Something has come over me....

And this morning I decided to go out and buy a ham...

So now, one fine ham is simmering on my stove top....I have never made a ham before. Wish me luck!!!

Best of luck!!!  Nothing like those first big meal jitters.

And this morning I decided to go out and buy a ham...

So now, one fine ham is simmering on my stove top....I have never made a ham before. Wish me luck!!!

But i thought that Jewish people didn't eat ham!?
Or is that only for Orthodox folk?

But i thought that Jewish people didn't eat ham!?
Or is that only for Orthodox folk?

Those who observe the laws of kashruth. Or don't like pork.

Those who observe the laws of kashruth. Or don't like pork.

Yes, I am a reformed Jew, we don't eat pork, its strictly forbidden by the Jewish laws, but if you fancy some, I have a good recipe.

Did you eat the ham, then? 

Did you eat the ham, then? 

Yes, we ate almost all of it! The rest will probably go into soup.

I'm confused...

I'm confused...

Methinks racheee might have forgotten a smiley in her post. Either that, or her SO ate the whole thing.

 
(searching desperately for some kind of clue to indicate that Racheee is joking about this and really does know that ham is pork...)   

(searching desperately for some kind of clue to indicate that Racheee is joking about this and really does know that ham is pork...)   

I WAS JOKING!!! It was a joke that my old rabbi used to tell. I swear. Dur. YOu guys are a bunch of suckers.
 

I was wanting to give you the benefit of the doubt, rather than coming out and saying 'you fcking idiot!!'   

So... you dont take the anti-pork Jewishness that seriously? 
I only questioned it because you have mentioned being Jewish quite often, so it was the first thing i thought of when you mentioned ham!

I was wanting to give you the benefit of the doubt, rather than coming out and saying 'you fcking idiot!!'   

So... you dont take the anti-pork Jewishness that seriously? 
I only questioned it because you have mentioned being Jewish quite often, so it was the first thing i thought of when you mentioned ham!

I would say that I consider myself more of a cutural Jew more than anything really, not so much a practicing on a regular basis Jew. I sometimes call myself a Celebratory Jew. I do travel to NY every year to spend the Jewish Holidays with my family...but thats the most religious thing that I do. But to be honest, in general, I am a fcking idiot!
 

That sounds like just the right kind of Jewishness!