Take out, TV, doom scrolling and probably in bed by 10:30-ish 
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There are lots of variations. I make it like Mum made it. Just thinly sliced onion and cucumber in malt vinegar. Any recipe you see that uses a vinegar different from malt is not traditional (it dates far enough back to be before wine vinegars were really known in the UK. We lived with my father’s parents till I was about 8 and I’m sure Mum will have made it as they liked it.
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The same as we do every year–watching the SF fireworks on TV while listening to the fireworks (and mortar shells) 1 block away, then cooking the Rancho Gordo Super Lucky Black-Eyed Peas on New Year’s Day.
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Ohhhh, the :::THUMP!..BOOM!::: with those mortar shells going off only a block away must be felt in your entire body!
Oh yeah, and they rattle the house too.
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Some inspo for apps.
I didn’t really see anything here that I would make, but if anyone wants a gift link, just holla!
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We are normally stay at home people. I think we went to a party in 1999 
and sometimes husband is on shift.
BUT this year a regional singer my husband loves will be at our local House of Blues so we (me, husband, 21 year old home from college and 13 year old) are venturing out.
New Years Day will be Hoppin John!
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Sounds like a good time!
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We used to go to the music crawl for many years and end up at home with lots of hors d’oeurves to consume: brie en croute, roast beef, horseradish cheddar on Italian herb focaccia cut into wedges, shrimp rings with cocktail sauce, steamed mini tamales, crudites and dips, fondue and for sweets, cheesecake or flan. No more music crawl and we’ve toned down the snacks quite a bit. Who knows what we’ll do this year. I am not looking forward to the mortar shell blasts!
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Now that we’re inching closer to The Big Day, have anyone’s plans solidified yet?
Here’s some inspo:
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Yep. Supermarket trip tomorrow to stock up for the coming days.
As for NYE, we plan
Smoked salmon with soda bread
Roast beef sirloin, roast spuds, roast carrots & parsnips, cabbage, Yorkshire salad and, of course, gravy
Cheese
Lemon tart (already bought and in the freezer)
All very traditional .
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I will be working M/T and a half day on W. Right now, I’m leaning towards a duck breast with either a blackberry or blood orange marmalade sauce with a bit of a “bite” from a tiny smidge of chili paste.
Probably Israeli couscous and a green veg of some sort; depends on what’s in my fridge crisper (or if I’m brave enough to stop at the stupidmarket on the way home from work on Wed. afternoon. Always dangerous right before a holiday.)
Not sure of a dessert yet. Maybe just a snifter of Licor 43. Doubt I’ll stay up for the ball drop in NYC. But I’ll hear locals setting off fireworks immediately following midnight, I’m sure.
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Seafood chowder with bubbly.
Orange crème caramel.
No plans for going out into the cold.
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My NYE plans changed as of today. The hosts of the party had to cancel.
I’ll divide the cake I ordered and on NYD, I will deliver parts of the cake l to the 5 people we won’t be seeing on NYE.
Take-out is a crapshoot on NYE, so it looks like I will be cooking.
I think I’ll make the frozen stuffed lobster tails I purchased from Larry’s Catch.
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Original plans were to be primitive camping (our enormous reenactment starts in a couple of weeks) but they’re forecasting frost…not at all sure I want to deal with that for just one night.
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Yeah, our original “plans” (vague as they were) may also have to be revisited. I have a minor head cold & my PIC’s still not out of the sticks.
Might not feel like hanging at a bar with tons o’ folx 
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Quiet evening at home is what we’re hoping for; probably some sort of baked pasta dish, garlic bread, salad.
Dessert will hopefully be a pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting. (Was going to make it for my FIL’s birthday but was out of town, ditto for it being my partner’s birthday cake. Then it was going to be a pumpkin cake roll for Thanksgiving but I was too exhausted to make it. Fourth time a charm?)
We live within a block of the annual Rose Parade (rain is forecast). Will likely be in bed by the time midnight strikes but the noise of the revelers plus fireworks from surrounding areas will briefly wake us.
In the morning we’ll wander to the parade route.
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My wife and I are not partiers by any means, and NYE will be a night at home, and as is our usual, most likely early to bed…only to be awoken around midnight for the cacophony of fireworks which are ubiquitous in all Hawaii neighborhoods. It gets pretty loud and smoky.
We both look forward to an important New Years Day morning church service as a way to start our new year, casting off the old year and blessing the new one.
As a mixed cultural family, we will have ozoni, a Japanese New Years mochi soup after church…and then pork and sauerkraut for dinner.
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I miss the fireworks on NYE here. My dad used to pull off an entire show at our grandmother’s house in Bremerhaven back in the day.
Berlin, OTOH, is a total war zone on NYE. Do not recommend 
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Ohhh, THAT must be cool to just wander up there to watch!
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