Hung Hsing-lan says that it is essential to stay till the end, both for the food and the atmosphere. When everyone is sitting together with their steaming bowls of congee, after a long day of ceremonies and having received the blessing of the gods, "it's like having the whole village get together for New Year's Eve dinner."
洪馨蘭表示，不可錯過平安粥的原因，除了粥本身的好味道外，忙完一天的儀式，得到了神的祝福之後，在子夜的時候，每個人手上端著一碗冒熱氣的平安粥圍坐在一起，「有著全村人共吃年夜飯的氣氛。」