Many countries choose to eat fish on New Year's Eve to represent fullness, or red beans for luck .
Greece: Vasilopita
Vasilopita is a traditional Greek coffee cake, when people add a coin to the grill when baked. If anyone eats cake on New Year's Eve and wins a coin, that person will get lucky next year.
Japan: soba noodles
Japanese people eat soba noodles at the New Year's moment. Noodles are made from long buckwheat to symbolize a long life, people eat will not cut noodles but slurry until the end.
Mexico: Rosca de Reyes
Rosca de reyes is a toast shaped like a ring and the surface is fruity. Inside the cake also contains some jewelry symbolizing luck.
South America: black-eyed beans
One theory is that black-eyed beans are considered lucky because they are the food that helped soldiers survive the previous civil war.
Sweden and Norway: rice pudding
Usually, Sweden and Norway put a almond in their pudding or rice cakes to symbolize prosperity next year.
Argentina: beans
The Argentinians hope that eating beans on New Year's Day will help them to work smoothly or find a better thing.
Korea: Tteokguk
Tteokguk is a soup containing Korean rice cakes, meat and vegetables with the meaning of bringing good luck. Korea also sees the new year as the birthday celebration, each bowl of tteokguk represents one year old. So the common question on the New Year in Korea is "How many tteokguk bowls have you eaten?" as an interesting age question.
Germany: Berliner
The Germans welcome the new year with a jam or wine fried cake called Pfannkuchens. The breads made of round, octagonal, heart-shaped, pyramid hope that bad things will be removed, a new year with many good things will come. In addition, they also enjoy the delicious roasted pork with relatives and friends. Germans also believe that eating carrots and cabbage will bring financial stability.
Persian: faloodeh
Faloodeh is a dessert made with vermicelli and sweet syrup, made for special occasions in Persia, one of which is the New Year celebration.
Belarus: corn
Unmarried women in Belarus use corn seeds to see who will marry first in the new year. Each person will put a pinch of corn seeds in front of him and release the rooster. Whose chicken is the first to marry first.
Netherlands: oliebollen
Oliebollen is a kind of donut deep-fried in oil, inside there are apples, pineapples or grapes. The Dutch believe that if you enjoy this cake on the first day of the new year, you will get the best. The reason that the Dutch have the custom of eating oily donuts on New Year is derived from the belief that on New Year's Eve, Goddess Bertha will fly across the sky, along with the evil spirits in the dark. coldly, holding a knife, cutting off any empty stomach. If we eat greasy donuts, her knife will slip away.
Spain: grapes
When the clock is midnight on New Year's Eve, Spaniards will eat 12 grapes, representing each month. The sweet taste of grapes will represent a good month, while the sour fruit is a bad omen.
Poland: pickled herring
Poland often enjoy pickled herring at half-year New Year's Eve, along with smoked fish and some other pickled fish. It is thought that this food will make a new and prosperous new year.
China: steamed rice
Fish and sparkling dumplings are the most important dish of Chinese year-end meal. These two dishes have the meaning of prosperity and prosperity. In particular, the word "fish" pronounced in Chinese is similar to the word "residual" in "excess".
Italy: lentils
Along with fish, Italians like to eat lentils in the new year celebration. Because they look like coins, round beads are said to symbolize luck and prosperity in the new year.
Cuba and Austria: grilled milk pig
In both Austria and Cuba, baking a milk pig turned on the fire is considered a traditional New Year celebration. Both countries, along with many others, believe that pigs represent wealth and luck.
Turkey: pomegranate
Turkey eats pomegranate on New Year's Eve, which symbolizes fertility and abundance for the coming years.
El Salvador: eggs
A minute before midnight on New Year's Eve, people in El Salvador smash an egg in a glass of water. When the clock scores 12 hours, everyone will see how their yolk looks, if the roundness is representative of a good new year.
