Friday, December 7, 2007

Oy to the World! Hams for Hanukkah

People who know anything about Jewish dietary regulations also know that ham, pork, bacon and any other post-oink meat just isn't permitted.

This week, however, a gourmet grocery store in New York City hit the mother lode of ill-advised advertising. Balducci's grocery store in Greenwich village advertised a special on boneless hams as "Delicious for Chanukah" (Chanukah is an alternate spelling for Hanukkah).

The manager of Balducci's understandably feels like a real schlemiel and was not answering questions. The ham sale has been discontinued.

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2007/12/06/2007-12-06_balduccis_offers_ham_for_chanukah.html

Next sale could be: Leavened Bread Delicious for Passover (see next post)

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