EAT CABBAGE AND HAVE A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!

Source: Recipe obtained from Ahead of Thyme

New Year’s Day always comes with a clever set of traditions—and cooking New Year’s
foods for good luck has always been a favored way to celebrate across many cultures.
Pork is served as a way to promise “fatty” success in the new
year. Pomegranates represent life and fertility. Twelve grapes should be consumed
during the last 12 seconds of the year, to ensure 12 months of good luck. And leafy
green cabbage on New Year’s is meant to bring good fortune and prosperity.

Why cabbage??
Cabbage is green, just like something else that people tend to seek and collect on a
regular basis. You guessed it—money! This eastern European tradition of eating
cabbage on New Year’s is meant to signify luck, particularly financially. People who eat
cabbage on New Year’s believe that it will help them make more money in the year
ahead.
While cabbage is the traditional green food eaten for wealth and financial well-being,
other leafy green foods can also work as a substitute if you’re not a big fan of cabbage.
Tradition states that collard greens, mustard greens and turnip greens are also
acceptable for this lucky New Year’s Day tradition.
The key to this tradition involves adding a dime. Historically, the cook would hide silver
in the dish. Prior to 1965, dimes were made of silver, so the use of dimes was an easy
way to carry on the tradition. The cook would clean off a dime and mix it in, and the
person to scoop it onto their plate would be the one to experience wealth and prosperity

for their family in the coming year ahead. If you aren’t keen on eating currency, maybe
serve this delicious soup in silver bowls and share the wealth!

Happy New Year! Love, My Gut Instinct