The Anabaptist perception on pork & sauerkraut!

[steve-in-kville]

So what are we eating on New Year's Day?

[QuietlyListening]

We just opened the crock to take the sauerkraut out that we made and either freeze it or give some to our children so we have fresh sauerkraut to mix with pork and it's in the slow cooker now.

[steve-in-kville]

My wife is making home made stromboli. An I guess I get to make the salad. Having the immediate family home to celebrate Christmas.

[HondurasKeiser]

Pork and sauerkraut for us!

[eccentric_rambler]

Taco soup that didn't get eaten for lunch yesterday after we received an invitation at church.

Re sauerkraut, we made some two years ago and still have some jars left over. We've been eating a pair of beeves we butchered lately, and sauerkraut doesn't seem to go with that as well. With hotdogs is excellent, though.

[RZehr]

Is eating pork and sauerkraut an Anabaptist New Years thing or something?

[HondurasKeiser]

Is eating pork and sauerkraut an Anabaptist New Years thing or something?

I think it’s a very Pennsylvania thing…most of the people I grew up with did Pork and Sauerkraut on New Years Day irrespective of their religious beliefs.

[Josh]

One of my grandparent’s side that is Hungarian also did this. It must be a very broad European custom.

[MaxPC]

My wife is making a pot roast with onions, potatoes and carrots for our lunch. Leftovers will become stew she said. I somehow doubt there will be leftovers.

[ohio jones]

Is eating pork and sauerkraut an Anabaptist New Years thing or something?

I think it’s a very Pennsylvania thing…most of the people I grew up with did Pork and Sauerkraut on New Years Day irrespective of their religious beliefs.

My PA relatives usually mention this as their menu choice. Mom, although a PA native, never made it at this time of year that I can remember; it's just not a custom in this area.