Earlier today I was trying to figure out what I might blog about tonight, and then out of nowhere I thought, “THE HAM! I NEED TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE HAM!”
Because remember how I’ve given away fifteen pounds of Petit Jean bacon a couple of times? Well, not too long ago Misty from Petit Jean Meats emailed me and said something along the lines of, “Hey – would you be interested in giving away a ham on your blog?”
And I said, “Oh, you know me – I don’t really care for meat.”
I KID.
What I really said was that I would love to give away a ham, and today, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, that is exactly what I’m doing.
It’s not just any ham, mind you. It’s fancy ham.
It’s half a smoked spiral ham – about 7-9 pounds (worth 65 American dollars) – and here’s the description from the Petit Jean website.
Every Ozark Hickory Smoked Spiral Sliced ham is individually hand -trimmed and seasoned with a blend of cloves, cinnamon, and other special ingredients before going into our old-fashioned smokehouse. Inside our smokehouse, each ham soaks up the smoke from smoldering hickory chips for at least 16 hours. The result is a ham that is fully cooked, moist and tender through and through, with a incredible smoky flavor that goes all the way to the bone.
Doesn’t that sound delicious? Petit Jean is a great company – and since I know for a fact that they do wondrous things with bacon, I have mighty high expectations for the ham.
I’m gonna leave this giveaway open until Friday morning about 10 central – and then I’ll close it and draw for a winner. Once I get the winner’s address, I’ll coordinate with Misty to see when and how long it will take to ship (that way you’ll know if it’s possible to have it at your house for Thanksgiving – or if it makes more sense to have it shipped closer to Christmas).
I’ll announce the winner here and on my blog Facebook page by noon on Friday.
So. To enter the giveaway, just answer one simple question: What dish do you look forward to the most on Thanksgiving day? Sweet potato casserole? Fried turkey (I see you, Louisiana)? Pecan pie?
Happy Ham, y’all!
This giveaway is now closed.
The dressing and gravy!
cranberry casserole
I love the veggie casseroles! My fave it the green bean casserole:)
The appetizers! Snacking before the meal is my favorite part!!
Cornbread stuffing with cranberries, onion and celery. YUM!
Of course, it is hands down, (my mother’s recipe) cornbread/sausage sage dressing with gravy (sorry Mr. Turkey, although without you, it wouldn’t taste the same).
Sausage stuffing (when the gravy from the potatoes and turkey accidentally spills on it) ;)
Cheesy carrots. Or pineapple casserole. Or pumpkin butterscotch muffins. Yum scrum!!
My favorite part is hanging with the family – but food wise…has to be the turkey and gravy!!
The stuffing! It’s my favorite. And sweet potato casserole. And there’s a chance I mix them together just a little… :)
Dressing and gravy!!!
I love dressing for Thanksgiving. And all the yummy desserts!
pumpkin cream cheese pie – – yummy!!
The dressing!!!
I look forward to egg nog and stuffing!
That is so funny that you happened to mention fried turkey. I grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and am now living with my husband in New Orleans. I never had fried turkey growing up, but my husband had it often (he’s originally from New Orleans). Anyways, he made one this past weekend for the first time and it was delicious!! Now I understand what all the type was about :) But other than the turkey, my favorite Thanksgiving dish is cornbread dressing. Thanks for doing this giveaway!
I’ll never forget the look on my grandson’s little face when he took a bite of my sweet potato casserole(with pecans). He thought he had gotten dessert first!! Hard to beat the yumminest(new word) of sweet potato casserole but cornbread dressing is a close second. And I’d choose ham over turkey every time.
My mama’s dressing, sweet potato casserole and my own pumpkin trifle. Thanks for thinking of us Soph!
My dad does most of the holiday cooking, and of everything he makes for Thanksgiving, my favorite is his stuffing. He used the Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix and stuffs it INTO the bird, and it has sausage in it, and it is one of the best things ever. In fact, my stomach is growling now, just thinking about it!
I love love love sweet potato pie!!!
Sweet potato casserole, turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry relish, and, and, and etc….. repeat. Thank you so much Boo Mama!!
After waiting eight years for a baby, we have a precious two week old daughter. We can’t wait to spend the day with her.
How can you pick I love them all!
Sweet potato casserole! And dressing!
Potato salad and cornbread dressing, Yum!
Pumpkin Pie
I have to say it’s a toss up between the homemade stuffing and the pecan pie, but really I love the entire meal!
No contest, DRESSING of course!!
Pumpkin pie, cranberry salad and dressing make it Thanksgiving for us.
The dressing!
Hands down it is cornbread dressing…..runny and not at all dry! Now I am starving!
Cranberry sauce! Oh the tangy goodness!
I look forward to consuming dressing and turkey! Pecan pie too. :)
Definitely, sweet potato casserole & cranberry salad!
All of it! I just try to see how many carbs I can eat!
Cornbread Dressing. Thank you Jesus and Amen.
My grandma’s jello “salad” with whipped cream frosting. I don’t know if I love the way it tastes more or the fact that she calls this obvious dessert a “salad.”
I have a few favorites. Sweet potato casserole, deviled eggs, and of course the leftovers!!!
Love my grandma’s sweet potatoes with caramel sauce and marshmallows. Only get them once a year!
For me, it’s just not Thanksgiving without mashed potatoes and gravy (preferably ham gravy) :) Thank you!
sweet potato casserole! and of course, the desserts!
mashed potatoes swimming in a pool of real butter and sprinkled with a bit of salt!!!!!
Oh gracious. I just love the food! My husband has almost perfected my grandmother’s dressing though and that’s only a two times a week treat so I guess I’ll go there. SO hungry!!
My mama’s creamed corn! Only Silver Queen will do. :-)
We’ll, I hate to follow a trend, but I have to say the dressing. We are Canadians who lived for 15 years in Georgia, so we do bread stuffing and corn bread dressing for both (!) thanksgivings and I could eat myself into a carb coma.
I look forward to the turkey and real cranberry sauce (not the canned stuff).
Potato filling, like my grandma used to make. My Mom and I try to duplicate it every year…sometimes with more success than others. But the smell of the celery and onion bubbling away in the butter and then the sage and spices hit the pan – yum!
Love cornbread dressing. …
Most definitely my mother-in-law’s sweet potato pie with a big dollop of whipped cream!
My family’s cornbread dressing with the secret ingredient ;-)
I can’t pick just one dish, for me it’s the culmination of all of them together, the fried turkey, homemade stuffing, sweet potato casserole, Watergate salad, pecan pie and don’t forget the rolls…..ahhhh I can hardly wait for next week!
Sweet potato casserole…the one topped with pecan brown sugar crumble, not marshmallows. Marshmallows have their place and it is in a s’more, not on a sweet potato.
Sweet potato casserole…the one topped with pecan brown sugar crumble, not marshmallows. Marshmallows have their place and it is in a s’more, not on a sweet potato.
It’s not Thanksgiving for me without my mom’s pumpkin pie!
I look forward to the Thanksgiving parade and the Egg Bowl. Because I’ll be eating pecan pie while watching both.
I love it all, next to Christmas, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. Turkey, Cornbread dressing, sweet potatoe casserole, pineapple casserole, Broccoli Rice and Cheese and the list goes on and on!
Pecan pie and dressing
THE DRESSING!!
Cornbread dressing! Followed closely by yeast rolls, smoked turkey, cranberries, broccoli-rice casserole, desserts and a new recipe I tried a couple of weeks ago- maple-glazed roasted sweet potatoes with butternut squash. Yum- I can’t wait!
My favorite holiday dish is sweet potatoes. I like them with marshmallows or with pecans…not picky! I am so glad I found your blog and hope to win the delicious ham.
Dressing! (and thank you)
Cornbread dressing and pumpkin pie! Two classics that will never go out of style.
I like the cranberry sauce and anything with sweet potatoes. I also have a very soft spot for large amounts of gravy.
My father-in-law makes some decadent mashed potatoes that I adore.
Stuffing w/ gravy. (My MIL makes the best stuffing/dressing EVER!)
My dad’s stuffing…it’s amazing.
I am not fond of turkey, and after 40+ years am on autopilot cooking it, but I do LOVE the look of happiness on my husband & sons faces as they gourge on “their” favorite meal of the year.
Pecan Pie
Cheesy corn casserole! Sooo yummy. And sooo bad for ya! LOL
I love the apple pie – or really, anything sweet. :)
i most look forward to dressing….
anything cranberry!
Dressing and gravy!
The turkey and some homemade rolls
Can’t wait for the dressing!
My absolute favorite is a turkey deep fried in peanut oil; but since that doesn’t happen every year, I must go with my daughter-in-law’s pecan tart.
Please pass the pecan pie and I will just eat that ALL DAY LONG.
this is sad but mac n cheese is my favorite dish no matter what day it is!
Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows and my husband’s grandma’s dressing!!
Love love love stuffing! Only time of year I get it! Ohh how I love stuffing!
Hi Sophie,
All of it of course! A little salty and then a little sweet : ) My grandmother used to say that she needed a little something sweet to counter the salty. Then be she would say she needed a little something salty to counter the sweet : )
Thanks for the chance to win a little something ‘salty’ which I’ll pairing with my fresh cranberry sauce and pecan pie from my Sister.
Sandy in Fort Worth
Dressing with a generous ladle of gravy on top…yum…
Dressing with giblet gravy and of course the chicken and dumplings!
Oh, the homemade yeast rolls…!
mashed potatoes with gravy!!!
Stuffing with plenty of turkey gravy on top. Then I clean it all up with a roll slathered in butter!
Oh my gosh, everything, from the turkey to the dressing, cranberry sauce, deviled eggs, green bean casserole …. I’d better stop, I’m making myself hungry!
Dressing!!! I L O V E Dressing.
The stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy!
My favorite thing on Thanksgiving day is great Uncle Guy’s dressing (notice I did not say stuffing)! I could eat the whole pan!
The dressing my Dad makes and stuffs inside the turkey, the best!!
I am not sure there is a side dish I don’t like except the icky fluffy salad my sister insists on making. UGH. Cool Whip. Cannot wait for the rest though.
Cornbread dressing!!
Sweet potato casserole!!! Can’t wait :)
Squash casserole…..any casserole….and the stuffing with gravy. Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
I come from a loooong line of carnivores and am looking forward to the meat ( 2 kinds of ham, turkey, deep fried turkey, prime rib, venison, and Aunt Carlene will fry you up some fish or chicken should you so desire, because sometimes a body just gets a hankerin’ for something different you know!) and I never met a starch I didn’t like ( that same sweet aunt will make me my very own biscuits, too, because “that child never did like store bought bread, she just does not like it”) but the first thing I will reach for is the homegrown green beans cooked down in bacon for hours. Have mercy.
Pecan Pie!!!
Gravy….it is all about the gravy!!!
Oh the dressing and gravy for sure!!!
I’m not sure I can narrow it down to one- I love dressing and sweet potato casserole equally!!!