Traditional Good Luck Dinner for New Years Day
On New Years Day the Dinner (Lunch) for Good Luck in East Tennessee/Cumberland Plateau:
Ham Hocks (Pork Knuckle), most people in the early 20th Century couldn't afford to buy a ham.
The pig has the same symbolism as it did in the Medieval Period...abundance.
Black Eyed Peas symbolizing money.
Cornbread symbolizing gold (the metal), especially with "cracklin's" baked within (fried pork skin)
Poke Greens (Salat)/ Phytolacca americana symbolizing the green of US currency or Collard Greens (Brassica oleracea)
Something Sweet to sweeten the New Year, Sweet Tea (tea brewed with sugar or molasses) or a sugary dessert.
Whiskey or Moonshine (Corn Liquor)
Sassafras tea (Sassafras albidum) to clean the blood or clear away the 'old year'. Sassafras roots were dug in winter and early spring, before the leaves grew.
Ham Hocks (Pork Knuckle), most people in the early 20th Century couldn't afford to buy a ham.
The pig has the same symbolism as it did in the Medieval Period...abundance.
Black Eyed Peas symbolizing money.
Cornbread symbolizing gold (the metal), especially with "cracklin's" baked within (fried pork skin)
Poke Greens (Salat)/ Phytolacca americana symbolizing the green of US currency or Collard Greens (Brassica oleracea)
Something Sweet to sweeten the New Year, Sweet Tea (tea brewed with sugar or molasses) or a sugary dessert.
Whiskey or Moonshine (Corn Liquor)
Sassafras tea (Sassafras albidum) to clean the blood or clear away the 'old year'. Sassafras roots were dug in winter and early spring, before the leaves grew.
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