Submitted by Funkybeatzzz t3_1002p1f in Pennsylvania
Even though I’ve lived in Boston for the last 12 years, this is a tradition that will never die!
3# pork loin, 2# kielbasa, 3# hocks, 3# kraut, knockwurst to be added towards the end. Apples, caraway seeds, butter, s&p, garlic and two Yeunglings as seasoning. Many MANY homemade pierogi as a side.
Normal in my house for sure haha. I mostly add it since I’m using leaner cuts. If I used a pork butt instead of the loin I’d skip the butter…. maybe.
try brown sugar instead. add a little water and brown sugar when u go to crock pot it. youll love it!
I’ve done that in the past. I use sweet apples (Macintosh, honey crisp, Fuji, etc) now instead. Give it a shot sometime.
You had me at butter! Best tradition ever! 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 Happy New Year!
you've tempted me sir, i think i may try this this year
Right on. Eat what you like.
Oh good I’m not the only one lol
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Yessir. Got a bone in pork shoulder and a couple quarts of sauerkraut going into the crock tonight. Cant forget the caraway seeds!
This has been a thing with my family, my whole life. Pa Dutch life.
Every year my mother makes pork and sauerkraut on the 1st.
Yeah, pretty big PA tradition given the German ancestry.
My grandfather makes corn beef and cabbage every year for good luck.
Since I’ve been in Boston this had become a tradition on St Paddy’s Day and every three months after. One of the local groceries stores, Shaw’s, has corned beef specials in three month intervals staring March 17th.
Do you guys put a quarter under the plate with your birth year on it? I grew up in Philly in a super Italian family and didn’t start eating this until I moved to Berks County and they said the quarter is for good luck during the year?
Never heard of that one. The pork and kraut is a German tradition and a crap load of Germans settled in PA. The quarter thing may be a local, New World tradition.
What’s with the butter?
Anyways we do pork and sauerkraut but also black eyed peas and greens bc my mom is from the south lol.
Happy New Years
To you as well!
Add some bacon to this and brown it a little more. Delish!
I’m trying to stop by with a plate 😂 looks tasty 👌🏻
I was told growing up, this was a German tradition (that was from Germany) and not a Pennsylvanian one. But I can see how they can get confused. Oh, and you have to have both pork and sauerkraut for good luck for the new year.
Never eat chicken on new years day. A chicken has to scratch for food, pigs are fat.
ISmellMyWifesAss t1_j2f50u6 wrote
Like pork and sauerkraut. Never considered adding all that butter, however. Is that normal?