NOTE: While I had originally intended for this to be one post, I’ve decided to make it two due to extreme length. I’ll put the bibliography in Part the Second. Enjoy.
This year I went to my first real Christmas party. There was food and drink and games and even a little bit of awkwardness. We were playing Christmas trivia and one of the questions was “What is the traditional American Christmas dinner?” I, in my infinite food history genius, knew at once the answer was turkey. Which obviously it was. However, nearly all of the 20 or so people at the party insisted that the traditional meal was ham.
I did not know that Christmas ham included pineapple and maraschino cherries. On a related note, I've never had Hawaiian pizza.
Uuuuh, no you’re all wrong, I’m right, don’t argue with me because I am a food history virtuoso.
Omigosh I'm like sooooo totally humble you guys!
