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OldBaldy1701E

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28. My father was a hog farmer.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:36 PM

Dec 2024

So we had turkey!

Seriously, we had enough pork the rest of the year, so we went with the big bird or some moo cow on holidays. There was also a ham, so it is not like we didn't have any!

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As a tradition what meat does your family eat on the Holidays? We eat ham, [View all] debm55 Dec 2024 OP

My wife likes to make a tenderloin underpants Dec 2024 #1

Thank you underpants. I bought a pork tenderloin for New Years Day. Enjoy your tenderloin for Christmas. debm55 Dec 2024 #3

Used to be ham, now usually a prime rib. Lochloosa Dec 2024 #2

Thank you very much Lochloosa. Enjoy. debm55 Dec 2024 #4

Seafood gratin on Christmas Eve and MontanaMama Dec 2024 #5

Thank you MontanaMama. Enjoy your meal. debm55 Dec 2024 #7

Brisket, potato latkes and kugel for Hanukkah. For Christmas celebrating friends we make Ziggysmom Dec 2024 #6

Thank you Ziggysmom. Christmas and Hanukkah begin on the same day this year. Enjyoy. debm55 Dec 2024 #9

Traditionally, a different meat every year until we ran out of meats. Sneederbunk Dec 2024 #8

We had ham, and sometimes fried oysters when we could get them Walleye Dec 2024 #10

Thank you very much Walleye. Sounds great. debm55 Dec 2024 #16

Standing Rib Roast pdxflyboy Dec 2024 #11

Thank you pdyflyboy. That sounds great. debm55 Dec 2024 #17

Chicken lo mein. Mosby Dec 2024 #12

Thank you very much Mosby. Enjoy. debm55 Dec 2024 #13

Ham Freddie Dec 2024 #14

Thank you very much, It sounds very similar to my dinner. Enjoy. debm55 Dec 2024 #18

Prime rib (sous vid @ 130), LakeVermilion Dec 2024 #15

Thank you LakeVermillion. it sounds delicious. Enjoy. debm55 Dec 2024 #19

Christmas Greetings! LakeVermilion Dec 2024 #20

You too LakeVermilion. debm55 Dec 2024 #37

We eat ham too. Yummy! jimfields33 Dec 2024 #21

Thank you jimfieldse33, Love it on sandwich the following day. debm55 Dec 2024 #23

Xmas plan Squeaky41 Dec 2024 #22

Great Squeaky41 and enjoy. debm55 Dec 2024 #36

Usually turkey, but mwmisses4289 Dec 2024 #24

Sounds wonderful. Thank you very much mwmisses4389 Enjoy. debm55 Dec 2024 #25

Quorn roast for the vegetarians; ham for the meat people biophile Dec 2024 #26

Thank you biophile. Great idea. Enjoy. debm55 Dec 2024 #27

My father was a hog farmer. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #28

Thank you OldBald1701E Enjoy debm55 Dec 2024 #35

Italian Beef on Christmas Eve CanonRay Dec 2024 #29

Thank you very much CanonRay. Sounds delicious. debm55 Dec 2024 #30

Homemade Ravioli in homemade sauce and homemade chicken soup, homemade Sicilian sausage Ninga Dec 2024 #31

Thank you Ninga. Do you celebrate the 7 fishes on Christmas Eve? debm55 Dec 2024 #34

Not seven. More like 2 - Ninga Dec 2024 #40

Ham here. (n/t) Different Drummer Dec 2024 #32

Thank you very much Different Drummer. debm55 Dec 2024 #33

We always had beef for Christmas, ham for Easter catbyte Dec 2024 #38

Used to be duck, when I was younger and had the initiative and energy to work with the Nero Wolfe Cook Book. soldierant Dec 2024 #39

Thank you very much soldierant. debm55 Dec 2024 #43

We eat ham or roast chicken or game hens. This year it's roast chicken. Yummy!! dai13sy Dec 2024 #41

Thank you dai13sy. Enjoy. debm55 Dec 2024 #44

My mother's tradition was turkey jmowreader Dec 2024 #42

Thank you very much jmowreader. debm55 Dec 2024 #45