Crockpot pork and sauerkraut. The traditional New Year’s Eve recipe for good luck in the new year. Pork shoulder and sauerkraut, with apples, onions, and bacon to add flavor, cooked in the crock ...

Season with salt and pepper. (This can be made in advance. If it thickens on standing, reheat with a little extra water.) Serve the split pea purée and sauerkraut with rashers of pork belly.

(It’s also fun.) So here’s why we eat pork and sauerkraut as well as other good-luck foods. Like many other cultures, the Pennsylvania Dutch believe eating pork on New Year’s Day brings good ...

LYNN COMMERO Correspondent Dec 27, 2012 Dec 27, 2012 Updated Sep 19, 2013 Kinzer Fire Company is getting ready for what could be its biggest annual New Year's Day pork-and-sauerkraut meal ever.