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I find it very ironic........ (Original Post) lastlib Mar 2013 OP
I suspose that is a bit strange. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #1
ham's great other times of the year, too fizzgig Mar 2013 #2
I almost posted a pic like that! lastlib Mar 2013 #3
maybe this will be the year fizzgig Mar 2013 #4
No. We don't eat meat. talkingmime Mar 2013 #5
Life is odd! In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #6
Indeed. Loryn Apr 2013 #7
Sigh ... it's all a manner of how something is viewed. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #10
Will we ever loin? pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #8
I'd be lion if I thought we would. baldguy Apr 2013 #9
Only if we have a real steak in doing so lastlib Apr 2013 #11
I say we take up the fight and let the chops fall where they may pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #12
This ham-fisted treatment OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #16
I never thought of that! Whoa .... Myrina Apr 2013 #13
My mother always made Lamb.... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #14
I was wondering why treestar Apr 2013 #15
Actually its about the resurrection of a Jewish guy... undeterred Apr 2013 #17

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
10. Sigh ... it's all a manner of how something is viewed.
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 09:51 AM
Apr 2013

When you think about this as the OP puts it ... eating ham is an insult.
I never thought about it that way.

as for everything else ... my views are often considered odd!


Myrina

(12,296 posts)
13. I never thought of that! Whoa ....
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 10:23 AM
Apr 2013

.... there's got to be some kind of connection .... wierd.


This is gonna bug me until I figure it out now.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
14. My mother always made Lamb....
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 10:25 AM
Apr 2013

As I grew older I thought it was a particularly gruesome selection....the blood of the lamb and all that.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
15. I was wondering why
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 11:12 AM
Apr 2013
In the United States, ham is a traditional Easter food. In the early days, meat was slaughtered in the fall. There was no refrigeration, and the fresh pork that wasn't consumed during the winter months before Lent was cured for spring. The curing process took a long time, and the first hams were ready around the time Easter rolled around. Thus, ham was a natural choice for the celebratory Easter dinner.


[link:http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/easterfoodhist.htm|
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