Do You Have a New Year’s Traditional Meal?

Terri and I have our traditional New Year meal supplies ready. This has been passed down from my parents. I can remember waking up as a kid on New Year's morning and my mom had great white Northern beans, cooked cabbage, and cornbread ready. We have added another item here in Texas, Black Eye peas. So, in the pantry we have our great norther beans, black eye peas, cornbread, and in the refrigerator, we have our left-over Christmas ham bone and a head of cabbage ready for tomorrow morning.

Black eye peas in the south are supposed to give you good luck for the new year. (Started this when we moved to Texas)

Great Northern Beans with diced up ham is supposed to give you good luck for the new year. (My parents had this.)

Cooked cabbage is supposed to bring you prosperity for the new year.

Cornbread is supposed to bring you spending money for the new year.

Do any of you have any traditional meals for New Year’s Day?

1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)

31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Message on Chinese

你们有新年的传统餐食吗？

我和 Terri 已经准备好了我们的新年传统餐食所需食材。这一传统是从我父母那里传下来的。我还记得小时候在新年早晨醒来，妈妈已经准备好了大白北方豆（Great Northern beans）、煮好的卷心菜和玉米面包。后来我们在德州又加了一样——黑眼豆（Black-eyed peas）。所以现在，储藏柜里有大白北方豆、黑眼豆和玉米面包；冰箱里则有圣诞节剩下的火腿骨和一个卷心菜，准备在新年早晨用。

在美国南方，黑眼豆被认为能给新的一年带来好运。（这是我们搬到德州后开始的。）配上切碎火腿的大白北方豆，也被认为能给新的一年带来好运。（这是我父母一直有的传统。）煮熟的卷心菜被认为能为新的一年带来兴旺和富足。玉米面包被认为能为新的一年带来可支配的钱财。

你们当中有没有人在元旦这一天也有传统的餐食呢？

哥林多前书 10:31（NIV）31 所以，无论你们吃或喝，或做什么事，都要为荣耀　神而行

Tradition