Originally Posted by Lucille
I always have pork either a pork roast and sauerkraut, or pork chops, or ham. You never eat chicken that is bad luck. A chicken scratches backwards and a pig roots forward.
That is what my mom and mother in law always said. You will have good luck the new year if you eat pork.
That's what my mom's family said! We always had"pig-in-a-blanket"(stuffed cabbage). My mom's family was from Hungary, don't know if that's where the superstition came from though.