Ham Or Turkey?
By KrauseHome
@KrauseHome (36448)
United States
December 27, 2017 3:16pm CST
I know back when I was growing up, it always seemed like we had a Family tradition of Turkey for Thanksgiving, Ham for Christmas and then Turkey for New Years. Now a days most people are lucky if they can afford more than these 2 meals with something special.
Now as an adult, I prefer Turkey over ham, but right now don't think about offering us any Turkey as we are both Turkey'd out. Now if it was something like Prime Rib this would be a nice addition, but getting expensive unless you go get some at a Restaurant somewhere.
So which are you?
~~TINA
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
28 Dec 17
Yes, it seems either due to Budgets etc New Years has just become another day, and no real special food is enjoyed.
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Dec 17
@KrauseHome Any of the family that we didn't catch up with at Christmas always came at New Year or we'd go to them. It wasn't until I was going out as a teenager that I celebrated New Year's Eve.
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
27 Dec 17
We always had turkey for thanksgiving, ans still do.. then we'd have ham or roast beef for christmas. The last 4 christmases we had lasagna. New years isnt anything special so just regular meal.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
5 Jan 18
Lasagna ... Now that would be a nice way to Celebrate the New Yr
@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
5 Jan 18
@KrauseHome we had roast beef for the new year. 
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@patgalca (18367)
• Orangeville, Ontario
28 Dec 17
I do my dinner on Christmas Eve now which includes both turkey and ham. I just make a Butterball stuffed turkey roll (except this year I didn't get a stuffed one) and a half ham. There are only six of us and we had enough for leftovers. In the past when I cooked on Christmas Day as well I did ham on Christmas Eve and turkey on Christmas Day. Back in the day growing up, it was pretty much always turkey for Christmas at my mom's. Once she made a few capons instead. Ham was usually reserved for Easter I think.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
29 Dec 17
I know for us it was because my Mom loved Ham so much is why we always did it for Christmas usually. We have a potluck with our church on Sunday to help end the New Year, and because it is also 5th Sunday that we have to cook something for, so we may just cheat and go out to eat for New Years
@snowy22315 (180766)
• United States
27 Dec 17
We always had turkey for Thanksgiving and Ham for Christmas. I have had both of these recently though so I made meatballs for Christmas. I had a few ham slices that I put out..but meatballs and rolls were the main event. Along with plenty of holiday themed sides.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
29 Dec 17
Hey now this sounds good. I know I have been at Parties before in the past where these were one of the main meats served. So nothing wrong with that.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Dec 17
I love turkey and never liked ham.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
28 Dec 17
Yes and there is so much you can do with leftovers.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
5 Jan 18
Chicken is always good. I eat a lot of it
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
5 Jan 18
It is interesting now how so many people now do both. I prefer Turkey but will take a small piece of ham usually
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
5 Jan 18
Ham is very expensive. We were lucky and got a butterball for like .89 a pd for Thanksgiving and then given a Free turkey dinner for Christmas
@LadyDuck (471541)
• Switzerland
28 Dec 17
Never Turkey for us, nor ham, we have other traditional foods for Christmas and the New Year. We usually serve cotechino and lentils (see photo) for the good fortune the first day of the year. For Christmas roasted stuffed chicken and roasted beef with oven roasted potatoes.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
5 Jan 18
Your dish looks good. And chicken and roast beef is good eating too.
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@LadyDuck (471541)
• Switzerland
5 Jan 18
@KrauseHome I like the three, so I change every year, not to make always the same thing.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
5 Jan 18
Nothing wrong with ham ... it just is not my favorite. I usually will have a small piece from time to time
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
5 Jan 18
@KrauseHome not a big meat eater but do like some.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
29 Dec 17
Yes, we will probably go out as well. Probably to one of the all you can eat places so we can have a little bit of a selection depending on the weather and the traffic.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
5 Jan 18
Yes but right now i am tired of Turkey as we had or overshare of it this last yr
