Ham or Turkey for Thanksgiving?

@denax1 (708)
United States
October 24, 2006 8:11pm CST
In our house we usually have a Turkey on Thanksgiving and a ham on Christmas. What about you?
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@devilangelo (4522)
• India
5 Nov 06
same here ..turkey on thanxksgiving n ham on christmas
@denax1 (708)
• United States
10 Nov 06
It's hard to break tradition.
@tickedoff (672)
• United States
5 Nov 06
watcher, (airbrush art). - watcher of the night sky
Yes we do the same TURKEY for Thanksgiving, and a spiral slaced HAM for Christmas. It just don't seem right to have turkey for both holidays. you got a + for your post.
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@denax1 (708)
• United States
10 Nov 06
Thanks Spiral hams are excellent.
@NJmom2002 (189)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I dont like turkey so its ham for me. We also have chicken and flank steak at my house though.
@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
We love flank steak that has been marinated in terriyaki sauce. It's delicious.
@Theresam (1177)
• United States
5 Nov 06
Turkey for sure. We have Ham on Christmas and Easter.
@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
Thanks, that seems to be the general response.
@rachelynn (428)
• United States
5 Nov 06
Turkey on Thanksgiving and Ham on Christmas. I usually have to cook two turkeys for Thanksgiving because we have so many people that come over to dinner.
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@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
Wow, you must have a huge get together. Sometimes I wish I was part of a big family like that. My family is real small.
@mirage108 (3402)
• United States
5 Nov 06
turkey - turkey
we usually have turky on both days, sometimes we add the ham on one of the 2 or on both but most of the time it is always turkey
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@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
Turkey it is. I sure hope the turkey's don't know we're talking about them! LOL
@Grrrwork (308)
• United States
4 Nov 06
We usuallly have both haha, big family so we have a big spread, our christmas tradition is all finger foods for dinner, like mini sandwhiches, rye bread spinach dip, chisp and dips, ya know finger foods!
@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I love spinach dip. Yummy. Finger foods are excellent for big get togethers.
• United States
5 Nov 06
we usually have turkey on thanksgiving and christmas and save the ham for easter....we arent real big fans of ham to have it more than that.
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@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I forgot about having ham on Easter. Yeah, I can see where if you're not a big ham eater that it might be too much to have it on Christmas and Thanksgiving.
@amsharma (1860)
• United States
5 Nov 06
We have ham on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Nobody in our family likes turkey enough to make a whole one. So, its ham for us.:)
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@burgoonster (3757)
• Canada
5 Nov 06
I Already had Thanksgiving And We had Turkey
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@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
@adonica (439)
• United States
5 Nov 06
We do the same thing at our house. We have turkey at Thanksgiving and ham at Christmas. I wouldn't dream of having it any other way :)
@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I think it's a tradition that I'll stick with too.
• United States
5 Nov 06
My family and I normally have both!
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@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
Having both is a good idea. That way everyone is happy.
• United States
4 Nov 06
Ham..hubby hates turkey.
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@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
The only time I eat turkey is on Thanksgiving or Christmas when it's a freshly baked turkey. I can't stand turkey lunch meat.
• United States
4 Nov 06
My house has only turkey; my boyfriend's house has ham and turkey at both holidays. I don't really like ham, because it's too salty to me. However, there is a really good raisin sauce that makes the ham all right. You heat up the raisins in a small pan with the juices of the ham, meanwhile mix cornstarch and some water on the side, then add all ingredients and simmer. There are various recipes online, and it just makes the ham so much more festive!
@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I'm going to give that raisin sauce a try. It sounds wonderful.
@ilse72 (1450)
• United States
4 Nov 06
We have an annual family reunion every Thanksgiving. It is held in a restaurant so we havce both turkey and ham...along with all the lovely trimmings: mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, several types of vegies, salad, cheese, bread, fruit, cake and oodles of pies. The food is really yummy and, best of all, cleanup.
@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
It sounds like your family has a real feast! Yum Yum
@rockslide (689)
• United States
4 Nov 06
Smoked Salmon
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@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I love Salmon. The rest of my family isn't big on fish so I don't think they would like it if I skipped the turkey this year and made Salmon. They might roast me instead.
• United States
4 Nov 06
TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY. then gobble gobble gobble
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@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
After turkey, turkey, turkey comes sleep, sleep and more sleep
• United States
4 Nov 06
Turkey!! We have ham on Christmas too. But then again sometimes we have both Ham and Turkey at Christmas. My question to you would be what sides do you prefer with your turkey? I can pass on cranberry sauce myself.
@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I have to have sweet potatoes. I love sweet potatoes. We also have mashed potatoes, corn, stuffing, rolls, green beans and cranberry sauce. I can pass on the cranberry sauce but my husband loves to mix it with his turkey.
@gittabest (1946)
• Iceland
4 Nov 06
Turkey... what is Thanksgiving without a turkey :Þ
@denax1 (708)
• United States
5 Nov 06
Yes, I don't think it would be the same without Turkey.
• United States
10 Nov 06
how about red snapper?