I'll have you know that I've personally ad-libbed Gumbo Fat Choy: Gumbo Z'Herbes using a medley of Asian greens. This was prompted partly by the happenstance contents of my refrigerator and partly by my fascination with the fact that at least two cultures arrived at the same New Year's tradition--making a point of eating green leafy vegetables--for the same reason, but from entirely unrelated directions. The Chinese word "choy" can mean either "wealth" or "green leafy vegetable" (cf. "bok choy"), creating an auspicious culinary pun; a number of Euro-American and African-American traditions also involve eating cabbage or collards to encourage prosperity, but the symbolism is prompted by the resemblance to green U.S. dollars. (Gumbo Z'Herbes, although more commonly associated with Lent, is sometimes eaten at New Year's.)