice cooked with black eyed peas. We will serve it with ham, collard greens (the color of money) and two eggs cooked how you like 'em.
We will also have some turkey and chicken available but you are definitely on your own and we won't be held responsible for the outcome for the next year.
We have enjoyed serving you and your family and look forward to serving you in the coming year.
