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Ham
Lamb
Easter is a perfect time to
showcase the fresh tastes of
spring
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By Kelly Twedell
n Easter feast, be it with family or
friends, is often an annual tradition. After
turkey for the winter holiday staple, many
people enjoy serving lamb or ham as the
main dish for Easter. But even serving something more exotic like lamb, does not mean your meal has to be pretentious and fussy. It can still be simple, especially if you plan
ahead a bit.
Of course, if you���re not up for all the cooking you can
always hire the work out from some of our local businesses,
which makes clean-up easier, too.
Keith Gover has been the general manager of the The
HoneyBaked Ham Company store in Fayetteville since
1998 and the owner since 2009.
���What���s kept me in this business is the pre-holiday planning,��� Gover said. ���It���s very detailed and when people are
lined up to the door and everything is running like a welloiled machine, there���s a lot of satisfaction in that.���
With Easter as one of their three busiest times of the
year, HoneyBaked Ham stores tend to have three peak days
of orders and sales. The bone-in, smoked, fully cooked,
ready to eat ham is the most popular item, but they also
sell some turkey breasts for Easter, too. To prepare for the
holiday traffic, Gover said he hires 20 extra employees and
pitches a tent outside in the store���s parking lot, since the
lobby is too small to accommodate the rush of customers.
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