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New Years Eve:
Fresh fettuccine with homemade marinara sauce
Eggplant parmigiana (home made of course)
Home made bread
Caesar salad
A nice red wine
And dessert is a surprise

New Years Day:
Whatever our hosts serve

Best wishes to everyone for a healthy and successful 2015

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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist (Post 987314)

Yep. Hoppin john, we call it....

Not Hoppin John in Georgia! Hoppin John is black eyed peas over rice and topped with spring onions! Cane Garden serves a delicious version of Hoppin John with their fish tacos!;):spoken::spoken:

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Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken (Post 987216)

Field peas, collard greens, corn bread, and ham. Mix the corn bread with the greens...using plenty of broth...to make "Pot Liquor" aka "Pot Likker."

I honestly thought everyone did pork and sauerkraut for good luck. I put everything in a crockpot and the kids roll through during the day to eat.

I learn so much on this forum! I'm going to run out today to make this too. Food never goes to waste in this house. The kids always take containers of food home with them and this will be something new for all of us.

Great thread!

If truth be told it is chinese takeout

With all the cooking & baking from Thanksgiving to Christmas & beyond, by the time New Years Day rolls around......we & most people we know opt for Chinese Takeout. It is popular in New England to just rest up on New Year's Day.....no cooking.

We get enough for lots of leftovers for days to come. Set it out as a buffet; use strong paper plates. Give the dishwasher a rest.

So, when you don't want to cook, what is the easy solution? Takeout, of course. Chinese is our favorite takeout.

As far as having good luck, we feel we've been blessed with plenty of good luck throughout our 50 years of marriage, as have our 4 children (including their spouses here) plus our six grandchildren plus hopefully the great grandchild "to be" will also have the same good fortune..........so Chinese it is.

I'm looking forward to not cooking or cleaning up. We are looking forward to another great year, 2015. A milestone for us as we both turn 70 & celebrate our 50th anniversary. We've been fortunate indeed.

NOT LOOKING AT THE TAKEOUT MENU WHICH IS UPSTAIRS........BUT, FROM MEMORY.....SOME OF THE THINGS WE WILL CALL IN TO "PICK UP".....

Pot stickers (dumplings)
Chinese Barbecue Spareribs
Shanghai Egg Rolls (the slimmer ones)
Fried Shrimp Appetizer
Fried Rice
Lo Mein
Mei Fun Noodles (very thin) Vegetarian style
Vegetarian Chow Mein with Broccoli
Orange Chicken
General Tso's Chicken
Cashew Chicken
Beef with Broccoli
Curry chicken
White rice comes with all of the above main dish quarts

BEN & JERRY'S ICE CREAM FOR DESSERT

HAPPY 2015 TO ALL........WE WISH YOU THESE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT...

PEACE OF MIND, EASE OF HEALTH, IMMENSE HAPPINESS & JOY..
GOOD FORTUNE IN YOUR "FORTUNE COOKIES"........