Comments on: Scratch and peck and other food superstitions

By: psyche

psyche — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:28:44 +0000

I think the not serving of Chicken in new Year is not really a Chinese thing.
The term “isang kahig isang tuka” did not originate from them naman.
Anyway, regarding the topic, I’m actually a sucker when it comes to New Year traditions. Before, I wasn’t like that but lately I have experienced a lot of financial and career woes which made me think of trying it out. Since then, it has been a yearly thing for me. My parents and siblings were not really into it but they just let me do my thing.

By: A

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:05:58 +0000

We Chinese actually serve whole chicken during New Year, including the head (or at least the neck). All foods with heads (whole pig, whole poultry and whole fish) must have their heads pointing to the head of the family, to symbolize his importance. Besides, chicken in mandarin shares the same sound as luck, and ducks are a symbol of love, so poultry is good. :-p

By: Crisma

Crisma — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:52:01 +0000

Ayyy, palagay ko Connie, maraming Pinoys ang makaka-relate rito…ako while I was raised by conservative and quite superstitious parents, I learned from that and we have decided as a family not to be bound by superstitions. My Papa always wore red shirts in greeting the new year, my Mama was always in polka dots na dress… yes ganun rin kami dati, about having not only 12 but 13 fruits pa nga… parang meron ka pang 1 additional as safety measure— But for our new year now, I just had bananas (which we never run out of), then apples (kasi merong order ng apple crumble for Jan 3), then the sweet juicy pineapple. No superstitions about food in our house… just like you, we eat what we choose to eat and are not “nakatali” sa superstitions. Thanks sa kwento about this one!