As we got older, we tried to show how sophisticated we were by proclaiming loudly that we'd much prefer our American breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast, but on this day at least, the new ways gave way to the old. All day we dined on foods chosen because their names sound like words associated with good fortune and wealth or because they resembled money. Lettuce, song cboy, sounds like growing luck and looks like green paper money. Tossed with oyster sauce, it is doubly lucky. Long-grain rice symbolizes a long life.
Sweet dishes predict a sweet life.
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