new year is nearing, are you cooking something special?

Hello kenchiprincess, I have just finished baking my "canonigo cake" it's a special cake that I doubt if you can see one in cake store, because I have just made it up and make it my specialty, and gave it's name out of my surname It is made of a chiffon cake, then I put a somewhat like "leche plan " on top, then I prepared the meringue on top of the leche plan and bake it again in a very slow temperature until meringue gets fully yellow brown... hmmm, yummy. I hope I can show the picture. Happy new year.

I don't really know what we are having for New Year's Eve. We have been so busy we have not gotten to deciding what we would like to have. I wish we get to have a lot of food though but that takes a lot of preparation and I don't think any of us in the house is up for that and well, then, we have a lot of leftovers. Happy 2009 to you too, Kenchiprincess.

way back home, i used to be very busy preparing stuffs for new year. preparing some baked mac and some desserts to be given to my neighbors and friends. i always ends up finishing hours before midnight. but since i left my home country i never had the time to prepar things the same way before. you know what, just now, i'm talking about it with my cousin about this things... happy new year

Hi!We have a tradition in our family.We are preparing one secret family recipe and now it`s my turn to do it but I have never cooked it before.We have a big family and the last 6 years others cook it and we can`t prepare it until we reach 18 years.I am very worried and excited and I hope I don`t make something blue in color.LOL.Happy MyLotting!Bye!

Every new year my dad and I BBQ a chicken and I make potato salad and sometimes lo mien to go along with it. I know it doesn't sound too big and extravagant but it's almost like a tradition for us. We usually start BBQ-ing the chicken late into the night so we eat very close to midnight and then go outside in the gallery and relax to watch firework. I also bought some myself to shoot into the air tonight (and don't worry...my dogs are secured) Right now I am making Chocolate Truffles With Liqueur (basically chocolate truffles with your favourite liqueur mixed in) and I just had some delicious hot white chocolate with a nice generous grating of milk chocolate. At the moment I feel really satisfied and I'm not sure I'd snack on those truffles till tomorrow. I do wish I didn't run out of cereal so I could make a snack called Puppy Chow. I recently discovered it and oh gosh it is So Good! It is a lovely snack "mix". Well, Happy New Year to you!

so many things goes good in 2008 and they will be beeter in 2009 my family are plan to cook dumplings and fishes.but I've no idea how to cook them. there is only 4 hours near 2009 in my country,and people arc exciting right now. happy new year and best wishes for mylotters.^^

Cooking ribs and kraut for New Years Eve, has to be done by midnight. It is what we in Ohio or at least that is what I believe most cook for new years. There was only 2 cans of kraut left in the store yesterday. It is suppose to bring you good luck and money in the new year. Sorry to say it hasn't done it yet for us. But I love the kraut on top mashed potatoes. May talk to daughter and see if we can cook it all together.

Time sure flies, and a year has passed so quickly. This year hasn't been that great especially for the economy, stock market, high fuel and gasoline prices, inflation and all the turmoil in the world. Let's hope the new year will bring new hopes and aspirations, and a better tomorrow for all of us. In our home, we usually welcome the new year with (what else) a feast! Being new year's eve, we're having our traditional steamboat dinner tonight. It is a kind of hotpot of food, where one cooks whatever ingredient one likes to eat in a boiling rich chicken stock contained in a steamboat pot, and eats the food with chilli sauce and other garnish. You can see a picture of a steamboat meal here - that's not ours...I just plucked it off the internet, but what we have will be kinda similar. We have lots of ingredients in a steamboat dinner - vegetables, chicken, pork, beef, fish balls, pork balls, prawns, fish, squid, crab, liver, abalone, mushrooms and a couple of other stuff. Hope you will have a great celebration tonight to welcome in the new year.

I am still thinking now of what to cook for new year. What special food I will make. I am not sure what!! here in this area where I am now, as if nothing happens here on new year. Not like in my country where people are so busy preparing,roasting, making special food for family and friends but here? I did not hear anything special done by friends or neighbors. I am not sure what other people are up to.

We will have Corned Beef and cabbage with a Silver Dollar cooked in with it. This is traditional for our family. We eat cabbage on New Years to have money all year!

hi there i am taking a break this new year because i did the cooking for our family's christmas celebration. my husband is cooking pasta for new year and all i have to do is sit back, relax and eat LOL! happy new year!

I always cook a roast of beef with creamy mashed potatoes, cauliflower cheese, vegtables and gravy on New Years day. I think it is nice to start of the New Year with a good meal. On New Years Eve I am going to a party and I am going to make lasagne, egg sandwhiches and sausages rolls to bring along with me. They always go down well with everyone. Yes! I hope everyone has a blast and a really good time also. Happy New year everyone and I wish yous all the best for 2009.

i will buy some delicious food for new years day,and i really enjoy cooking.i like fruids salar very much,when i have enough time i will make it myself.

I'm thinking Spicy Coconut Shrimp With Aioli Dipping Sauce...you know to greet the New Year with a BANG! Wish me Luck! Happy 2009 everyone!

hello my friend, I have never plan to cook anything for the new year's eve. Here in US, I don't feel the merry of the Christmas. It is very different here. There is no celebration like what we do in out country. Seems like an ordinary day. People are not so busy preparing for what they are going to eat.. hahaha I don;t know for some but... to most people I know here in the neighborhood? as if nothing happens. Of course they maybe have a celebration but very different from ours there. Not a festive one here. happy new year!!

Hi, usually my family has the same thing every New Years. Nothing that has too much preparation,friend chicken and potato salad. Happy New year.