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Why You Should Serve Ham Instead of Turkey for Thanksgiving

Hannah Plitzner Student Contributor, University of Wisconsin - Stout
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I’ll say what everyone is thinking: turkey sucks! It’s dry and has no flavor. You literally have to add stuffing and gravy to make it edible. Ham is the complete opposite. Ham is good on it’s own. You can do so much with ham, and you don’t need to make gravy and stuffing for it. And what can do you with the leftovers? Anything! Put it in a sandwich, an omelet, any meal really! Plus, you don’t have to worry about gluten allergies with ham. No need to make a separate stuffing and gravy, because you don’t have to make one in the first place.

Thankgiving isn’t reserved for dry turkey, so do yourself a favor and bring ham instead. Everyone will thank you. Don’t lie to yourself and say that turkey is good. If I have to drink something to be able to swallow it, then it’s a problem. Ham is superior to turkey, and we’ve all got to accept it already. 

Hannah Plitzner

UW Stout '23

I'm a college freshman going into Entertainment Design! I like movies, dogs, and drawing. My pronouns are she/her.
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