On Dec 3, 5:00*pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> *Omelet > wrote:
> > What I don't understand is those who do not really care for turkey
> > cooking it just because it's "traditional". *If you don't like it, cook
> > something else special that you DO like for pity sakes! *I noted that
> > quite a few here did just that. <g>
>
> I think it's really pretty simple. *If you have a family of three, and
> the big feast, and someone wants baked potatoes, another wants baked
> sweet potatoes and the third wants roasted beets, that's not hard to do
> all at once, in the same oven, for the same meal. *On the other hand, if
> one wants a big turkey with all the trimmings, another wants a whole
> baked ham with all its trimmings, and the third wants a prime rib roast
> with the trimmings, that isn't going to happen, not for three people. *
> There isn't room in the fridge, the oven or the budget. *So maybe
> they'll do the turkey for Thanksgiving, because that's traditional. *It
> may even be that the person who does most of the cooking doesn't really
> prefer turkey, but they'll get what *they* want for the next holiday.

Ham is NOT for Thanksgiving. Ham is for Easter. What better way to
prove to the Spanish Inquisition that you're not a filthy, Christ-
killing Jew.
>
> --
> Dan Abel

--Bryan