Poll: Pork and Kraut on New Year’s Day

[RonnieFranchise]

As you non Pennsylvanians may not know, pork and sauerkraut is a long standing New Year’s Day tradition across the Keystone State. I believe it is a PA Dutch thing and it is thought to bring luck in the new year.

It does not seem to extend far from the state line as my Mom is from Syracuse and states that she had not heard of this prior to moving to PA when she married my Dad. This was additionally driven home when we moved to Boston, had a friend from work over for football and Mrs. F brought out dinner. His response was- “hey this is great! Do you guys…. Usually eat a lot of sauerkraut?” Research does show it extends into Eastern Ohio.

Do you partake in this New Year’s tradition? If so how are you preparing your pork today? If not, do you have a go-to New Year's meal?

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[LeopardLetang]

I kinda do through leftovers so not always on the 1st. I look forward to having some at the beginning of each year. Usually pork and hotdogs and kielbasa in crock pots filled with sauerkraut

[DigitalGypsy66]

We are not originally from Western Pennsylvania as most of yinz know. But our neighbors in O'Hara invited us over for their traditional New Year's Day feast of pork and sauerkraut, which we absorbed into our own tradition. Then a few years later, moving to SC, our new neighbors invited us over for their New Year's Day feast - which was included Hoppin' John and collard greens. My dad incorporated both the Pittsburgh meal and our SC meal into our own New Year's Day tradition. Very fibrous to say the least, but it was a tradition for almost 30 years. The last few years all of us were busy, or afraid to bring COVID to a family gathering, or he wasn't well enough to cook it for us. Now with both parents gone (which is still very very strange to say) and my brother back up north, that tradition has likely ended. Time to start new ones...

[Nuge]

I usually make it in the crockpot but we just had it like two weeks ago. I’m still crocking a pork loin but we’re going to shred it into bbq pulled pork instead.

[count2infinity]

I’m aware of the tradition as I grew up with it… don’t feel it necessary to participate anymore. I’m the only one in the house that likes pork or sauerkraut, so I’m not gonna cook it just for me.

We’ll be having a big beef roast, roasted potatoes, veg, and some homemade bread today. We change it every year.

One tradition we do have every year is Chinese food on NYE.

[skullman80]

We both hate sauerkraut and aren’t huge fans of plain pork. My wife is making stuffed pork chops today I believe.

[willeyeam]

And kielbasa

[genoscoif]

We have it every year, and I honestly can't think of a year where I didn't. Slow cooker on low all day with the pork, sauerkraut and kielbasa...with mashed potatoes, corn, and fresh baked bread. The sauerkraut is basically the background smell for taking down the indoor Christmas decorations, and the baking bread smell takes over toward dinner time.

[the wicked child]

The only thing kraut is good for is reubens. Absolutely never eat it otherwise.

I usually make some sort of pork or kielbasa dish, but no stinky cabbage here.

[nocera]

I ain't eating that ****.

[meow]

We do pork two ways - both in crockpots.

Pork loin with kielbasa is sauerkraut. I could crack a jar of sauerkraut and eat it all without batting an eye. Love it

Pork loin with dry ranch and pepperoncinis

[King Colby]

Snoop dogg's rib recipe with homemade sauerkraut on the side

[tifosi77]

Jeyuk bulgoggi and kimchi

[shafnutz05]

And kielbasa

We just pan fry the Hillshire Farm stuff and it's wonderful with kraut. After Christmas we try and keep it simple

[shoeshine boy]

here in GA it's black-eyed peas for luck, collard greens for money and cornbread for gold. my mother had it every year. I'm not a fan of black-eyed peas or collards so I passed.

[dodint]

I saw the black-eyed peas thing on a YouTube video yesterday about the differences between American and British New Years. Amazing I'd never heard of that and now twice within 12 hours. And I spent half my live in the South.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

the only thing I intentionally try to eat on New Years is pizza because I love pizza

[Kaiser]

Other, as in I've never even thought about eating something specifically for new years day.

[JC2]

I like eating taco bell on new years eve. It's like playing Russian roulette with how the next year is going to go.

2024 should be a solid one.

[mac5155]

I love a heaping pile of pork and kraut over a bed of mashed potatoes. And a kielbasa link on the side for good measure. Probably the one day a year I eat Sauerkraut

[Shyster]

I have leftovers in the freezer that I'm eating this week, but I'm making pork and sauerkraut next week. Although some of the leftovers I'm eating have pork and sauerkraut in them (specifically bigos stew), so I'm counting that as close enough for New Year good luck.

I generally like sauerkraut, kimchi, and all things fermented cabbage. The cabbage is an underrated vegetable, IMO.