can anyone help with a new year's menu ?

[amazona]

I really don't go crazy for the traditional menu. I wouldn't miss ham if I didn't eat it again, and I'm not all that crazy about black-eyed peas either. I like cabbage in lots of butter, so I'll keep the cabbage, although I haven't noticed it bringing me any money in years gone by. Any ideas out there? Help!!!!!

[radwriter0555]

1. Please. I want to do a standing rib roast, but it looks like that'll cost

me at least $50 for the hunk of meat without the fixin's.

So I may to a SRR AND a fried turkey. We always do a corn souffle, beans in the mushroom sauce with durkees, mashed potatoes, gravy, maybe a yorkshire pudding if I do the SRR.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Do a corned beef...

easy..makes sandwiches and then you can use the broth to make any kind of beans you want...just pour them in..or a lentil soup.

[radwriter0555]

13. Corned beef is for Saint Patricks day of course...

geesh!

Or from Canters' Deli on a rainy day.

[VelmaD]

3. You have to have black-eyed peas.

It's like a law or something. Throw them in a pot with salt pork or bacon or pork roast and some onion and chili powder and let 'em stew all day. Then make some cornbread and you're set.

[boneygrey]

4. Don't forget

the turnip greens.

[trof]

5. It's not "like" a law, Velma.

It IS the law.
;-)

[Bunny]

Another law:

Ya gotta eat pork of some sort. So put that on the menu too.

[amazona]

7. well i was thinking...

...sometimes they have fresh black-eyed peas, and I was going to marinate them in Italian dressing, and serve them cold over my home-grown endive leaves. I like the fresh ones OK, it's the cooked ones that I'm not too crazy about. So that's why I was thinking of using them for the salad.

[rucky]

6. All Appetizers

dim sum
sushi
cheeses
smaller versions of bigger foods

[trof]

8. OK...Redneck Caviar:

A new and more refined way to gitcher New Year's Day BEPs.

Redneck Caviar
2 cans black eyed peas, drained
2 cans shoe peg corn, drained
2 cans Ro-Tel tomatoes, drained
2 lg. bell peppers, chopped
12 sm. green onions, chopped (stem and all)
3 ripe tomatoes, chopped fine
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. garlic salt
1 tsp. parsley flakes
16 oz. bottle Zesty Italian dressing
1 can black beans, drained (optional)



Mix peas, beans, corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes with garlic salt, garlic powder, parsley flakes, and Italian dressing. Refrigerate at least 12 hours. Serve with Frito Scoops.

[Rowdyboy]

9. Excellent suggestion

even people who don't usually like blackeyed peas like this

[trof]

10. I think it's better a little smushed up.

2 1/2 turns in the cuisinart.

[amazona]

12. Ok this might be the way to go for me

However, I still have fresh parsley in the garden so I'll use that instead of the flakes.

Frito Scoops? Hmmm.

[trof]

11. Mexican Caviar

1 can (8 1/2 oz.) ripe olives, chopped
1 can (8 oz.) green chilies
2 tomatoes, chopped
3 green onions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, mashed
3 tsp. olive oil
2 tsp. red wine vinegar
1 tsp. black pepper
dash seasoning salt.



Combine ingredients together and chill. Serve with tortilla chips.
http://www.cookbooksforsale.com/holiday.php/act.mList/season.1/char.Caviar/list.html

[roguevalley]

14. If its a party, get one recipe from each guest and make it. If its a

home thing, make your favorite foods and get
something that is new to try for the first time. :)
Or, get something the is only easy to get in the
spring. Have a good drink and enjoy.

Happy New Year to you, honey.

[Whitacre D_WI]

15. I'm of German decent, so...

You must eat pork. Never chicken (see, chickens scratch back, pigs root forward -- good luck for the new year).

I generally do a loin roast, seared and then rubbed generously with salt, pepper, rosemary, and crushed mustard seed. Put the whole thing in a roasting pan, surrounded by saurkraut. Cook till the thermometer reads 160 (then take out, cover, and let rest for 10 minutes).

Serve with mashed potatoes.

YUMMY!

[mlawson]

16. I don't eat poultry anymore, but back when I did,

I susbstituted smoked turkey wings for the hog jowl. They went fine with the collards and peas. I made a hot, tangy sauce for the wings with tomato puree, mustard, thyme, red wine vinegar, HOT peppers, garlic, butter and olive oil.

Now, I use liquid smoke on the collards. Not as good, but that's the way it is now.