Souvenir for surprises and wishes for the Old New Year
Salted dough dumplings. Master class with step-by-step photos
Kushnareva Tatyana Nikolaevna - geography teacher, Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution Secondary School No. 9, Azov, Rostov RegionTarget: Making souvenirs from salt dough using the testoplastika technique.
Tasks:
- teach skills of working with salt dough;
- develop aesthetic taste, fine motor skills of the hands;
- introduce to the traditions and customs of the Russian people
Purpose: This master class is intended for primary schoolchildren, preschoolers, as well as teachers, parents and all those who like to create miracles with their own hands.
Purpose: Dear colleagues, in my MK, I suggest you make dumplings-souvenirs from salt dough, which will adequately decorate the New Year's table and you can put both surprises and wishes for the New Year in these souvenirs. You will also have a ready-made gift for family and friends.
Technique: Testoplasty
Traditions instruct us to celebrate the old New Year with pomp, be sure to set a rich table and gather around it all those whom we love and whom we wish happiness. Although, by and large, it is not necessary to give gifts on this day, nevertheless, it is still worth preparing small surprises for relatives and friends - there is never too much joy.
Today we are sculpting together
Balls are a surprise in the dough.
And then we press the edges,
What are we making, friends?
(Vareniki)
Old New Year is a family holiday.
A little historical background:
In pagan times, the New Year was celebrated in Rus' on March 22, the day of the vernal equinox, and this was associated with the agricultural cycle. With the adoption of Christianity in Rus', the Byzantine calendar began to gradually replace the old one, and now the New Year began on September 1.
By decree of Peter I in 1699, the New Year was moved to January 1 according to the old style, that is, to January 14 according to the new style. After the revolution in 1918, the Bolsheviks “abolished” another 13 days a year, which made up the difference between our calendar and the European one.
This is how two New Year celebrations were formed - according to the new and old styles. The custom of celebrating the Old New Year on the night of January 13-14 in Russia is due to the fact that the Russian Orthodox Church continues to celebrate both the New Year and the Nativity of Christ according to the Julian calendar.
The Old New Year has its own traditions. One of them is to make dumplings with surprises: beans – to the children, button– to the new thing, sugar – sweet life, pepper – live with pepper, thread – to the road, coin – to money.
Surprises may be different, but this does not make the tradition lose its charm. This is a long-standing tradition that originated from the custom of telling fortunes during Christmastide week. This comic fortune telling is especially popular with children.
I suggest you get to work.
Necessary materials:
Flour;
Acrylic paints;
Gouache paints;
Brush;
Salt.
Step-by-step description of the work:
1. First we need to prepare salted dough for making souvenir dumplings. You can find the recipe at this link:
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2. Divide the dough into 4 parts and roll into balls, one of which will be slightly larger in size. The sizes of the balls can be different, depending on how much dough you prepare.
3. Take a large ball and roll it out, and in the center you need to put a ball that is smaller in size to give the shape of a dumpling.
4. Let’s start making dumplings
5. Now we make openwork tucks with our fingers
6.We make the second dumpling in the same way, only without the ball inside
7. Take the remaining ball and roll it out to make a pocket for surprises and wishes.
8. Place in the microwave for 3-4 minutes to dry our souvenir
9. It’s time to paint our souvenir, the background is white gouache, and then we cover it with acrylic paints.
10. The souvenir is ready for a congratulatory inscription, which we apply with gouache.
11. Our holiday souvenir - dumplings are ready for surprises and wishes.
12. I offer several options for a holiday souvenir - dumplings, where in your pocket you will see wishes and sweet surprises
Celebrate the Old New Year! He brings so much joy!
The tree is shining with lights, and children are waiting for gifts,
Although the holiday is not official,
Not a red day on the calendar,
But congratulations to you, colleagues.
I'm Happy New Year number two.
The Old New Year 2020 is celebrated on the night of January 13-14. The evening on the eve of the Old New Year is called generous, therefore the festive table should be rich, satisfying and tasty.
In Ukraine, the tradition of celebrating is associated not only with the change in chronology, but also with church holidays. So, on January 13, the Melanka holiday is celebrated, and January 14 is Vasily’s Day. In addition, the modern New Year falls on the Nativity fast, and the Old New Year no longer exists, so this “new year” can be celebrated with all your heart.
The evening on the eve of the Old New Year - Generous Evening or Vasiliev, as it is also called - coincides with the Ukrainian folk holiday Malanka. Kutya is the main ritual food this evening. For Vasily, the kutya was prepared generously, fatty, seasoned with lard or cream. Hence the name of the evening - Generous.
It is customary for the whole family to sit down at the New Year's table, just like at Christmas. In our material you will find recipes for dishes for the Old New Year according to folk traditions to attract good luck and prosperity, as well as original modern recipes for festive treats.
What dishes should you prepare for the Old New Year?
In addition to kutia, it is customary to prepare many dishes for the Old New Year: it is appreciated if they are varied and satisfying, because the more dishes on the table, the more generous the next year will be. Mandatory treats on the table are dumplings, pancakes, and various sausages.
Also on the table must be pork dishes. This animal has traditionally been considered a symbol of fertility and prosperity.
Dishes for Old New Year 2020: pork ribs
According to folk customs, pork entrails are prepared for the Old New Year, jellied meat is cooked from pork legs so that people’s legs don’t hurt, kishka (blood milk), liver sausages, vereshchaka (an ancient Ukrainian dish of pork ribs) are prepared. fry and smoke lard Potaptsy (small sandwiches) are prepared with lard, stuffing a whole young pig, cook borscht and the like.
But cooking poultry and fish that evening was a bad omen, since it was believed that happiness would “fly away” or “swim away” from the house.
Dishes for Old New Year 2020: homemade sausage
The hosts covered the festive tables with towels and decorated them with spikelets, placed kutya in the center of the table and lit a candle to honor the memory of their ancestors. It is with kutya that the meal begins this evening.
Recipes for Old New Year
Generous kutia
The basic principle of preparing generous kutia is a combination of boiled cereals, poppy seeds, dried fruits and honey. Generous kutia - unlike lean kutia, is prepared with butter, milk, cream or animal fat.
Ingredients:
wheat or rice – 400 g;
poppy seed – 200 gr;
walnuts or hazelnuts – 100 g;
dried fruits – 100 g;
honey – 100 g;
cognac – 1 tbsp. l. (Optional);
butter – 2-3 tbsp. l.
Recipe for generous kutia for the Old New Year
Generous kutia recipe:
1. Wheat needs to be soaked for 1-2 hours, then boiled until tender. The proportions of grain and water are 1:2.5.
2. Pour boiling water over poppy seeds for 15 minutes, then grind in a mortar. Finely cut nuts and your favorite dried fruits (raisins, dried apricots, prunes, figs) into cubes. Mix all ingredients.
3. Dissolve honey in a glass of warm water or uzvar and pour into porridge. Kutya should not be liquid, so you may not need all the honey water.
4. At the very end, add cognac and a spoonful of butter to the kutya if desired. Mix all ingredients well before serving.
Vereshchaka (pork ribs)
Ingredients:
400 g pork ribs;
200 g white bread,
50 g lard
2 medium onions;
salt, ground black pepper and other spices to taste;
beet kvass.
Ingredients for Vereshchaki for the Old New Year
Ingredients for beet kvass:
0.5 kg of peeled beets;
1 liter of chilled boiled water.
Vereshchaki (pork ribs) recipe:
1. You need to prepare beet kvass in advance. To do this, finely chop the beets and fill them with water. The mixture should be placed in a warm place for 4-5 days until a sour taste appears.
2. To prepare vereshchaki, take pork ribs, salt and pepper them. You can add other spices if you wish. Fry them in a deep frying pan until crusty. Add 500 grams of beet kvass to the frying pan and place in the oven for 30 minutes.
3. Cut the bread into small cubes, place it in the frying pan where the meat is stewed, and leave in the oven for another five minutes. At the end, add chopped and fried onions and lard to the vereshchaka. Remove the finished dish from the oven before serving and sprinkle with herbs. Vereshchaka is served in portions in deep bowls.
Recipe for Vereshchaki (pork ribs) for the Old New Year
Appetizer with lard
Ingredients:
lard without meat layer;
black bread;
salt, pepper to taste;
a few cloves of garlic.
Recipe for a snack of lard and garlic for the Old New Year
Lard snack recipe:
1. Freshly cooled, even slightly frozen lard without a meat layer, twist through a meat grinder, add salt and pepper to taste, add a few chopped garlic cloves and mix well. You can add ground nutmeg or curry.
2. Let the mixture sit for several hours so that the spices and garlic release their aroma. Spread on black bread; when serving, you can sprinkle with herbs. This appetizer is perfect with borscht or main meat courses.
Dumplings with potatoes and cracklings
Ingredients for the dough:
0.5 kg flour;
250 ml water;
2 tbsp. spoons of butter;
1-2 eggs;
salt to taste.
Ingredients for filling and cracklings:
potatoes 500 gr;
lard 200 gr;
2 onions;
salt and pepper to taste;
butter as desired.
Dumplings with potatoes and cracklings for the Old New Year
Recipe for dumplings with potatoes and cracklings:
1. Sift the flour. Add warm water, eggs, oil and salt. Mix the stiff, homogeneous dough. Cover the dough with cling film and leave it for half an hour in a warm place.
2. While the dough is resting, boil the potatoes. Make a puree and add cream or warm milk (optional). Also add salt to the filling, but keep in mind that the dough is also salty.
3. Roll out the dough and cut out small circles. This can be done using a regular glass. Place a spoonful of filling on each circle and form dumplings. The amount of filling depends on the size of the dumpling.
If desired, dumplings can be served not with cracklings, but with sour cream
4. Place the finished dumplings in boiling salted water. Cook for 6-7 minutes after surfacing.
5. Fry finely chopped lard and onion in a frying pan. When serving, sprinkle the dumplings with cracklings; if desired, you can pour over the melted fat that will appear during frying.
Homemade sausage
Homemade sausage is a very filling and tasty food. This sausage is perfectly preserved, especially if the finished sausage is placed in a ceramic pot and filled with melted lard. For the holiday, sausage should be prepared the day before, and it should be fried before serving - this way it will be tastier.
Homemade sausage recipe for Old New Year
Ingredients:
2-2.5 kg pork (neck, shoulder, back)
500-700 g of lard without meat streaks;
1 head of garlic;
pork small intestines;
salt, ground black pepper, dry herbs (basil, thyme, oregano), ground coriander.
Homemade sausage recipe:
1. Pork small intestines must be rinsed very thoroughly. Turn the intestines inside out and rinse again. It would not be superfluous to scrape out the intestines with the back of a knife and remove the mucus from the intestines.
Pork intestines need to be washed thoroughly
2. Pork meat can be used from any part of the carcass. Considering that homemade sausage is made with the addition of lard, the fat content of the meat does not matter. The neck, shoulder blade, back part are perfect. Thoroughly clean the meat from bones and cartilage. If you wish, you can mince the meat or cut it into small pieces. But sausage with chopped meat and lard turns out tastier.
3. Peel the lard. Set aside 100 grams of lard. Cut the rest into the same pieces as the meat. The ratio of meat and lard is approximately 1:6. If the meat is fatty, then less lard is needed and vice versa.
Minced meat for homemade sausage
4. In a large bowl, combine the chopped meat and lard. Season with salt and pepper. Add dry aromatic herbs: basil, oregano and definitely thyme. Add ground coriander to taste. Mix the meat very thoroughly. Add a chopped head of garlic to the minced meat to make the sausage more flavorful.
5. Prepared intestines need to be stuffed with ready-made minced meat. For this purpose, meat grinders have a special tube-shaped attachment. The intestine must be put on the nozzle, and the tip must be tied with a cotton thread. There is no need to fill the intestine very tightly so that it does not burst during cooking or frying. If there is a hole in the intestine, then it needs to be divided into smaller sausages.
How to stuff homemade sausage
6. The stuffed sausage should stand in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours, or better yet, overnight. After this, roll the sausage into rings, this makes it easier to cook and fry. Pierce the sausage in several places with a toothpick to release excess air. Boil the sausage for 5-7 minutes in boiling water. For this it is better to take a large saucepan. Let the sausage cool.
Roll homemade sausage
7. Fry 100 grams of lard that you set aside. All you need is the fat, which needs to be cooled. Grease a baking sheet, place the sausage there and place in the oven. If desired, the sausage can be fried. The sausage is baked for about an hour, and it needs to be turned over periodically.
Homemade sausage goes better with mustard or horseradish
8. You can eat the sausage right away. But homemade sausage stores well in the refrigerator and is reheated as needed. Serve sausage with sauce - homemade mustard or horseradish.
Krovyanka with buckwheat
Ingredients:
200 g buckwheat;
1 liter of blood
350 g lard
100 g meat;
3 onions;
200 g milk
1 bay leaf;
2 peas of allspice;
salt to taste;
pepper to taste;
3 small intestines, cleaned.
Recipe for bloodwort with buckwheat
Recipe for bloodwort with buckwheat:
1. Boil buckwheat in salted water until tender. Boil lard with bay leaf and allspice, cool and chop finely.
2. If clots occur in the blood, it must be passed through a meat grinder. Finely chop the onion and fry in oil. Combine all ingredients and mix well to obtain a homogeneous mass.
3. The intestines are stuffed in the same way as in homemade sausage. But do not forget to rinse and clean the intestines well. Place the stuffed intestines in boiling water, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. During the cooking process, pierce the blood in several places with a needle or toothpick.
4. Bake the boiled blood in an oven preheated to 250°C for 20-30 minutes.
Homemade roast pork
Ingredients:
500 g lean pork;
2 onions;
7-8 large potatoes;
2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
salt and pepper to taste;
fresh greens.
Roast pork recipe for Old New Year
Pork roast recipe:
1. Cut the meat into small cubes. Peel the onion and cut into half rings. Peel the potatoes and cut into slices (about 2 cm).
2. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and fry the meat until golden brown. Add the onion to the meat and fry until it becomes transparent. Add chopped potatoes, salt and pepper and mix well.
3. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer over low heat until done. If desired, the roast can be cooked in portions in clay pots in the oven.
Jellied meat made from two types of meat
Ingredients:
beef shin and another 500 g of beef.;
pork – 500 g
1 carrot;
1 onion;
dill – 3-4 sprigs;
parsley - 3-4 sprigs;
bay leaf – 2 pcs;
garlic – 3-4 cloves;
black pepper (corns)
salt to taste.
Jellied meat recipe for Old New Year
Recipe for jellied meat for the Old New Year:
1. Pour cold water over the beef shin, bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook for another 5 hours. Don't forget to skim off the foam. Add the remaining meat (beef and pork) and cook for another hour and a half.
2. Wash, peel and coarsely chop the carrots and onions. Add to broth. Also put in a bunch of herbs tied with a thread, bay leaf and pepper and cook for another half hour. Salt the broth and strain.
3. Remove the meat from the bones and chop fairly finely. Squeeze the peeled garlic cloves onto the meat.
4. Arrange the meat among the molds. Pour in the broth until the meat is just under the surface (about two fingers deep). Leave to cool at room temperature and then place the ramekins in the refrigerator until the jellied meat is set.
Pork and mushroom tortillas
Pork krucheniki can be prepared with a wide variety of fillings - from potatoes and vegetables to nuts and pineapples. We chose a simple option - with mushroom filling. But you can choose the filling to your taste!
Ingredients:
500 g pork (fillet)
400 g champignons (or dried mushrooms)
1 onion;
3 tbsp. l. flour;
oil;
spices to taste (basil, oregano, coriander, marjoram, thyme, pepper)
salt to taste.
Recipe for pork krucheniki for the Old New Year
Recipe for pork krucheniki with mushroom filling:
1. Cut the meat across the grain into pieces approximately 1 centimeter thick, beat well with a hammer, add salt and pepper.
2. Fry onions, mushrooms and spices in a frying pan. It is necessary that all liquid evaporates from the mixture. Set aside 2-3 tbsp. spoons of prepared mushrooms with filling for stewing krucheniki.
3. Place mushroom filling in each piece of meat and roll it up, carefully pressing the edges so that the filling does not fall out, and secure with toothpicks.
4. Each roll should be rolled in flour and fried in oil on both sides until golden brown. Place the krucheniki in a saucepan, layering them with the remaining mushrooms and filling, add water (or broth) so that it slightly covers the krucheniki, and add salt. Simmer the tortillas under the lid over low heat for 40-50 minutes until fully cooked.
5. Pork rolls are good served with a side dish: mashed potatoes, vegetables, etc.
Pancakes with minced meat
Ingredients for pancakes for 3 servings:
milk (300 ml)
2 eggs;
flour (200-250 g);
1 tbsp. spoon of butter;
salt and pepper.
Pancake recipe for Old New Year
Filling ingredients:
400 g boiled meat (pork, beef)
1 onion;
a bunch of greenery;
3 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil;
spices for meat;
salt to taste.
Recipe for pancakes with minced meat:
1. Beat the eggs until fluffy. Add salt and pepper to the eggs and beat again.
2. Add warm milk to the beaten eggs and stir. Add flour in small portions and stir constantly until all the “lumps” disappear.
3. Fry the pancakes over medium heat for 1-2 minutes on both sides until they are browned.
4. For the filling, pass the boiled meat through a meat grinder. Finely chop the onion and greens (you can use frozen ones).
5. In a preheated frying pan, fry the onion in vegetable oil, then add meat, spices, salt and fry, stirring, for 10 minutes. Add herbs and stir.
6. Place the prepared filling in the center of the pancake, form a bag and secure its edges with green onions. Or just form envelopes if you don’t have green onions.
Compote with raisins and cherries
Uzvar is a traditional Ukrainian drink that is prepared for various holidays. In particular, on Christmas Eve and Old New Year.
Ingredients:
dried apples 100 g
dried pears 100 g
prunes 100 g
dried apricots 100 g
raisins 100 g
dried cherries 100 g
sugar 100 g
Compote recipe for Old New Year
Recipe for compote for the Old New Year:
1. Pour dried fruits (traditional composition - dried pears, apples, raisins and prunes) with water and rinse them thoroughly.
2. Pour water (2-3 liters) into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Place all the dried fruits in water and bring to a boil. After this, reduce the heat and cook for another 15-20 minutes under the lid. 5 minutes before cooking, add sugar to the pan.
4. After this, remove the compote from the heat and let it brew for 12 hours. Before serving, the compote should be strained.
Have a delicious celebration! Share photos of your dishes for the Old New Year in the comments!
The Old New Year is celebrated on the night of January 13-14. Once upon a time, this day fell on January 1 and was called Vasilyev's Day, and its eve - December 31st (which became January 13th) - Vasilyev's evening. Belarusians and Ukrainians call this time a generous evening; in the central and some southern regions of Russia it is autumn. We will figure out how to celebrate the Old New Year, how it was celebrated before, and also find out what to cook for the Old New Year, what traditions should be observed, what signs to believe in.
On the night of January 13-14, Russians celebrate the New Year according to the old style, or as people say, the Old New Year. This amazing holiday has a lot of traditions and signs. Let's understand the history of the Old New Year, how it was celebrated at different times in Russia, and also find out what to cook for the Old New Year, what traditions should be observed, what signs to believe in.
Old New Year - the history of the holiday
New Year in Russia, by decree of Peter I, began to be celebrated on January 1 in 1700, and they began to celebrate the Old New Year in 1918, when Soviet Russia switched from the former Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar adopted in Europe. The tradition of celebrating the Old New Year appeared thanks to believers. Due to the difference between the calendars in Russia, until 1919, Christmas and New Year were celebrated 13 days later than in Europe. But the Russian Orthodox Church did not obey the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR of 1918 and did not accept the Gregorian calendar. With the official introduction of the new calendar, Christmas, as previously celebrated on December 25 according to the old style, “moved” to January 7. And the Orthodox continued to celebrate the New Year as before - six days after Christmas, that is, on the night of January 13-14.
Interesting:
In 1918, when, during the transition to a new chronology, a 13-day amendment was introduced, immediately after January 31, 1918, February 14 came in Russia.
The discrepancy between the dates of the Julian and Gregorian calendars increases every century. In the 20th-21st centuries this difference is 13, and from March 2100 it will be 14 days.
On the night of January 13-14, they celebrate the Old New Year (among Belarusians and Ukrainians it is known as a generous evening, in the central and some southern regions of Russia it is known as autumn). This tradition arose after 1918, when a new chronology was introduced in Russia. Once upon a time, this day fell on January 1 and was called Vasilyev's Day (the day of remembrance of St. Basil the Great, and its eve - December 31st (which became January 13th) - Vasilyev's evening.
The evening on the eve of the Old New Year was popularly called generous. On the morning of January 13 (the day of Melania (Melanka)) it was necessary to prepare porridge cooked from whole grains of wheat. It could be seasoned with meat or lard, or topped with honey, sugar or jam. In addition, housewives baked pancakes, prepared pies and dumplings with cottage cheese to thank the guests. Pork dishes were considered the most important dish for the Old New Year; by the way, Saint Basil the Great was considered the patron saint of pig farmers. “A pig and a boletus for Vasily’s evening”, “a pig is not a clean animal, but God has nothing unclean - Vasily will sanctify winter!”, say the proverbs about this day. This animal symbolized fertility and well-being. On this day, it was customary to generously set the table: a generous table on this day means prosperity throughout the year.
In the evening, people visited their neighbors to celebrate the New Year in peace and harmony. According to popular beliefs, it was considered important who would be the first guest in the house in the New Year. It was a good sign if the first was a young man from a respected large family with a good household. And on the morning of December 14, young people went to the crossroads to burn “Grandfather” or “Didukha” - sheaves of straw. Young people jumped over the fire, which symbolized cleansing from wickedness.
We prepared for Vasilyev's evening in advance. They sewed or bought beautiful clothes for him. The housewives put all the best things in the house on the table: pies, kutya, meat, wine, beer, vodka. Traditionally, a pig was prepared for this evening. It was a symbol of the fertility of the earth and the fertility of livestock in the coming year. Our ancestors, just like modern Russians, believed “how you celebrate the New Year is how you will spend it”: it was believed that an abundance of food on the first day of the year would bring prosperity for the whole year.
Another custom associated with cooking is boiling porridge. The ceremony was performed before dawn; When the porridge was ripe, the housewife took the pot out of the oven, and the whole family began to look at it. If the pot cracked or the porridge turned out unsuccessful, this boded ill. If the porridge turned out fluffy and tasty, happiness was expected for the whole house.
In some parts of Russia they caroled on this day. For example, in the Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Tula, Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and Orenburg regions, the roundabout ritual of bunting was popular. The tradition got its name from the song that was sung while walking from house to house - “Osen”. People walked from house to house and sang songs. Participants in the walk-through approached from house to house and asked the owners for permission: “Can I call the oats?”, and they answered: “Click!” Then the ritual participants sang autumn songs to each family member individually. The most important “ovsen”, designed to ensure the well-being of the home and family, were addressed to the owner and his eldest sons. At the end, the generous owners of the house presented gifts to the performers.
Gardeners shake snow off apple trees at midnight for harvest.
If at night the wind blows from the south, the year will be hot and prosperous, from the west - to an abundance of milk and fish, from the east - expect a fruit harvest.
Vasily's night is starry - for the harvest of berries.
A lot of fluffy frost on the trees foreshadowed a good honey harvest.
What to cook for Old New Year
It is customary to spend the evening and night from January 13 to 14 with family at the festive table. On the New Year's table, our ancestors always cooked a pig in its own juice, and made a dish from a hare and a rooster. All this was very symbolic:
the pig promised wealth and prosperity in the house next year;
Hare - speed and success in business;
Rooster - flying lightness and freedom.
If you want to set your holiday table this evening according to ancient traditions, prepare a generous kutya or sochivo. It is believed that the more varied, tasty and satisfying the kutia is, the greater the wealth in the family will be next year. So try and make it really generous and rich: don’t skimp on nuts, raisins, halva, honey, etc. In previous years, kutya was cooked from buckwheat, wheat, and barley, but ordinary rice would also be quite suitable. When choosing wheat, try the grain on the tooth; it should fall apart easily; hard grain is not suitable for kutya. All Sochiv products have a symbolic meaning:
The grain symbolizes new life;
Honey - well-being and health;
Poppy - wealth in the house.
Traditional kutia recipe
Ingredients for traditional kutia:
Wheat - 2 tbsp., poppy seeds - 200 g, walnuts - 200 g, raisins - 150 g, honey - 3 tbsp.
How to prepare traditional kutya:
Soak the peeled and washed wheat grains overnight in cold water. In the morning, drain the water, rinse the wheat, add hot water and cook over low heat until tender. Add a little water as needed. The porridge should turn out soft and crumbly. Cool the finished porridge and mix with a tablespoon of honey. Pour boiling water over poppy seeds and raisins for 30 minutes, each separately. Then strain the poppy seeds, add 1 tablespoon of honey and grind in a blender to obtain poppy milk. It’s better, of course, to do it in makitra - for authenticity. Roast the nuts until crispy. Strain the raisins. Mix all ingredients, add honey. If the kutia is thick, then it should be diluted not with water, but with uzvar, the recipe for which we have given at the end of the article.
Generous rice kutia recipe
Ingredients for generous rice kutya:
1 cup rice, 100 g honey, 100 g nuts, 100 g raisins, 150 g poppy seeds, butter to taste, salt to taste
How to cook sochivo (kutya):
Prepare fluffy rice as usual. Roast nuts, if necessary, peel and chop. You can use any according to your taste. Wash the raisins and steam with boiling water. Also steam the poppy seed with boiling water and let it stand until it swells. Drain the water and grind in a mortar or coffee grinder. You will get milk of poppy seeds. Melt the butter and season the porridge with it. Send nuts, raisins, milk of poppy seeds and liquid honey there. If the honey is thick, you can dilute it slightly with water or cream. Mix everything and let the kutya stand. The taste of this sweet porridge can be varied with homemade jam, vanilla, candied fruits and so on.
Recipe for generous wheat kutia
Ingredients for generous wheat kutia:
200 grams of wheat, half a glass of poppy seeds, 100 grams of walnuts, sugar to taste, sweets (raisins, candied fruits, marmalade) to taste
How to cook kutya:
Wheat must be washed well, pour warm water over the grains, allow them to swell a little and cook in a large amount of water into a crumbly porridge. Add water (or uzvar), sugar (honey), crushed nuts, raisins to the steamed and ground poppy seeds and combine all this with wheat. The finished kutya can be put on low heat again and warmed up (5-7 minutes).
Dumplings with a surprise for the Old New Year
The Old New Year is a quiet, family holiday with its own traditions. One of them is to make dumplings with surprises. This is a long-standing tradition that originated from the custom of telling fortunes during Christmastide week. The filling in the dumplings symbolizes good wishes for the next year. Or rather, the filling is made as usual - cottage cheese or potato, and when molded, “surprises” are added. You can avoid putting your guests’ teeth in danger and fill the dumplings with oranges or cabbage - such fillings also have a special meaning.
Important! Be sure to warn your guests if you put hard objects in the dumplings!
Recipe for dumplings with a surprise
If you are short on time, you can use store-bought unleavened frozen dough and make dumplings from it.
Ingredients for dumpling dough:
1 egg, 4 cups flour, 1 cup water, 4 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, 2 tsp. sugar, salt
How to cook dumplings with a surprise:
Mix flour with sugar and salt and make a mound.
Make a depression on the top and break the egg into it, pour in the water and oil.
Knead the stiff dough, knead until it becomes smooth and homogeneous.
Place in the refrigerator for two hours, covering with film to prevent drying. Meanwhile, prepare the filling.
Sprinkle the table with flour, roll out the dough into a thin layer, and cut it into circles with a glass.
Place the filling in the middle of the circle, fold the dough in half, and pinch the edges.
Cook by throwing into boiling water.
Meanings of surprise fillings
Orange - for pleasure
Peanuts - for a love affair
Cherry - good luck
Peas - home peace
Walnut – health
Buckwheat – favorable and profitable news
Mushrooms - for a long and happy life
Big money - big win
Grain - to wealth
Raisins - to great temptation
Cabbage - for money
Caramel - for love
Potatoes - for a promotion at work
Cranberry - for unexpected changes in life
Ring - for the wedding
Red pepper - unfortunately
Dried apricots - to joy
Bay leaf - to fame (career growth)
Honey - health
Coin - a prosperous year in material terms
Carrots - for new acquaintances
Torment - to suffer
Meat - for well-being
White thread - long journey (long and long journey)
Green thread - the road abroad
Thread with knots - for a difficult year
Black thread - a short and not very long trip
Cucumber - for a strong man, good sex
Nut - immediately to two fans (admirers)
Pepper - thrill
Ground allspice – to “spicy”, i.e. an eventful life, major changes
Button - for a new thing
Millet - futile efforts
Rice - prosperity in the home
Sugar - sweet life (easy, favorable year)
Seeds - to new fruitful plans
Salt - to quarrels and failures (tears)
Capsicum peppers - for sexual pleasures
Cheese - to win
Cottage cheese - to new friends
Dough, beans, or fish scales - for a new addition to the family
Dill - to good health
Hazelnuts - for successful acquisitions
Bread - the year will be full and good
Chain - strengthening family ties
Black peppercorns - to friends (to new friendly relations)
Garlic - for a marriage of convenience
Apple - for a well-deserved reward
Fortune telling for the Old New Year
Vasilyev's evening was recognized as the most successful time for predicting the future. They said that everything predicted at this time would certainly come true. However, the Orthodox Church does not approve of fortune telling.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year on a ring, bread and a hook: the listed three things are placed in a vessel along with pieces of bread, coals, pebbles and other small objects. The vessel is covered with a towel, after which each young lady, without looking, drags the first thing she comes across (the pulled out item is then returned to the vessel). If he pulls out bread, the husband will be rich, if the ring is handsome, if the hook is disabled or poor.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year on bulbs is carried out like this: all the girls take an onion and place them with their roots in water, after which they observe - whose bulb will give green sprouts first, which girl will be married sooner.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year by dogs. The girl is left alone in the room, after which the dog is allowed in. If the dog immediately runs up to the girl, then family life will be happy; if it starts sniffing the floor first, then the husband will be angry, and family life will be unhappy; if the dog begins to caress, then the husband will be affectionate.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year using the names of passersby. You need to leave the house and call out to the first male person you meet, asking what his name is. Whatever name he gives, that’s what his future husband will be called.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year using a comb. Before going to bed, the girl puts a comb under her pillow with the words “Betrothed, mummer, come and comb my hair.” If in a dream she sees a man combing her hair, then this year she will be married to the person in the dream.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year through conversations. They went to eavesdrop under the windows of their neighbors and, based on what they heard, judged their future marriage. If they scolded in the hut, then the husband will be angry, if they laughed, he will be a merry fellow, if they drank, he will be a drunkard, etc.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year from a book. To do this, take a book and each girl in turn asks a question, and then names the page number and line (bottom or top) where the answer is contained. The answer is read in the book. The works of classics of Russian literature are great for fortune telling (just be careful with Dostoevsky! But Tolstoy or Pushkin are simply ideal). It is better to formulate the question so that it requires a detailed answer, rather than “yes-no”.
In the Rostov region, in Murmansk and in some other regions of Russia there is The tradition is to tell fortunes on dumplings on January 13th - for the old New Year. In other regions, for example in the Krasnodar Territory, such fortune telling is not accepted.
For the Old New Year, you can also buy ready-made dumplings with surprises. But usually they are sorted out very quickly. If you couldn’t get ready-made dumplings or you want to treat your family to homemade ones, then here are some of the most popular recipes for dumpling dough.
Yeast dough for dumplings. To prepare it, take about 500 g of flour, 30 g of yeast, 1.5-2 glasses of water, 1 egg, 1 tbsp. spoon of sugar. Sugar is added to a small amount of water, and the yeast is dissolved there. Then the remaining ingredients are added and the dough is kneaded.
Unleavened dough for dumplings. You will need 2 cups of wheat flour, half a glass of water or milk, an egg and salt. Now you need to knead the dough well.
Kefir dough for dumplings. For 200 g of kefir you need to take 1 egg, 1-2 cups of flour (depending on the consistency of the kefir), ½ tsp. soda and salt. Knead and leave for about half an hour in a warm place.
There are many options for surprises:
Coin - for money
Ring - for the wedding
Rice - success in business
Millet - futile efforts
Buckwheat - favorable and profitable news
Beans - to replenish the family
Flour - torment
Mushrooms - to a long and happy life
Potatoes - for a promotion at work
Bread - for a satisfying year
Peas - home peace
Cranberry - to unexpected changes in life
Dried apricots - to joy
Orange - for pleasure
Peanuts - for a love affair
Hazelnuts - for successful acquisitions
Salt - for tears
Sugar - to envy
Black pepper - to chagrin
White thread - for a long journey
Black thread - to a nearby road
Thread with knots - for a difficult year
But you can only put good surprises. The main thing is to follow safety precautions when eating dumplings. Bite carefully, take care of your teeth. Be reasonable with surprises, otherwise on the Internet there are surprise options for a pin and a piece of brick)) And also - do not heat dumplings with coins in the microwave!
I always bring dumplings to work for lunch on January 13th. I put the dumplings with coins separately, heat the rest in the microwave, and then just mix them.
It’s better to dilute dumplings with surprises with regular ones so that you have something to eat and tell your fortune. And in general, it’s more unexpected. An option for those who don’t have enough time is to defrost store-bought dumplings and carefully put surprises in them.
Another is to write down your family presidential message after the chimes. Voice the results of the year and wishes for your family for the future.
Another one is to collect all the little moments of happiness over the years, write them down on a piece of paper and read them out at the holiday.
The Old New Year is one of the unique holidays, celebrated on the night of January 13-14 in many countries, including in the post-Soviet space
Many generations from year to year arrange a feast for the Old New Year and do not even think about the history of its origin.
For many believers, it symbolizes the end of Lent and is a good reason to celebrate it from the heart.
Story
Old New Year is a holiday that is celebrated unofficially. This holiday arose as a result of a change in chronology. The tradition of celebrating the Old New Year is associated with the divergence of two calendars: the Julian - “old style” and the Gregorian - “new style”.
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Almost all European states switched to the Gregorian calendar back in the 18th century, removing a few extra days from the calendar. By the twentieth century, the Russian calendar was 13 days behind Europe, which had long ago switched to the Gregorian calendar.
To reduce this gap, in 1918, by decree of the Council of People's Commissars, a transition to the Gregorian calendar was carried out - a new style. In fact, after January 31st, February 14th came immediately. As a result, January 14 - St. Basil's Day turned out to be the old New Year.
The Orthodox Church continues to celebrate all church holidays according to the Julian calendar. The modern New Year falls on the pre-Christmas fast - the Orthodox forty-day fast in honor of Christmas.
Santa Claus is photographed with children near the New Year tree in one of the parks of the Georgian capital
Focusing on the Julian chronology, one can trace the natural order of the holidays - the Nativity Fast preceded the holiday of the Nativity of Christ, after which six days later people celebrated the New Year.
The discrepancy between the old and new chronology in the XX-XXI centuries is 13 days, so the New Year according to the old style is celebrated on the night of January 13-14. The difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars will gradually increase and from March 1, 2100 will be 14 days, so from 2101 the Old New Year will be celebrated a day later.
Where do they celebrate...
For many years in the countries of the post-Soviet space, including Georgia, the custom of celebrating the Old New Year has been preserved, which, as it seemed to us, was incomprehensible to the rest of the world.
In fact, the Old Style New Year is known and loved in different parts of our planet, and there are countries that also celebrate the arrival of the New Year twice a year.
This custom can be found among residents of the former Yugoslavia. The reasons are also similar - church ministers count all significant dates according to the Julian chronology system.
Serbs call this holiday "Serbian New Year" or "Little Christmas". In Montenegro, it is customary to call this holiday “Prava Nova Godina”, which means “Correct New Year”.
The inhabitants of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have a similar custom. They live according to their own Berber calendar, similar to the Julian calendar. As a result of many deviations and errors, they celebrate the second New Year on January 12.
The night of January 14 is considered fabulous in Romania and some cantons of Sweden. In Greece, on this night people gather at the festive table to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. This Greek holiday is called St. Basil's Day, famous for his kindness.
Old Style New Year is celebrated in the small Welsh community in Wales in the west of the UK, where they celebrate Hen Galan on 13 January. "Hen Galan" - a holiday of good neighborliness and "open doors" according to the traditions of our ancestors, is greeted with songs, folk festivals and local home-made beer.
And then, two New Years are an excellent occasion to once again gather the whole family and friends at one table and have a good time.
Customs and traditions
On January 14, the Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappodacia. In the popular calendar it is called Vasiliev's Day and was of decisive importance for the whole year.
There are many traditions and customs associated with the Old New Year in Rus'. On Vasiliev's Day, they celebrated the holiday of agriculture, which was associated with the future harvest, and performed the ritual of sowing - hence the name of the holiday "Osen" or "Avsen".
On this day, the children scattered grains of wheat, oats, and rye around the house, saying: “O God, give birth to every life according to the grain, that according to the grain and according to the great, and it would become a life for the whole baptized world.” The mistress of the house collected grains from the floor and stored them until sowing.
And there was also a peculiar ritual - cooking porridge. On New Year's Eve, at about two o'clock, the eldest of the women brought cereal from the barn, and the eldest man brought water from a well or river. It was impossible to touch the cereal and water until the stove burned out - they simply stood on the table.
Then everyone sat down at the table, and the eldest of the women began to stir the porridge in the pot, while pronouncing certain ritual words - the cereal was usually buckwheat. Then everyone got up from the table, and the hostess put the porridge in the oven - with a bow.
The finished porridge was taken out of the oven and examined carefully. If the pot was simply full, and the porridge was rich and crumbly, then one could expect a happy year and a rich harvest - such porridge was eaten the next morning.
If the porridge came out of the pot, or the pot cracked, this did not bode well for the owners of the house, and then trouble was expected, and the porridge was thrown away.
On the night of the Old New Year, the girls told fortunes about their betrothed - after all, the Christmastide period continued, the best time of year for all kinds of fortune-telling and predictions. People believed that fortune telling on the night of January 13-14 was the most truthful and it was at this time that you could see your future spouse in a dream.
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To do this, the girls combed their hair before going to bed, put a comb under their pillow and said the magic words: “betrothed-mummer, come comb my head.”
The ritual of going from house to house to treat yourself to pork dishes is also interesting. On the night of Vasily, guests certainly had to be fed pork pies, boiled or baked pork legs, and in general any dishes that included pork.
A pig's head was also required to be placed on the table. The fact is that Vasily was considered a “pig farmer” - the patron saint of pig farmers and pork products, and they believed that if there was a lot of pork on the table that night, then these animals would breed in abundance on the farm and bring good profits to the owners.
But the tradition of making dumplings with surprises for the Old New Year appeared not so long ago - no one remembers exactly where and when, but it is observed with pleasure in many regions of Russia. In some cities they are made in almost every home - with family and friends, and then they have a fun feast and eat these dumplings, eagerly waiting to see who will get what kind of surprise.
Signs
On New Year's Day they did not lend money so that there would not be a shortage of it throughout the year. It was considered very lucky to receive money on this day - it foreshadowed profit in the new year.
To dress well all year round, on Vasilyev's evening to celebrate the New Year you should wear good new clothes.
One of the women's and men's clothing stores in a shopping center in the capital of Georgia
In the old days, there was a belief that if you spend the old year and meet the new one as cheerfully as possible, then it will pass happily.
The clear, starry sky on Vasily's Day foreshadowed a rich harvest of berries. A fierce snowstorm on the evening of January 13 indicated a bountiful nut harvest.
Also, fluffy snow on tree branches in the morning and thick fog on Vasily’s Day indicated a bountiful harvest in the new year.
According to popular beliefs, Saint Basil protects gardens from worms and pests. On the morning of the Old New Year, you need to walk through the garden with the words of an ancient conspiracy: “As I shake off (name) the white fluffy snow, so Saint Basil will shake off every worm-reptile in the spring!”
In the old days they believed that on January 14, a man should be the first to enter the house, then the year would turn out to be prosperous; if a woman enters, it would mean trouble.
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