What do you "have" to eat on New Year's Day?

[Margies3]

In our family is has been required for generations that on New Year's Day you must eat sauerkraut. For good luck in the New Year, ya know :)

So we're having Reuben Sandwiches for supper tonight.

How about the rest of you? Any traditions in your group? Do you adhere to them?

[Ronzo]

In our family is has been required for generations that on New Year's Day you must eat sauerkraut. For good luck in the New Year, ya know :)

So we're having Reuben Sandwiches for supper tonight.

How about the rest of you? Any traditions in your group? Do you adhere to them?

Can I come over???

:)

[LadyChocolate]

unfortunately, I HAVE to eat my own cooking!!! lol!!! jk

we have no traditions here. But I think I will make shredded beef tacos! Mmm! Refried beans and all the fixins!

[Ronzo]

unfortunately, I HAVE to eat my own cooking!!! lol!!! jk

we have no traditions here. But I think I will make shredded beef tacos! Mmm! Refried beans and all the fixins!

Can I come over after I leave Margies' place?

:)

[scotty]

Black eyed peas and hog jaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course this is a "luck for the year" thing, but I don't believe in luck so I just pile it all on top of cornbread and go to town.

:thebunny

[LadyChocolate]

Can I come over after I leave Margies' place?

:)

u r funny!!!

[Cindy]

Blackeyed peas and cornbread.

[Sister Alvear]

We just ate leftovers! Turkey, meatloaf, rice, salad is what I ate there were a few other choices...and pudding for desert. Everything tasted so good.

Bou, that Reuben sandwich sounds good...just a little far away to go get one...

[Ron]

Food, I generally eat food on New Years Day!:hmmm

[Tina]

For supper tonight I'm cooking Pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes, blackeyed peas & cornbread.... not that I think we have to eat it on New Year's Day, it's just what hubby wanted for supper.

[acharris]

greens for money
blackeyed peas for luck

[Barb]

We're having Prime Rib at my brother's house...Reg and his family will be there...:star

[Margies3]

Can I come over???

:)

Ronzo, hurry! I'd love to have you here for supper. We eat at 6:00. See you then. :)

Can I come over after I leave Margies' place?

:)

If you get to come to my house for supper, then I get to hitch a ride with you when you move on to Lady Choco's for the second course. Deal?

We just ate leftovers! Turkey, meatloaf, rice, salad is what I ate there were a few other choices...and pudding for desert. Everything tasted so good.

Bou, that Reuben sandwich sounds good...just a little far away to go get one...

Sis. Alvear, we promise to eat enough for you too. Hope you enjoy it while we eat by proxy. LOL

Actually, that spread you put on the other day looked might good!!! We all should have come to your place for that one!

Just think, one day we'll all share together in the marriage supper of the Lamb. You think there will be Reuben Sandwiches and Shredded Beef Tacos? I hope so! hehehe

[Thad]

In our family is has been required for generations that on New Year's Day you must eat sauerkraut. For good luck in the New Year, ya know :)

So we're having Reuben Sandwiches for supper tonight.

How about the rest of you? Any traditions in your group? Do you adhere to them?

why is this? are you German?

[pelathais]

I wanted ham, I'm getting turkey.

[Hoovie]

I got up at 10:00 and made fresh Salmon Pate. Kristin is going to make a corned beef and blackeyed peas this afternoon.

[Hoovie]

I wanted ham, I'm getting turkey.

ummm... can't you throw your weight around a little??

[Hoovie]

Just think, one day we'll all share together in the marriage supper of the Lamb. You think there will be Reuben Sandwiches and Shredded Beef Tacos? I hope so! hehehe


I am hoping for Rack of Lamb!

[Sarah]

Around here, it's blackeyed peas, cabbage and cornbread! Along with a lot of other good stuff, thank God!

[Thad]

well we eat out everyday
sometimes get takeout.

I'm trying to think of where we'll go today- i was thinking olive garden maybe

[Margies3]

why is this? are you German?

Actually, this tradition came down thru the Stuckey line in our family. They came from Alsace Lorraine, France. But that area was at different times in history under either France, Switzerland or Germany. So who knows? And it's very possible (even likely) that the Stuckeys actually migrated to the area from Switzerland a few generations prior.

My grandma always said of my grandfather (the Stuckey guy) that he was "German and Dutch and not worth much".

I found out how 2/3rds of that was true when I began doing our genealogy.

[Thad]

Actually, this tradition came down thru the Stuckey line in our family. They came from Alsace Lorraine, France. But that area was at different times in history under either France, Switzerland or Germany. So who knows? And it's very possible (even likely) that the Stuckeys actually migrated to the area from Switzerland a few generations prior.

My grandma always said of my grandfather (the Stuckey guy) that he was "German and Dutch and not worth much".

I found out how 2/3rds of that was true when I began doing our genealogy.

Yea,most of us are not pure anything. I hear people say" he is a pure German". I kinda doubt it especially if one has been in America for a few generations

[Hoovie]

Yea,most of us are not pure anything. I hear people say" he is a pure German". I kinda doubt it especially if one has been in America for a few generations

I don't know that I am "pure"... but I know my people moved from Germany to Switzerland for a couple generations and then to America as a part of William Penn's experiment. I do know they were all German/Swiss for the past 15 generations. (Not that i have any great pride in this)

[Margies3]

Yea,most of us are not pure anything. I hear people say" he is a pure German". I kinda doubt it especially if one has been in America for a few generations

That is soooooooo true!!

Another thing I've learned doing genealogy is that, if your family has been here since the early days of our country, there is a high percentage of possibility that you are not completely one race either. There was alot of bad stuff going on between slave owners and slaves (NONE of us should be proud of that). There was also a good lot of inter-marriage and inter-other-stuff between the American Indians and those of non-Indian descent. Add to that all of the other inter-racial relationships that went on down thru the generations.

Makes me amazed that we even bother to put a "race" box on forms anymore.

I don't mean for this to become something to argue over. Just stating a bit of what I've learned over the years :)

[babs]

Pork tenderloin, blackeyed peas, cabbage & cornbread!

[Thad]

I don't know that I am "pure"... but I know my people moved from Germany to Switzerland for a couple generations and then to America as a part of William Penn's experiment. I do know they were all German/Swiss for the past 15 generations. (Not that i have any great pride in this)


Well in your case I would agree, you all are pure breds lol
you Amish folk didn't mix seed with the rest of us heathan Gentiles haha!

[Thad]

That is soooooooo true!!

Another thing I've learned doing genealogy is that, if your family has been here since the early days of our country, there is a high percentage of possibility that you are not completely one race either. There was alot of bad stuff going on between slave owners and slaves (NONE of us should be proud of that). There was also a good lot of inter-marriage and inter-other-stuff between the American Indians and those of non-Indian descent. Add to that all of the other inter-racial relationships that went on down thru the generations.

Makes me amazed that we even bother to put a "race" box on forms anymore.

I don't mean for this to become something to argue over. Just stating a bit of what I've learned over the years :)

and that's why the majority of the african Americans are much lighter then true africans from Africa.
I've noticed a lot of white caucasion people from Oklahoma have high cheek bones - they've mixed a lot with the native indians

[Ronzo]

I had organic flax waffles for b'fast and just finished coconut crusted chicken tenderloins sammich with provolone cheese on rye.

Not sure what I'll have for supper. Probably leftover organic whole wheat spaghetti with lamb meatballs and sauce.

[Thad]

Where's the BARF BAG????????????????????????

[Ron]

We're having Prime Rib at my brother's house...Reg and his family will be there...:star


Yum! What time is dinner??:popcorn2

[Thad]

Yum! What time is dinner??:popcorn2

how much do you weigh Ron

[Ron]

how much do you weigh Ron

Can you keep a secret?:christmoose

[Margies3]

Well in your case I would agree, you all are pure breds lol
you Amish folk didn't mix seed with the rest of us heathan Gentiles haha!

That's true. If your ancestors stayed within the Amish or Mennonite culture for all those generations, you are probably one of a handful of groups in this country that can lay claim to being 'pure bred'.

Unfortunately, even within those groups, there are some who strayed. In my case, the Stuckeys would have been 'pure' until my great grandmother. At that point, she chose to walk away from her Amish/Mennonite upbringing and marry outside of her church.

On the other side of my family (my mother's side), her great grandparents were plantation owners in the south prior to and during the Civil War. They were also slave owners (a fact I hate, but can't change). The heritage of that family line is primarily Irish, but the entire family tends to be pretty dark skinned. I can't prove it, but my guess would be that there was probably some other stuff going on back then that I would be pretty ashamed of (because it would say to me that everyone was not necessarily being treated like the human beings that they should have been).

In another line of my family, my great great grandmother was pure blood Indian (from the Buffalo, New York area). Again, so much for "pure". :)

In the end, we are who we are. And God loves us all the same. But it's interesting to what kind of a mix we are.

[Thad]

Can you keep a secret?:christmoose



NO! :penguin:penguin:penguin

[Ron]

NO! :penguin:penguin:penguin

Ah honesty, good.

I use to way 220 a few months ago, last I checked at the Doctors office I was 212!

[Thad]

That's true. If your ancestors stayed within the Amish or Mennonite culture for all those generations, you are probably one of a handful of groups in this country that can lay claim to being 'pure bred'.

Unfortunately, even within those groups, there are some who strayed. In my case, the Stuckeys would have been 'pure' until my great grandmother. At that point, she chose to walk away from her Amish/Mennonite upbringing and marry outside of her church.

On the other side of my family (my mother's side), her great grandparents were plantation owners in the south prior to and during the Civil War. They were also slave owners (a fact I hate, but can't change). The heritage of that family line is primarily Irish, but the entire family tends to be pretty dark skinned. I can't prove it, but my guess would be that there was probably some other stuff going on back then that I would be pretty ashamed of (because it would say to me that everyone was not necessarily being treated like the human beings that they should have been).

In another line of my family, my great great grandmother was pure blood Indian (from the Buffalo, New York area). Again, so much for "pure". :)

In the end, we are who we are. And God loves us all the same. But it's interesting to what kind of a mix we are.


We gotta a mennonite community about 20 miles from where i live in a farming community. They have inner married so much that many of their kids have one eye looking east and the other looking west :christmoose

[Thad]

Ah honesty, good.

I use to way 220 a few months ago, last I checked at the Doctors office I was 212!


and your height???

[Ron]

and your height???

Sheesh, are you doing a dossier on me??


6'0

[Thad]

Sheesh, are you doing a dossier on me??


6'0


Oh then you're not doing too badly. maybe Drop 15 lbs ?

[Ron]

Oh then you're not doing too badly. maybe Drop 15 lbs ?

Why thank you Dr Thad!

[Margies3]

We gotta a mennonite community about 20 miles from where i live in a farming community. They have inner married so much that many of their kids have one eye looking east and the other looking west :christmoose

:jolly:jolly:jolly

[Hoovie]

Well in your case I would agree, you all are pure breds lol
you Amish folk didn't mix seed with the rest of us heathan Gentiles haha!

:newyear Next time we meet i will set up a separate table for me so as to not get contaminated.:star

[Thad]

:newyear Next time we meet i will set up a separate table for me so as to not get contaminated.:star

Going back to your roots uh? :christmoosemost folks do go back to mama

[Sherri]

I guess if I had to eat sauer kraut today, I would just fast! That's one thing that I cannot tolerate. I ate salmon, rice & grilled veggies for lunch. We ate with another of our pastors and his wife. For dinner, I've got a roast in the oven. Not sure if it will be just me & Eddie, or if Zac and Rodney will be home by then.

I am spending all afternoon watching old videos of children's musicals, special services, etc. It's been a fun trip down memory lane! The one in right now, my son is about 14 and playing the bass in service. The youth pastor is getting ready to speak. God gave us a bunch of great people and I'm so thankful for them.

[Margies3]

Sounds like fun, Sherri. 'Cept I'd have to pass on the salmon. That one of my "ewwww" foods. I'm not big on most seafoods, hate peas and cannot tolerate potatoes. Other than that I am not picky.

[Hoovie]

We gotta a mennonite community about 20 miles from where i live in a farming community. They have inner married so much that many of their kids have one eye looking east and the other looking west :christmoose

Thad, you are cruel.

The fact is they do do have some genetic disorders and hereditary diseases unique to their communities.

They do however enjoy much lower incidence of other common "diseases" such as alcoholism, obesity, diabetis, homosexulatilty, suicide and they have the highest incidence of twins in a known human population.

[Ron]

Sounds like fun, Sherri. 'Cept I'd have to pass on the salmon. That one of my "ewwww" foods. I'm not big on most seafoods, hate peas and cannot tolerate potatoes. Other than that I am not picky.

Peas, Potatoes, & Salmon or seafood being eww foods???:jaw

Will pray hard for ya!:christmoose

[Hoovie]

Sounds like fun, Sherri. 'Cept I'd have to pass on the salmon. That one of my "ewwww" foods. I'm not big on most seafoods, hate peas and cannot tolerate potatoes. Other than that I am not picky.

If the "fishy taste" bothers you, try putting in fresh chopped garlic! That's how I make the salmon pate.

But then reading the rest of your post perhaps you can't be helped! You don't like potatoes or seafood???? :)


PS How is Walt?

[LadyChocolate]

I had organic flax waffles for b'fast and just finished coconut crusted chicken tenderloins sammich with provolone cheese on rye.

Not sure what I'll have for supper. Probably leftover organic whole wheat spaghetti with lamb meatballs and sauce.

i've had the whole wheat pasta and it's great! that's all i use now....except for when i make manicotti. i haven't found the whole wheat shells yet!

coconut crusted chicken sounds interesting!!!

[Thad]

Thad, you are cruel.

The fact is they do do have some genetic disorders and hereditary diseases unique to their communities.

They do however enjoy much lower incidence of other commonly "diseases" such as alcoholism, obesity, diabetis, homosexulatilty, suicide and the highest incidence of twins in a known human population.

Okay I'm sorry i offended you stephan. I was teasing but it was distasteful i realize. truth is, there aren't too many mennonites out here and a very small pool for them to marry from.
I have both a curiousity & admiration for the Amish/Mennonite community don't take this wrong,but there is a New(or newer?) book out that exposes a lot of secrecy and coverup that has been going on in those communities for years that outside authorities have looked the other way and allowed them to settle it with their own methods. however,according to the book(can't recall name of book), they don't believe in sending people to prison for the things that most of us would spend the rest of our lives behind bars for.

[Margies3]

If the "fishy taste" bothers you, try putting in fresh chopped garlic! That's how I make the salmon pate.

But then reading the rest of your post perhaps you can't be helped! You don't like potatoes or seafood???? :)


PS How is Walt?

Walt's doing good. Thanks for asking. I was just thinking yesterday how he is such a changed man ever since he experienced the ruptured aneurism. He's MUCH more laid back. There's not the intense need to be perfect or best that there used to be. He just enjoys every day and every experience. And he loves deeper and more intensely than ever before in his life. I always knew he loved me (us), but have never felt as cherished or loved as deeply as I do now :)

Isn't God good!!!!

[Joe 7]

We eat normal but we had pizza get together lastnight with family and friends.

[Hoovie]

Okay I'm sorry i offended you stephan. I was teasing but it was distasteful i realize. truth is, there aren't too many mennonites out here and a very small pool for them to marry from.
I have both a curiousity & admiration for the Amish/Mennonite community don't take this wrong,but there is a New(or newer?) book out that exposes a lot of secrecy and coverup that has been going on in those communities for years that outside authorities have looked the other way and allowed them to settle it with their own methods. however,according to the book(can't recall name of book), they don't believe in sending people to prison for the things that most of us would spend the rest of our lives behind bars for.

These people do fight the same demons common to man and child molestation or abuse and rape does happen. I reject the notion that some have made that it is somehow MORE prevelant than society at large. (I am convinced it is much lower, myself) It is hard to get a sampling because they are a rather small segment of American society.


Regarding your statement that "they don't believe in sending people to prison" this is simply not true. Those were isolated cases, and it is not something practiced accross the board. They did struggle with the privacy issues for those who confessed to sins the same as other churches have. I don't think any denomination has NOT struggled with this.

As with other denominations the national critism in print and news media has had a positive effect in dealing with known predators in their communities.

SORRY I AM OFF TOPIC!!!

HAPPY NEW YEARS DAY EVERYONE!!

[Hoovie]

Walt's doing good. Thanks for asking. I was just thinking yesterday how he is such a changed man ever since he experienced the ruptured aneurism. He's MUCH more laid back. There's not the intense need to be perfect or best that there used to be. He just enjoys every day and every experience. And he loves deeper and more intensely than ever before in his life. I always knew he loved me (us), but have never felt as cherished or loved as deeply as I do now :)

Isn't God good!!!!

Praise the Lord! Tell him Steve Hoover said hello! please.

[Thad]

These people do fight the same demons common to man and child molestation or abuse and rape does happen. I reject the notion that some have made that it is somehow MORE prevelant than society at large. (I am convinced it is much lower, myself) It is hard to get a sampling because they are a rather small segment of American society.


Regarding your statement that "they don't believe in sending people to prison" this is simply not true. Those were isolated cases, and it is not something practiced accross the board. They did struggle with the privacy issues for those who confessed to sins the same as other churches have. I don't think any denomination has NOT struggled with this.

As with other denominations the national critism in print and news media has had a positive effect in dealing with known predators in their communities.

SORRY I AM OFF TOPIC!!!

HAPPY NEW YEARS DAY EVERYONE!!


I appreciate your honesty and insight. from what i recall, they "shun" their members or silence them? INSTEAD of prison time- no one is allowed to speak to them etc.
okay, maybe we'll discuss this on another thread sometime.

[Scott Hutchinson]

We had chili dogs for lunch today.Proably having BBQ pork for supper.

[Margies3]

We had chili dogs for lunch today.Proably having BBQ pork for supper.

mmmmmm, Chili Dogs! That's one of Walt's favorites.

Have you ever heard of Tony Packo's? (Klinger talked about them on M*A*S*H* all the time). They're here in Toledo. If you are ever in Toledo, you REALLY have to go there for chili dogs!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmm

They are the BEST!!!

[Scott Hutchinson]

I have never heard of Tony Packo's but if I'm ever in Toledo maybe I can visit there.

[Ronzo]

i've had the whole wheat pasta and it's great! that's all i use now...

Me too, honestly. It's so much better for you and I'm addicted to pasta (I am Italian after all). I might as well eat healthy pasta.


The coconut crusted chicken sandwich was delicious.

[Margies3]

I have never heard of Tony Packo's but if I'm ever in Toledo maybe I can visit there.

Scott, if you ever come to Toledo, I will personally take you and your whole family to Packo's. You'll LOVE it!

Every Hollywood celebrity or celebrity of any kind who comes to Toledo, usually goes to Packo's. They have sign one of their hotdog buns which they then seal somehow and then put up on their walls. You should see it!! You could spend days just reading the autographs on their walls.

http://www.tonypackos.com/index.php

[Ronzo]

Scott, if you ever come to Toledo, I will personally take you and your whole family to Packo's. You'll LOVE it!

Every Hollywood celebrity or celebrity of any kind who comes to Toledo, usually goes to Packo's. They have sign one of their hotdog buns which they then seal somehow and then put up on their walls. You should see it!! You could spend days just reading the autographs on their walls.

http://www.tonypackos.com/index.php

I wanna go!

[Margies3]

I wanna go!

Ron, you must be hungry today. So far you're coming to my house for Reuben's (you're late, by the way. We're eating right now). Then we're going to Lady Choco's for tacos. Now you wanna go Tony Packo's.

Are you on a diet, by any chance? I know that feeling! when you're dieting, even mud sounds like it would be delicious. LOL

[OneAccord]

We've covered all bases. Black eyed peas, collard green and sauerkraut. These are "lucky' tdaditions I think. And I tell you...it works. Today has been a lucky day. Ive had the luck of having black eyed peas collard green and sauerkraut. Hows that for good luck?

[Ronzo]

Ron, you must be hungry today. So far you're coming to my house for Reuben's (you're late, by the way. We're eating right now). Then we're going to Lady Choco's for tacos. Now you wanna go Tony Packo's.

Are you on a diet, by any chance? I know that feeling! when you're dieting, even mud sounds like it would be delicious. LOL

MMMMMMMMMMM.... MUD soup! :stirpot

*drool*

[Margies3]

I'm watching the news right now. Here's another idea for what you "have to do" on New Years: The POLAR BEAR CLUB

These are the fools who strip down to their bathing suits and jump into a frozen body of water (like Lake Erie) on New Year's Day.

Now THAT's nuts!!!!

[Timmy]

Doughnuts. While watching the Rose Parade.

[Margies3]

MMMMMMMMMMM.... MUD soup! :stirpot

*drool*

LOL!! Yep, you must be dieting. :jolly:jolly:jolly:jolly:jolly