12 Grapes

I see a restaurant advertising their New Year's Eve menu with "12 Grapes".

Is that a special tradition?

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Not sure but I believe they are given frozen??

Google is our new memory, or new knowledge. Thanks for the question as I learned something today.....

12 Grapes is Spanish tradition that consists of eating a grape with each clock bell strike at midnight of December 31 to welcome the New Year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Grapes#:~:text=The%20Twelve%20Grapes%20(Sp.,to%20welcome%20the%20New%20Year.&text=According%20to%20the%20t...

Yes, it is. That is why grapes become more expensive this time of the year.

You are supposed to eat one with every "campanada" (bell ring), hence 12. It is thought to bring good luck for the coming year.

Great old movie El Inocente (1956) with Pedro Infante and Silvia Pinal to watch for the classic grape-eating scene: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048208/mediaindex?ref_=tt_pv_mi_sm

Looks like it may be available on YouTube.

J.

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Juanita

I have done this with a group lead by a good friend from San Sebastian while we watched it live on TV from Madrid. It was 6 pm in Ontario so we had not consumed too much alcohol. I cant imagine eating 12 grapes at midnight after an evening of consumption of food and drink with friends, it is not as easy to do as it sounds. Give it a try 12 white grapes can't cost that much.

That’s too easy Amigo, I wanted to engage some friends on the site.

That’s too easy Amigo, I wanted to engage some friends on the site.

As well you should. La tradición de las doce uvas is one we've always enjoyed in our household. Some years ago when we would celebrate with visiting family on our rooftop things could get a little hairy with all the gunfire, but that's mostly a thing of the past now. Mostly.