Evening star. [volume], December 30, 1962, Page 10, Image 106

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All over the world people have
their lucky dish to start the year.
Here’s a roundup of what to eat
for a happy and prosperous ’63
Don’t let the evils of the old year follow you
into the new. Eat lucky for 1963! All over the
world people eat those certain foods "guaranteed”
to bring all good things their way for the year ahead.
Wherever you are, be it at home or abroad this New
Year’s Day, you may be offered something to eat or
drink for hick or happiness.
Should you be in Madrid good fortune conies
to those who swallow a dozen grapes, one by one, as
the clock strikes 12. In Japan, lobsters and oranges
decorate doorways as well as tables, to insure a long
and happy family life.
On CerwMM tables pork will appear to woo
fortune’s kind smile. Also in Germany it is con
sidered lucky to eat fish to bring a New Year rich in
material possessions. There too, white cabbage is
served to symbolize the acquisition of silver; carrots
promise the household will see plenty of gold coins.
The Hungarians roast a pig for New Year’s
dinner. Another custom believed lucky is to touch
a pig at midnight. At the coming of the New Year
many restaurants turn a pig loose in the dining room
to add to the merriment of the guests. But a more
convenient way is to touch a fork to roast pork.
Fewer bruises, too!
The SwevUsA tradition is to bake a holiday ham.
Sweet whipped cream is considered by the Swim
as s lucky thing to be eaten at the beginning of New
Year’s Day.
A Dutch lad going a-courting on the year’s
birthday takes to his sweetheart a pastry made in
the shape of her initials. In Scotland a shortbread
known as pitcaithly bannocks is served, highly orna
mented with sugar mottoes.
Once in St. Thomas in the I’irgta Mwwfc for
the holidays, I was urged to eat my fill of calahi,
a Caribbean vegetable; otherwise, I was told, some
thing terrible would happen. Never one to take
chances, I ate it to the last bite.
Another time at the turning of the year, I was
on the bit of Man, a tiny outpost of Great Britain,
and was greeted with this toast:
"May they of potatoes and herrings
have plenty,
With butter and cheese and each
Every country has its own "eating for luck” super-
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