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[#] Wed Mar 29 2017 21:02:57 EDT from wizard of aahz

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If your turkish crushed red pepper didn't add flavor, you have different ones.

[#] Sun Apr 09 2017 15:10:55 EDT from zooer

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What the fuck is the deal with spiral ham?



[#] Sun Apr 09 2017 19:50:41 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Easy to slice, and has more surface area to take the glaze.

[#] Mon Apr 10 2017 15:22:57 EDT from zooer

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So it is for people that like sugary meat and don't know how to slice meat?



[#] Wed Apr 12 2017 12:55:01 EDT from fleeb

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The ham becomes preserved through the use of the glaze, so it can last longer.

Otherwise, yeah, sugary meat, blah blah.

[#] Wed Apr 12 2017 15:14:56 EDT from zooer

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Doesn't the salt act as a preservative?  I thought it was like Thanksgiving... after Thanksgiving you have turkey sandwiches and turkey salad, after Easter you have ham sandwiches and ham salad. 



[#] Thu Apr 13 2017 07:15:02 EDT from fleeb

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Both salt and sugar (or honey) can act as preservatives.

My family used to use spiral-cut, honey-glazed hams for Christmas, and we'd pick at the meat for a good while afterwards, just like the Thanksgiving turkey.

[#] Sun Apr 16 2017 13:04:54 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Whatever. I like it. I'm cooking one now.

[#] Sun Apr 16 2017 19:08:04 EDT from zooer

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I am sure the Hillary family, and the Obamas like spiral cut hams meanwhile Ted Nugent and the Trumps have a real ham.



[#] Sat Apr 22 2017 04:26:58 EDT from mo

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I'm sure Jesus would approve, maybe even the easter bunny !? But what is the deal with eating hams for easter?

 



[#] Sat Apr 22 2017 08:39:14 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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There isn't actually anything specifically relating either the Christian or secular celebrations of Easter to the consumption of ham.

The simple answer is that ham is "in season."  Traditionally, hogs were slaughtered in the fall after they ate a bunch of things that were found to make their meat tasty (apples, acorns, etc).  Hams were easy to preserve in the winter while they were being prepared, then aged, and in the spring ... there you go, a lovely ham, just in time for Easter.

This seems to be an American thing, though.  In other parts of the civilized world, lamb is popular as well.



[#] Sat Apr 22 2017 12:10:50 EDT from kc5tja

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I liked my grandmother's easter meals; yes, there was ham, but I focused more on the ravioli and lasagna.

[#] Sat Apr 22 2017 19:02:22 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Ooooh a fellow greasy italian mobster! So to keep things mildly italian, my mom brought over a couple of big blocks of pizza rustica (for the non-wops reading this, it looks like http://www.italianfoodforever.com/2015/03/pizza-rustica/ ). My grandmother used to make a big batch of it for everyone but for some reason she stopped making it after she died, so my mom took over.

We do Thanksgiving the italian way too. Yes there's turkey and stuffing and pie and football, but we *always* start with a pasta course, which in our house is homemade manicotti.

[#] Mon Apr 24 2017 12:58:07 EDT from Ragnar Danneskjold

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IG, you reminded of Sebastian Maniscalco....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbGSI0Ahtac

[#] Tue May 02 2017 09:58:43 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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omg now I have to watch everything I can find from him. Thanks for blowing my day.

[#] Fri May 05 2017 13:36:39 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Today is Cinco de Mayo. I had a taco bowl for lunch. Because Tex Mex is better than Real Mex.

[#] Sat May 20 2017 15:19:21 EDT from mo

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Just had to post this here, just about the perfect bacon sandwich:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/whats-the-formula-for-the-perfect-bacon-sandwich/



[#] Sat May 20 2017 23:20:27 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Nicely done.  :)  As you're probably aware, in the US we have a much different idea of what bacon is.  Our bacon is cut from pork belly and has streaky fat.  It's wonderfully crispy but a bit on the greasy side.  Up in Canada, though, they use the familiar back bacon (beauty, eh?  take off, hosers!).

I might be in the UK later this year and if I go, I will have to try a classic bacon butty with white bread and "brown sauce"  :)



[#] Thu Jun 15 2017 18:50:48 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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My local pizza place has online ordering.  I can pre-pay with PayPal and everything.  It's awesome.  Next to each item and in the delivery instructions there are "comments" boxes.  Well you know I've just got to write something humorous in each of those boxes, every single time.  They always tell me they love my comments.  This time, they responded to the highlighted comments by putting Bacon on my salad:



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