Let's Dish: What Foods Do You Eat For Good Luck?

March 18, 2009

Maybe it was the luck of the Irish, but yesterday's festivities got me thinking about fortuitous foods. Whenever anyone in my family travels, my mother prepares a large pot of Ping An Mien, the Chinese chicken noodle soup pictured above, for safe travels. Before my friend Jaime ran her first marathon, she had to eat a certain dish at her favorite Italian restaurant for good luck, and many Southerners will tell you they can't start a new year on the right foot without black-eyed peas. Tell me, what are your lucky foods?

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milosmommy 4 years 8 weeks

I wish I could say I had a good luck food, but I don't. Next time something good happens I'll have to remember what I ate that day and try and recreate it. lol

gelita 4 years 8 weeks

on new years we eat grapes one for each month and lentil soup

Txredd 4 years 9 weeks

We have tamales with our Christmas dinner and always cook black-eyed peas on New Years Day.

munkeegirl88 4 years 9 weeks

GlowingMoon, that is most definitely authentic. My mom has been making this for me since I was a kid. It looks exactly the same too!!

aimeeb 4 years 9 weeks

ummmmm none...ha.

bluebellknoll 4 years 9 weeks

We do Japanese food for New Year's Day.

ilanac13 4 years 9 weeks

i really want to say that i have a 'good luck' food but i don't think that i do. i know that i have a few that are FAVORITES but other than that - nothing too lucky.

lylpookie 4 years 9 weeks

Although the boyfriend is pretty westernized, he's still sticks to his Chinese birthday tradition. So every year on his, or my, birthday we have to eat long hand shaved noodles (for long life) and roasted pork (the red of the pork representing blood/life). On Chinese New Year he makes a lo bat in a round shape, to represent a coin for wealth for the new year.

GlowingMoon 4 years 9 weeks

Hmmm, that's an unusual Chinese soup. It's not authentic Chinese, is it? :) Personally, I don't have any lucky food, but my morning cup of coffee is important to me. I cannot start my day without my coffee (done my way).

Rancher'sGirl 4 years 9 weeks

In my family, we must eat tamales and drink hot eggnog with lots of nutmeg on Christmas Day to insure good health and prosperity in the coming New Year. (It doesn't work if we just do this on New Year's Eve...not sure why.) :)

eshellmoyer 4 years 9 weeks

I grew up in Washington, but my granny was from Texas, so we always eat black eyed peas. I don't even like them, but it's tradition.

tamint 4 years 9 weeks

my mom's from hungary, and i grew up with the idea that eating lentils on new years makes you beautiful and rich for the rest of the year. i love lentils, so i eat'em every year! :)

pharm_chick 4 years 9 weeks

its not so much a good luck thing, but my mother in law always makes people traveling or starting anything new to eat some sweets..and milk is considered a sign of blessings and such..

shoneyjoe 4 years 9 weeks

I find beer pretty lucky. :)

Happsmjc 4 years 9 weeks

my mother makes us eat a pork roast with potatoes and apple sauce every new years day for good luck. we have to come home and eat together, no matter how hung over we are...ugh! It's a tradition her mother did, so she does it for luck I guess.

kathrynliz 4 years 9 weeks

yes, please post the recipe for that soup... it looks amazing!

The Gourmet Girl 4 years 9 weeks

Hot and Sour Soup - Will you provide recipe for this wonderful looking Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup?

LaurenG22 4 years 9 weeks

Grapes on New years :) 12 -- one for every month :)

chiefdishwasher 4 years 9 weeks

Bacon wrapped dog on a Saturday night means I will not wake up with a hang over!

Spectra 4 years 9 weeks

We always ate black-eyed peas with a ham hock in them at New Year's for good luck and we always eat Chinese food takeout when we get our income tax returns back to celebrate our little windfall and to spur on good "money luck".

partysugar 4 years 9 weeks

When I was a cheerleader in college, I would always have a cheddar cheese on wheat bread with mustard sandwich. I don't know if it was for luck, but it wasn't game day for me without the nourishing comforting wich.

miss malone 4 years 9 weeks

Hmm, I've never really thought of this before.. I'm not sure :P Black-eyed peas are yummy though!

kia 4 years 9 weeks

Hop n' John and clementines. I don't why my husband and I have pinpointed clementines to be lucky but we make an almond clementine cake to celebrate occasions with a little extra luck.

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