How to Make New Year's Day Brunch

Start the year right with food and items that will bring you good fortune this year.
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  • 1Start the year off right with a brunch that brings good luck.
  • 2Knowing a few New Year's Day traditions and superstitions will help you plan the perfect meal.
  • 3You will need: lucky flowers, pomegranate cocktails, lucky foods,...
  • 4...round or ring-shaped desserts and leftovers.
  • 5Step one: fill vases with flowers believed to bring good luck...
  • 6...magnolias, irises, peonies, lotuses, chrysanthemums, and plum blossoms.
  • 7Step two: Start with a cocktail that contains pomegranate juice.
  • 8Pomegranates are part of many New Year's Day menus in Mediterranean countries...
  • 9...because they represent abundance.
  • 10Step three: Include at least one of these foods at your New Year's Day brunch:...
  • 11...Cabbage, which represent money; lentils, which symbolize coins;...
  • 12...pork, because pigs represent progress and a rich life;...
  • 13...and long noodles, which signify a long life.
  • 14Avoid serving lobster and chicken; they represent setbacks and regrets.
  • 15Step four: Serve a Bundt cake or any ring-shaped sweet for dessert.
  • 16It ensures closure for the old year.
  • 17Some cultures hide a small trinket or coin in the cake they serve at New Year's Day brunch;...
  • 18...the person who finds it is destined for an especially fortunate year.
  • 19Step five: Leave a morsel or two on your plate;...
  • 20...it guarantees that your pantry will always be stocked in the coming year.
  • 21Did you know?
  • 22If the first person to cross your threshold in the New Year is a tall, dark, handsome man,...
  • 23...you're going to have a good year,...
  • 24...according to the Scottish superstition known as the first-footer.