"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Jack Black said:
I'm struggling to fit this recent pick-up on my kitchen table! :eek: :D :thumbsup:

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That's one big SAK, Jack! :eek:

r8shell said:
Happy New Years! I'm off to find some black eyed peas. You have to eat some for luck on New Year's Day, it's a southern tradition. Do folks in other places have traditions like that?

Pictures of the aftermath of the New Year Blizzard of 2018:

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The tradition growing up in Arkansas was ham, black eyed peas and cornbread on New Year's Day. We had black eyed peas and cornbread with dinner tonight, and I had a ham sandwich earlier for lunch, so I think I got it all covered. :D

I have to admit, my black eyed peas have never been as good as my the ones my grandma used to make. Probably never will be.

zolthar said:
Happy New Year everyone! We normally eat 'New Year's rolls'. They signify the new year that's about to unroll.
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At the end of the year we eat 'kniepertjes' :D
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Those look delicious! :thumbsup:
 
I had a ham sammich today (with swiss cheese, if that helps). That'll have to cover me for New Year's luck I suppose.
 
Well it's been grand to have 10 days off work. (There are some good things about working in a manufacturing facility. They shut the entire plant down between Christmas and New Years. Among other reasons, that's when they can cut the power to do major maintenance without disrupting the the plant.) Back to work tomorrow, so I'll see you ladies and gents in the evenings.
 
Jack Black said:
Looks like a good start to the year in the Lounge! :D Enjoying everyone's posts :) :thumbsup:



It's the main part of a Wenger advertising supply, for watches as it turns out. The only one I could find was here: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/WENGER-SWIS...ADVERTISING-/152826306120?hash=item2395285e48 I bought it from an antiques mall while on my 'Twixmas' break :thumbsup:
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Oh! Do the "blades" open and close? I would put that right up on the wall!

zolthar said:
Like this? :):cool:
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Yes! Exactly like that!

scrteened porch said:
It must take a lot of chicken hides to make a tent.
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I wouldn't put anything past Grandma! :D
 
Trout Hound said:
Not sure how healthy mine was. I hadn’t really thought about it, but my wife observed at dinner that everything on the table, except the cornbread, had pork fat in it! I said that’s just a quality meal! Her family’s from Ohio and Illinois, so I’ve spent nine years slowly teaching her to eat biscuits, grits, country ham, collards, and sweet tea. About the only thing I haven’t gotten her to try yet is livermush.
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In Hungary you have to eat pork on jan 1st, probably a souvenir of the Turkish occupation :D
Food traditions are later in France, very alive, King cake/galette des rois on jan 6th (various depending of the region), pancakes on feb2nd(Candlemas/Chandeleur).
 
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Happy New Year, everyone!

I'm afraid that I am somewhat of a displaced New Englander, having been born in Belfast, Maine and then did most of my growing in the Pacific Northwest. I am unaware of any traditional New Year's foods and had not even heard of such things until reading through the Lounge here. I must be showing my lack of culture.... :oops:

My wife, on the other hand, is a Southern gal and though I haven't heard her ever bring it up, I will have to ask her if she remembers growing up with such food traditions.

Otherwise, I just might have to create my own family tradition. :D (Preferably something different than the copious amounts of Whisky that was consumed.... Though the follow up breakfast was quite good; Duck eggs, panko crusted venison, and tattie scones...)
 
My dad was the eldest of nine children. Growing up in the South during the Great Depression left a lifelong memory of hard times with not a lot of anything. They usually butchered a hog when the first frost arrived. His traditional New Year's Day meal was hog jowls, collards, black eye peas, and skillet corn bread. I remember him telling me that many a day he only had collards and biscuits for his school lunch when he was a kid.
 
Jolipapa said:
In Hungary you have to eat pork on jan 1st, probably a souvenir of the Turkish occupation
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Interesting bit of information, Jolie. I guess that's why we had pork yesterday. My parents and grandparents always did.
My paternal grandfather was from Hungary.
 
Pàdruig said:
I am unaware of any traditional New Year's foods
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Don't feel bad. I was born and raised in the US south and never became aware of the tradition of certain foods being a New Year's tradition until I got married. My wife's family (also from the south) apparently had such traditions, whereas mine did not.
 
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