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It’s about that time to start thinking about what’s for Christmas Dinner. I know in my family, we have turkey at Thanksgiving and ham at Christmas. Every year, we purchase a Cook’s Spiral Sliced Ham to enjoy for the holidays. We always discuss after the fact, “Why we don’t eat ham more often”? If you have never tried a Cook’s Ham, you are really missing out.
Cook’s Hams cook quickly and easily and make for a delicious meal. We always have enough for leftovers as well. Nothing like a yummy ham sandwich! I have tried other brands of ham that I cooked at home, but none have been as amazing and flavorful as a Cook’s Ham. This information was taken from their site to explain why Cook’s have the best tasting ham.
We slow-cure our hams with natural ingredients like pure cane sugar, real honey, brown sugar and maple syrup. For the perfect finish, we smoke our hams for hours using real hickory wood. This process gives our hams a taste that separates Cook’s hams from the rest. 
If you visit their website, you can find wonderful recipe ideas for creating the perfect holiday menu. Here is one I found for a great Glazed Ham:
Glazed Ham with Fruit Sauce
1 Cook’s® Bone-in Spiral Sliced Half Ham (about 9 pounds)
Fruit Sauce* 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
* 2 teaspoons butter
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 cup orange juice
* 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
* 2 small McIntosh or other cooking apples, peeled, finely chopped (about 2 cups)
* 1 small navel orange, peeled, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
1. Remove and discard glaze packet from ham or reserve for another use. Prepare and heat ham according to package directions, uncovering and spooning the Fruit Sauce over the ham when 30 minutes of the time remains. If desired, spoon sauce in pan over ham again after 15 minutes.
2. Fruit Sauce: Place sugar, butter, cinnamon, orange juice and lemon juice in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat; cook 1 minute, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium. Add apples and oranges. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Carve ham just before serving. Top each serving with some of the reserved Fruit Sauce from bottom of pan.
If that doesn’t get you thinking about having a delicious ham dinner, I don’t know what will! The good news is I am going to give you guys a chance at having your own Cook’s Ham on me! I have a $30 Gift Certificate to purchase a Cook’s Ham right in time for your holiday dinner. To enter here is what you need to do:
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This giveaway will end on December 17th at noon. The winner will be notified by email and have 24 hours to get in touch with me. I want to make sure you get your certificate in time for the holidays.
*I was given a gift card for a Cook’s Ham to review. I received no other form of compensation for this review. The opinions expressed in this review are from my experience with Cook’s Hams.
First time I was in charge of pies for Thanksgiving I used a "premade" not frozen graham cracker crust for a pecan pie. It literally exploded in the oven and I had burnt oven smell in my house for weeks!
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Oh it was horrible last Thanksgiving. Won't go into details but lets just say moms boyfriend got drunk and said some words that should have never been said. It was a nightmare. This ham would help make our dinner wonderful.
Christmas dinner I usually make beef on weck. Yummy
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Hmm.. worst holiday dinner moment…. Well, we usually have some sort of spaghetti sauce dish (i.e. gnocchi, ravioli, lasagna, etc.) and there was a pot of "normal" spaghetti sauce… or so I thought. My Uncle actually put squid in it. Everyone loves it.. I hate it… and unfortunately, I took a big bite of it before I realized what I was eating.
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The first time I hosted Thanksgiving dinner, I burned the bird! Thankfully not the whole kitchen.
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The first time I cooked Thanksgiving dinner for my family I burned myself terribly pulling the turkey out of the oven, and I later dropped the stuffing on the floor and the dish shattered…
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Well it's not just a one time thing but I can't cook eggs! I can cook a whole holiday meal but eggs; nope, nada, ain't going to happen.
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My biggest holiday dinner disaster wasn't really that big of a deal in the end. I forgot to put sugar in gingerbread cookies. We just put lots of frosting on them to counteract the bitter ginger.
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Worst holiday experience, my sisters husband decided to "fix" put in a new window the day before Christmas. Yes it was only about 10 degrees, the dingdong. Then he took out the power and our turkey dinner was only 7 hours late!!
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Sadly, my worst holiday meal experience came when I was a vegetarian shortly after college and there was not a SINGLE dish I could eat — the potatoes were made with chicken broth, the green beans had bacon in them, etc. It was … a looooong day
For our Christmas dinner, we always cook a ham and a turkey — each with all the traditional fixings. Fortunately, we have a lot of family come over to join the fun
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My worst holiday experience was many years ago when cooking my first turkey. I left the bag in the turkey and it didn't cook all the way.
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My worst past experience? One Thanksgiving, I forgot to take the giblets and organs from the turkey. That was pretty nasty. Otherwise, my holidays have been blessedly wonderful!
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My worst dinner experience just happened! My boyfriend had to work and I made thanksgiving dinner, but I put the LITTLE turkey in a bit early and by the time he got here it was all but Turkey Jerky!! Luckily, the dark meat was edible as were all the sides and we still had a marvelous dinner! But, a thermometer I will use in the future!
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We've always had turkey and ham for our Christmas dinner. That way everybody is happy!
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