The beginning of a new year always has special significance and goes with it, the first dishes eaten on New Year's Day also have many interesting meanings in different countries. There is a special dish with auspicious meanings in every country around the world to welcome the new year. Come with us as we will discover them in this article.
Spain - 12 grapes
Spaniards will eat 12 grapes at each bell beat on New Year's Eve when the clock chimes 12 hours to signal the new year. They believe that if they do not consume all of the grapes, they will have bad luck in the coming year. Each grape's flavor will be a harbinger of each month of the year. If the grapes are sweet, the person eating them will have a lot of fortune and luck, but if they are sour, it is a bad omen.
Mexico - Tamales
Tamales are a traditional Mexican cake made of cornmeal that is filled with meat, cheese, and other ingredients before being wrapped in corn husks or banana leaves and steamed. They are typically made for special Mexican holidays such as New Year's. Tamales aren't difficult to make, so everyone in the family can help wrap the cake. Many families also give Tamales as New Year's gifts to friends, relatives, and neighbors. In the New Year's Day meal, this cake is frequently served with Menudo soup or hominy soup.
Korea - Tteokguk
Tteokguk, or rice cake soup, is a must-have dish for the Korean New Year. If you do not eat Tteokguk on New Year's Day, you are not considered one year older because eating Tteokguk means "eating" another year. Many Koreans will also ask your age by asking how many times you've eaten Tteokguk.
This dish is made with stewed beef bone broth, cooked with traditional Korean spices, and sliced rice cakes. Long ingots of rice must be used to cook soup, symbolizing longevity. Because both rice cakes and beef bone broth are white and have a frugal flavor, this dish also represents purity, with the meaning of aiding in the purification of one's body and soul.
El Salvador - Raw Eggs
El Salvadorans have a unique New Year's Eve custom of breaking a raw egg into a glass of water and leaving it by the window overnight. Wait until the next morning to see if everyone's egg yolk looks like a harbinger of a prosperous new year or not.
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Italy - Lentils
Cotechino con lenticchie is an essential New Year's Eve dish for Italians (lentils with sausage). Because lentils have the shape of small coins, the Italians believe that eating them on New Year's Day will bring them prosperity. Lentils are frequently cooked and served with cotechino, a high-fat pork sausage that also represents abundance and prosperity in the coming year.
Turkey - Pomegranate
Delicious, bright red pomegranates with countless seeds inside are a symbol of abundance and affluence in Turkey, as well as a happy family with many descendants. On New Year's Eve, they smash pomegranates on the door of the house; the more pomegranate seeds that fall, the more luck you will have.
South America - Black-eyed peas, greens, pork, and tortillas
On New Year's Day, South Americans will eat a plate of black-eyed peas, green vegetables, pork, and corn tortillas. Each dish has a distinct meaning. Coins are represented by black-eyed peas or peas. Greens that have been cooked, such as bok choy or mustard greens, represent folded bills. Pork represents abundance and prosperity. Because of its golden color, cornbread represents wealth. If you eat enough of these dishes, you will have a prosperous and abundant new year.
Scotland - Whiskey
Whiskey is an essential component of Scotland's Hogmanay New Year's Eve festival, which takes place on December 31st. People will flood the streets to drink wine and ring in the new year. Furthermore, the Scots have a tradition of inviting friends or relatives to enter the house, with the gift that person brings to the owner representing good fortune in the coming year. If the present is a bottle of Whiskey, the year will be filled with joy.
Iran - Kuku Sabzi
Kuku sabzi is a traditional Persian dish made with eggs and fresh herbs such as coriander, dill, and parsley. This dish represents abundance, fertility, and fertility. flourish in the new year. Furthermore, during the New Year, there must be 7 dishes on the table, each representing a different theme: vinegar dishes represent love and patience, apples represent health and beauty, pomegranates represent fertility, herbs represent rebirth and new beginnings, and so on.
China - Dumplings
Dumplings are Chinese New Year's Eve dishes, this dish has many good meanings, and will bring luck and fortune to everyone. According to the Chinese concept, the half-moon shape of the dumplings symbolizes good luck, if stretched and connected, the two ends of the dumplings will look like the shape of an ancient silver ball representing money and abundant wealth.
Conclusion
What do you think of these dishes? Have you ever tasted one? What is your country's New Year dish? Tell us in the comment down below what dish you want to try and how you would like to enjoy your New Year’s Eve. And if you’re planning to have a vacation, do not forget to make use of Booking.com promo code 10% off. For more coupon codes for your travel or even grocery shopping for New Year, check out Findcouponhere.net, they’ve gathered a lot of great deals that you don’t want to miss.
