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A New Year's Day Tradition: Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes & Sauerkraut

A New Year’s Day Tradition: Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes & Sauerkraut

Growing up, our New Year’s Day meal was always a pork roast, mashed potatoes, and sauerkraut, whether we liked it or not. It’s a Pennsylvania Dutch New Year’s tradition. Why? Well, legend has it that it’s because a pig roots forward, which is good luck for the new year, but it’s probably also because it’s […]

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