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Spice up your holiday with Cook’s Ham

Ham has long been the traditional holiday centerpiece.
Just take a look at this Double-Glazed Spiral Sliced Bone-In Honey Ham. Mouth-watering, eh?

There are many brands of ham available, but one quality brand to look for is Cook’s. That’s because Cook’s hams always begin with old-fashioned bone-in hams for a more natural texture and taste. They are slow-cured with natural ingredients like pure cane sugar, real honey, brown sugar and maple syrup. The hams are then smoked for hours using real hickory wood, for the perfect finish. Cook’s branded hams and other smoked meats are sold at leading supermarket chains and independent grocers across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

My favorite part of a holiday meal is the leftovers! I can usually get pretty creative with the bits and pieces of turkey and ham that remain. The Cook’s Ham website has some fun recipes… the ham tortilla Christmas tree caught my eye. ;) For more information on Cook’s ham and how to prepare the perfect holiday ham, please visit www.cooksham.com/HamTV.

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Cook’s Ham provided me with a coupon for myself and one to give away. Other than a free product voucher, no compensation was received for this post.

259 Comments

  1. My worst experience was trying to cook my first turkey. I thought no problem. I bought the largest turkey that I found out later was some bland offbrand. I didn;t allow enough time for it to defrost. I didn’t know how to stuff it. When my husband came home after work I was sitting down feeling miserable. That was some sad looking turkey mess. We finally started laughing. We wound up eating out. I finally learned how to cook a turkey but we still laugh about our first turkey.

  2. I had to throw away my pumpkin cake roll this year because when I baked it it came out rubbery.. first time ever :(

  3. I cooked a turkey once that was so overdone it was hard to chew. And it was so dry!

  4. The worst was when I bought a kosher turkey not realizing that meant it would still have pin feathers on it. What a mess!
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  8. My wors was when I thought I had put the turkey in the Refrigerator but was still in the freezer. In an attempt to defrost it I ended up frozen on the inside and really ugly on the outside.