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FOOD SERVED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
IF YOU EAT PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, YOU WILL BE FINANCIALLY
STABLE THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR.
Where learned: DETROIT
Date learned: 01-00-1968
PREDICTION
IF YOU EAT PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, THEN YOU WILL HAVE TEARS
THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR.
Submitter comment: PERHAPS, THE SUGGESTION IS THAT PEAS RESEMBLE TEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.42 |
Date learned: CA00001930
IF YOU COOK WHOLE LEAF GREENS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY YOU WILL GET A LOT
OF MONEY IN THE NEW YEAR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
NEW YEAR'S DAY
IN ALABAMA, BLACK-EYED PEAS ARE SERVED AS THE LUCKY FOOD FOR
NEW YEAR'S DAY
Where learned: DETROIT
Date learned: 00001930S
THANKSGIVING DAY FOOD TRADITION
ON THANKSGIVING DAY, THE ALLEN FAMILY EATS CREAMED ONIONS.
Submitter comment: THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; WAYNE COUNTY
Date learned: CA00001930S
BANA CAULDA (HOT BUTTER)
PEEL TWELVE LARGE CLOVES OF GARLIC. THINLY SLICE INTO A
ONE QUART SAUCEPAN. ADD FOUR OUNCES OF FLAT FILET
ANCHOVIES. COVER BOTTOM OF PAN WITH OLIVE OIL. PUT ON
MEDIUM HEAT. COOK TIL GARLIC IS SOFT. DO NOT BROWN.
MASH GARLIC AND ANCHOVIES WITH A FORK TIL FINE. ADD ONE
POUND OF BUTTER. STIR TIL BUTTER MELTS AND COMES TO A SOFT BOIL.
USING A FORK, DIP CABBAGE OR VEGETABLES OF CHOICE IN MIXTURE.
USE SLICED BREAD TO CATCH THE DRIPPINGS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A TRADITIONAL ITALIAN MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
Date learned: 11-00-1982
CHICKEN CACCIATORE
BROWN FOUR HALF-POUND CHICKEN BREASTS IN CHICKEN FAT IN A
LARGE SKILLET, REMOVE FROM PAN. BROWN THREE CUPS DICED ONIONS
TIL GOLDEN IN PAN. ADD TWO POUNDS ITALIAN PULP TOMATOES CUT UP
FINE, FOUR LARGE GARLIC CLOVES DICED FINE, TEASPOON OF PEPPER,
ONE-FOURTH TEASPOON OREGANO, FIVE OUNCES SLICED MUSHROOMS,
FOURTEEN AND ONE-HALF OUNCES CHICKEN BROTH, STIR TO MIX WELL.
ADD CHICKEN. COVER AND SIMMER FOR ONE HOUR. TURN CHICKEN AFTER
ONE-HALF HOUR. SERVE WITH GRATED ROMANO OR PARMESAN CHEESE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A TRADITIONAL ITALIAN MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
Date learned: 11-00-1982
GNOCCHIS
PUT ONE POUND PEELED, WASHED POTATOES IN A POT WITH SALTED
WATER ENOUGH TO COVER POTATOES. COOK TIL TENDER. DRAIN. DRY
POTATOES AND MASH THEM. MEASURE 1 3/4 CUPS FLOUR INTO BOWL.
MAKE A WELL IN THE CENTER OF THE FLUOR. PUT MASHED POTATOES
INTO THE WELL WHILE POTATOES ARE STILL HOT. MIX TIL IT IS A
SOFT, ELASTIC DOUGH. TURN DOUGH ONTO A LIGHTLY FLOURED SURFACE
AND KNEAD. ROLL DOUGH TO PENCIL THICKNESS. CUT IN 3/4 INCH
LENGTHS. BRING THREE QUARTS WATER TO BOIL IN A POT. GRADUALLY
ADD GNOCCHIS. BOIL RAPIDLY UNCOVERED FOR 8 TO 10 MINUTES TIL
GNOCCHIS ARE TENDER AND COME TO THE SURFACE. DRAIN IN COLANDER.
SERVE GNOCCHIS COVERED WITH MELTED BUTTER AND GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A TRADITIONAL ITALIAN MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
Date learned: 11-00-1982
RURAL BLACK NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
DURING THE DEPRESSION, IN LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI IT WAS
CUSTOMARY AMONG BLACKS TO PREPARE HOG JOWLS AND BLACK-EYED
PEAS AS THE FIRST MEAL OF THE NEW YEAR. IT WAS THOUGHT
THAT THIS WOULD BRING GOOD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE ACTUALLY BELIEVED THAT GOOD LUCK
COULD RESULT FROM EATING A PARTICULAR MEAL. IT WAS JUST
A CUSTOMARY THING TO DO. SOMETIMES, AFTER WE CAME NORTH,
WE WOULD STILL FIX THE MEAL FOR NEW YEAR'S. AFTER I GOT
MARRIED, IN 1950, I DON'T RECALL PREPARING ANY PARTICULAR
MEAL ON NEW YEAR'S.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LIVED IN LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI UNTIL BEING
SENT OVERSEAS IN WORLD WAR II. BY HIS RETURN, IN 1946,
THE FAMILY HAD MOVED TO DETROIT. THE INFORMANT HAS LIVED
IN DETROIT SINCE THAT TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 09-00-1982
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BRING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH BLACK EYED
PEAS AND HOMEMADE WINE. THE PEAS WILL BRING YOU LUCK
AND THE WINE WILL PROMISE YOU WARMTH THROUGHOUT THE
NEW YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-00-1983
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE YOU SHOULD SERVE SOME COLLARD GREENS
MIXED WITH SOME TURNIP GREENS BECAUSE THIS WILL INSURE
THAT MONEY WILL COME TO YOU IN THE NEW YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-00-1983
ALONG WITH THE MAIN DISH FOR DINNER, SOUTHERN BLACKS PUT A
WARM OR HOT SWEET POTATO IN A GLASS OF BUTTERMILK AND ATE
IT WITH A SPOON.
Where learned: NORTH CAROLINA ; CARTHAGE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk |
Date learned: 10-17-1984
"KASZA"
INGREDIENTS: ONE CUP BUCKWHEAT GRITS, ONE EGG, TWO CUPS
BOILING WATER, TWO TABLESPOONS BUTTER, ONE TEASPOON SALT.
MIX THE GRITS AND EGG TOGETHER WELL AND SLOWLY COOK THEM
AND CONTINUALLY STIR. PUT IN THE REST OF THE INGREDIENTS,
COVER, AND COOK OVER A LOW FLAME FOR FIFTEEN TO TWENTY
MINUTES. WHEN DONE, MAKE SURE THE GRITS ARE DRY.
Where learned: POLAND
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 09-30-1984
EATING CARROTS MAKES ONE'S HAIR GROW FASTER.
Submitter comment:
MY GREATGRANDMOTHER USED TO TELL ME THIS SO I WOULD EAT MY
CARROTS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Every New Year's Eve cook cabbage with dimes stuffed
in it so it will bring you good luck.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Chinese custom
When a close family member dies, the rest of the family can
only eat vegetables and other non-animal related foods until
the deceased is buried.
Where learned: CHINA
Date learned: 00-00-1955
My father's family would eat bean soup every
Saturday.
Submitter comment:
My father doesn't know the reason why other than
maybe it was because he had 12 brothers and sisters
and they couldn't afford to eat a lot.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Oakley
Date learned: 00-00-1945
Potato Pancakes (Polish - Placki z Kartofli)
Submitter comment:
Informant says he learned this recipe from his
mother who lived in Poland for many years.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert Bread, rolls, etc. |
Date learned: 00001940S
A friend of the family's made us eat black-eyed peas on
New Year's Day to bring good luck for the year.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Casselberry
Date learned: 01-01-1984
Recipe for Homos
3 cups mashed chick peas
1 cup sesame oil (tehine)
1 teaspoon salt
crushed garlic clove
crushed hot pepper (jalepeno)
1/4 cup lemon juice
Mix chick peas and sesame oil together with salt
and mix last three items together. Pour chick pea
mixture on plate and spread flat. Then pour lemon
sauce on top. You can put olive oil on top also.
Then eat with bread.
James Callow Keyword(s): jalapeno ; tahini
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 00001960S