One of the New Year rituals we follow at home is preparing fruits. According to my grandparents, the fruits should be round and sweet. Round fruits symbolize wealth/money and sweet connotes close and loving relationship with family. I also included pineapple as according to friends, the numerous “eyes”, the pineapple symbolizes an eye for successful career and opportunities.
Food for abundance: Assorted fruits, chocolate coins, assorted candies, and queso de bola
Gold and choco coins to attract wealth
Childhood fave. I love eating milk choco coins!
Colorful sweets for a harmonious and lasting relationship
Red and round for hope and infinity
Food for the New Year is all about the color red and round shapes, I prepared sweet, savory and reddish meals for NYE dinner:
Steamed rice, ground sirloin beef caldereta, macaroni salad
More round and savoury food:
Carmelized Garlic Scallops on a bed of Mushroom Risotto prepared by my husband Tom
Tea time
Hot chai tea and assorted round cookies
I prepared some bubbly but decided not to open them…
Instead, we popped some popcorn for sobriety! Haha!
New Year brunch:
What is red, sweet and savoury?
TOCINO!!!
Mmm…
Pampanga’s Best Fatless Tocino is my favorite!
Tom made the Epperson Signature Buttermilk Pancakes too!
Anatomy of a good pancake: textured (bubbly) surface, slightly crisp on the outside and moist and fluffy on the inside! Real maple syrup is everything!
I don’t know what happened to Dylan’s Mickey pancake but it got warped! Haha!
Our two-rear old son Dylan doesn’t mind.
Real sweetness do not come from perfect pancakes but from dad and son moments like this.
Wishing everyone an abundant 2013!
Shoppingero/shoppingera, what New Year rituals do you follow and why?
Comments 3
Sweeeeeet!
I can’t believe that you are all so skinny with all the yummy food in your home.
I miss tocino! And your ground beef caldereta… looks so delish!