Post by divtal on Dec 28, 2017 20:13:25 GMT
On New Year's day I want to prepare a meal with Black-Eyed Peas, and maybe some pork. I'm not from the U.S. southern states, but since a former colleague who is from North Carolina told me about that tradition, I've had the them in some form on Jan. 1st. My luck seems to have held, so I'll keep it in the act. Leave us not tempt fate. 
I just received an email from a local store that focuses on Spanish foods, and wines. It's a great store, and they often share food/lifestyle bits-of-information with their customers. I didn't know that, in Spain, the sparkling wine ("Cava"), comes after the eating of 12 green grapes, all of which must be ingested while the clock is striking 12. Each grape represents luck for one month of the new year. (They recommend seedless grapes, to avoid the time-wasting exercise of spitting, thus jeopardizing fortune in the later months.)
Any others that you know of, or practice??
I just received an email from a local store that focuses on Spanish foods, and wines. It's a great store, and they often share food/lifestyle bits-of-information with their customers. I didn't know that, in Spain, the sparkling wine ("Cava"), comes after the eating of 12 green grapes, all of which must be ingested while the clock is striking 12. Each grape represents luck for one month of the new year. (They recommend seedless grapes, to avoid the time-wasting exercise of spitting, thus jeopardizing fortune in the later months.)
Any others that you know of, or practice??
