A couple days old. but here's a new years day question?

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have you ever heard of the custom to eat sausage, cabbage and potatoes on new years day? the music minister at my church was talking about it on sunday and i guess it’s kinda common for some people.

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I’ve heard of pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day.

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yeah he said pork and cabbage, maybe that is what he meant. i assumed he meant sausage and cabbage and potatoes, like my dad sometimes makes. although i think my dad uses those long turkey sausage things.

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I’ve never heard of it. But I like sausage, potatoes, and sauerkraut

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"Germans have been eating pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s for generations because they believe it brings good luck ( viel glück in German). As these kraut lovers immigrated to the Midwest, they brought their traditions with them, including this one. That’s why in Ohio and Pennsylvania, which received many German immigrants in the 17th and 18th centuries, people are almost religious about this delicious duo.

Legend also says that pork is enjoyed because pigs look forward when they root for food, rather than chicken and turkeys which scratch backward, just as the Germans were looking ahead to the New Year. They also wished each other as many riches as there are shreds of cabbage in the sauerkraut they eat. We like that one."

I’d never heard of it, but it is a thing. :slight_smile:

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