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#1
my family expects turkey
[judging by the amount of canberrry sauce at the supermarket]
I ASSUME.................
they are in the majority in north america.......

I am making ham as it is so much easier

what do you think?
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(03-31-2025, 04:27 PM)susan b Wrote: my family expects turkey
[judging by the amount of canberrry sauce at the supermarket]
I ASSUME.................
they are in the majority in north america.......

I am making ham as it is so much easier

what do you think?

You are even ahead of me who will celebrate Easter before all of youSmile
I am not that organised this year. I will roll with the flow.
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#3
(04-01-2025, 07:07 AM)Elizabeth Wrote:
(03-31-2025, 04:27 PM)susan b Wrote: my family expects turkey
[judging by the amount of canberrry sauce at the supermarket]
I ASSUME.................
they are in the majority in north america.......

I am making ham as it is so much easier

what do you think?

You are even ahead of me who will celebrate Easter before all of youSmile
I am not that organised this year. I will roll with the flow.

decades ago our mother served ham and there was almost a revolution
but for God's grace go I.... Hands
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#4
Ham is more traditional for Easter. But it's interesting that I read an article recently that most of the Christian world eats lamb for Easter and that this was the case in the U.S. until the mid-20th century. I would just do what is easier for you.
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(04-01-2025, 02:50 PM)enchantmentadm Wrote: Ham is more traditional for Easter. But it's interesting that I read an article recently that most of the Christian world eats lamb for Easter and that this was the case in the U.S. until the mid-20th century. I would just do what is easier for you.

roast lamb was a ''granny thing''

I remember my maternal granny serving it
but for God's grace go I.... Hands
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#6
(04-01-2025, 02:50 PM)enchantmentadm Wrote: Ham is more traditional for Easter. But it's interesting that I read an article recently that most of the Christian world eats lamb for Easter and that this was the case in the U.S. until the mid-20th century. I would just do what is easier for you.

My Mom would prepare either lamb or ham... I love both; but don't know yet what I'll prepare.  I'm leaning towards a couple lamb chops with mint jelly.  They're very expensive, but I figure that I can treat myself, once a year, on this special occasion.
Smile
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#7
M.A, come over for lamb.
You have given me an idea for lamb chops.
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#8
(04-03-2025, 07:01 AM)Elizabeth Wrote: M.A, come over for lamb.
You have given me an idea for lamb chops.

because my granny made it so often ....and we have it often at the greek places now,

I stick with baked ham
but for God's grace go I.... Hands
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#9
At Rebecca's Restaurant (my sister's house across the road)  Big Grin
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#10
We always had ham. And blackeyed peas. Our Easter observance was vestigal and meaningless. We were strongly Protestants because we were emphatically not Catholic.

Nothing upset my militantly Protestant family so much as when I actually did become an authentic Protestant. (That excludes my sister. She was a covert Catholic sympathizer via her infatuation with Mexico and Latin America generally.)

Anyway, not lamb or ham, but Tex-Mex which I am craving.
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#11
(04-05-2025, 07:19 PM)William St. Guthlac Wrote: We always had ham. And blackeyed peas. Our Easter observance was vestigal and meaningless. We were strongly Protestants because we were emphatically not Catholic.

Nothing upset my militantly Protestant family so much as when I actually did become an authentic Protestant. (That excludes my sister. She was a covert Catholic sympathizer via her infatuation with Mexico and Latin America generally.)

Anyway, not lamb or ham, but Tex-Mex which I am craving.

okay then.....enjoy......


my daughter and all of them are out of town at that time now.....
 so we will do a restaurant and everyone can have what they like.....
but for God's grace go I.... Hands
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(04-02-2025, 06:59 PM)MaryAlice Wrote:
(04-01-2025, 02:50 PM)enchantmentadm Wrote: Ham is more traditional for Easter. But it's interesting that I read an article recently that most of the Christian world eats lamb for Easter and that this was the case in the U.S. until the mid-20th century. I would just do what is easier for you.

My Mom would prepare either lamb or ham... I love both; but don't know yet what I'll prepare.  I'm leaning towards a couple lamb chops with mint jelly.  They're very expensive, but I figure that I can treat myself, once a year, on this special occasion.
Smile

(04-05-2025, 11:03 AM)James Wrote: At Rebecca's Restaurant (my sister's house across the road)  Big Grin

That's funny. God bless Rebecca. I also eat at my sister's restaurant when I go home.
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#13
(04-08-2025, 05:59 AM)Elizabeth Wrote:
(04-02-2025, 06:59 PM)MaryAlice Wrote: My Mom would prepare either lamb or ham... I love both; but don't know yet what I'll prepare.  I'm leaning towards a couple lamb chops with mint jelly.  They're very expensive, but I figure that I can treat myself, once a year, on this special occasion.
Smile

(04-05-2025, 11:03 AM)James Wrote: At Rebecca's Restaurant (my sister's house across the road)  Big Grin

That's funny. God bless Rebecca. I also eat at my sister's restaurant when I go home.

well our numbers are down to five or maybe less so we choose a restaurant
but for God's grace go I.... Hands
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(04-10-2025, 01:35 PM)susan b Wrote:
(04-08-2025, 05:59 AM)Elizabeth Wrote: That's funny. God bless Rebecca. I also eat at my sister's restaurant when I go home.

well our numbers are down to five or maybe less so we choose a restaurant

hopefully I will order turkey........we may be down to three now

calming myself today......baking bread........holy thursday

will meditate on the season.........worries on the back burner
[it's only money and my kids and grandkids are all that matters]
but for God's grace go I.... Hands
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