Now that Thanksgiving is over and done and Black Friday has left you penny-less, what better way to save some money than to use your leftovers.
The question is, what is left over? When you say Thanksgiving, the first thing to come to mind is Turkey. Gobble Gobble. You get the picture. But, some families have their own traditions and may prefer not to cook the traditional turkey.
Sounds like good news to the turkeys of the world!
Turkey: The star role of the American Thanksgiving dinner is the Turkey. Since the pilgrims celebrated in Plymouth, it is tradition to feature the turkey.
What a lot of folks don't know is turkey wasn't the only big animal being served. Historians believe the Pilgrims and Indians also shared lobster, goose, duck, seal, eel and cod. Most of these foods are not considered Thanksgiving-like.
Still, every year supermarkets are stocked with lots of butterball turkeys for the traditional occasion.
Ham: For those who don't like turkey or want a spin on tradition, the Thanksgiving ham is gaining recognition with the holidays. There is no particular reason why ham is served or even considered a Thanksgiving runner up for the holiday.
Even if it is not the main course, it is great alongside Thanksgiving turkey. Not only that, but it won't make you fall asleep either.
In the last few years, my mom has been making Thanksgiving ham as opposed to turkey. My sister is not a big fan of turkey and we are a small bunch at home so a big turkey isn't necessary for us.
Did you have turkey or ham this Thanksgiving? (Or both?) Would you stick to tradition or try something new?
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We had and always have Turkey with the traditional Thanksgiving sides when celebrating with my dad's side of the family. With my mom's side though, they're usually a little different. We typically have turkey, but with something else. This year we also had steaks/beef w/ the turkey.
We always have ham for Christmas w/ my dad's side. For Christmas w/ my mom's side, it's been all sorts of things - turkey, pasta, chicken, ham, etc. haha :P
Turkey wasn't served at the 1st Thanksgiving, I don't think ham was either. It is kind of interesting to see the types of foods that are now considered traditional aren't really.
This year I ate at my friend's house, we had macaroni pie, turkey that was mostly dark, salmon, canned yams, Shepard's pie, rice and peas (beans), and some veggies. For desert we had peach and blueberry pie (very randomly picked out)
Usually at my house we don't have the salmon and Shepard's pie. We usually have honey glazed ham, jerk turkey, asparagus and apple pie and/or sweet/pumpkin pie for dessert.
I'm always up for trying something new.
Ham AND turkey! Meat of all kinds ^^