I’ve never had a chance to eat a New Year’s food, so there’s a big difference between my memories of the New Year’s food in previous years and my current thoughts.
In previous years, we’d often see New Year’s food in Children’s parties: fried chicken, corn dogs, mashed potatoes, hot dogs/corn dogs, pizza, nachos, too many to name. This is also when people would give each other money to purchase this food, which was then lent to paying guests. New Year’s food is also often served at church potlucks, which are a regular staple for many people in my church.
The soup was another favorite New Year’s food, and I usually would have a can of chicken soup with me pore over my morning breakfast. My favorite was the early New Year’s soup, which was an off-whitish chicken soup colored good and had an unbelievable flavor. That’s the type of New Year’s food I’ll always remember; it was the best of the best.
This brought me to my own house. That’s awesome because I now have several other pals living here with whom I can converse about all kinds of interesting science projects, which are why I’m blogging about my favorite foods. Last year, I ate a ton of gourmet cookies, a snack I didn’t know existed, called flourless chocolate chip cookies. These were Family Sized, which I didn’t know until I read the description. These were so good. I wish I could taste them today.
Sugar is a very good substitute for salt. The sodium content of salt is completely unimpressive. However, sugar is a delightfully delicious treat. In fact, there is nothing quite like a sugar cookie. It is exceptionally moist, and they are quite flavorful. They are like a sugar cookie, but flour based, and so deliciously gooey.
Chicken is something I love, and I eat it a lot. I also eat pork and seafood, fish, eggs, and beef. I try to eat a vegetarian meal once a week. I’m always on the prowl for new recipes. My favorite, and get ready to brag when I find it, is cornbread stuffing. It is tender and filling. Best of all, cornbread stuffing can be prepared so quickly.
I watched a talk show awhile ago, actually, and Afterwards, I remembered my New Year’s Food. I turned out to be quiteamine after eating the cornbread stuffing that was served with the candied yams.
I went to get a seconds because I didn’t want to waste the caviar I bought.About then, I looked down at my junk mail. Boy was I glad I didn’t buy that second bottle of Diet Coke. Between that and the second bottle of diet coke that I bought, I spent almost $50 on two bottles of soda and two bottles of water. That’s a little more than I normally want to spend on food, but I was able to make it work.
At least I was able to eat right and stay within my budget, which is usually the case. Sometimes you really do need to just be disciplined and not throw things at the wall in frustration.
One of the things I like to do is cook on a day where I don’t have to worry about cooking. I’m happy to leave that to someone else. However, when I do have a choice of what to cook, I choose a dish that has a lot of flavor and will fill me up. That way, I can enjoy the rest of the meal without having to worry about filling up on food.
I mentioned earlier that I was going to explain more about recipes and tastes, because tastes are by no means constant. They can vary by person, and you may like one person’s version of a meal more than another person’s. Each person has a tendency to have likes and dislikes, but in general tastes remain relatively constant.
As far as the traditions go, I am not sure I follow any of these. However, I love many of the recipes we have here in our house. They are all customixtures of flavors that we experiment on during different periods of time. In some cases, we like to blend one of our favorite recipes with a familiar dish. Or we may want to create a dish that is distinctive and represents something unique. That way, our guests will be able to recognize that they had a particular time served.
Enjoy!
