KarynMC - nope, it's a different kind of rice cake. The type used for ddeokguk is denser and firmer, and a bit less sticky. If you don't have an Asian grocery store within easy access, you might want to check out online options. Disclaimer: I have no vested interest in Hmart.com other than, well, it's my default for getting hard-to-find groceries. :)
For those of us with Vitamin K(imchi) in our blood, it's ddeokguk, or rice cake soup. Mandu - Korean dumplings - are optional though my family will have none of this mandu-deficient ddeokguk nonsense. :)
Born in Korea, raised in New Jersey and Texas, educated in California, and now stuck on the East coast again. My heart lives in the Pacific Northwest and my stomach lives in Southeast Asia.
Dark. I was the kid who picked out the Special Dark bars from the Hershey's bag.
A bowl of piping hot rice topped with a spoonful of soy sauce, a fried egg and some toasted sesame seeds, with my aunt's Busan-style kimchi on the side. Comfort food at its best!
The Dutch eat oliebollen (literally "oil balls"), which are round doughnuts filled with fruit. I've never gotten up the nerve to make them myself, though -- big pots of hot oil scare me.
I don't know if was for good luck but my French Canadian family always ushered the New Year in with a fabulous pork ragout and meat pies made with ground pork, onion, diced potatoes,and a pinch or two of ground clove. Thanks for the memories.
people in japan eat mochi, a very chewy pastry made of glutinous sticky pounded rice. apparently several people die after choking on it every new year's.
I have to represent the South and say black-eyed peas and cabbage. I saw some people eat greens. Maybe we're just special in Little Rock :-)
I was somewhere a few years ago when I had a piece of herring stuffed into me for good luck. Apparently a German tradition that had been transplanted to a UES bar.
For good luck in the new year, have to have pork & sauerkraut here in PA Dutch country (lentil soup to start).
Chinese New Year has many foods but isn't celebrated until February.
Ever since I found out Black Eyed Peas are considered a New Year's food I've used that as an excuse to eat as much as I can because I love them.
Here's an easy and vegetarian/vegan (means no one is excluded/everyone can enjoy) recipe:
NEW YEAR'S BLACK EYED PEA SALAD
Ingredients:
2 (15 oz) cans Black-eyed Peas, drained
1/2 cup minced green onions
1/2 cup diced red, yellow and/or green sweet pepper
1/4 cup diced celery
3 tablespoons red wine or balsamic vinegar
4 tablespoons olive oil (or other salad oil)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
Directions:
Toss well then rest in refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Toss again just before serving.
Serve with small lime wedges and pepper sauce.
peyotetheatre - Sadly, the nearest Super H is two hours away. Maybe I can take my sister to college after her break ends, and afterwards make a detour to Silverspring . . .
Italians also eat zampone or cotechino with lentils for good luck.
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