Is this even a real question? Turkey is miles ahead of ham as the best choice for meat to serve at any holiday gathering and especially on the best holiday —Thanksgiving.

The most common complaint that people make about turkey on Thanksgiving is that it is too dry. To that, I ask, have you tried the dark meat?’  You know what most of their responses usually are? You could probably guess that it is “no.”

I get it, sometimes turkey can be dry, but that is what the dark meat is there for. It is the ying to the light meat’s yang. They counterbalance each other.

Once you bite into the dark meat for the first time, it is like your eyes have opened, and you become a new person. There are all sorts of possibilities now that you have expanded your horizons.

Ham is not equipped to be as versatile and therefore should not be your choice or anyone’s choice for a main meat dish on this most festive of holidays.

If you get a slab of ham and you don’t like it, there is not another part of the ham that you can go to to save your pallet from the harsh treatment you subjected it to by putting that pork in your face.

If that is not enough to convince you, consider this: Turkeys are held in such high esteem that it is a presidential tradition to pardon turkeys from the slaughterhouses on Thanksgiving, signifying its importance to the American people and their culture.

When was the last time that you heard of the president pardoning some pigs from the slaughterhouse on any holiday whatsoever? Never, that is when.

This coming holiday season, make sure that you keep with tradition and excellence and go with turkey for your Thanksgiving feasts, because this time, fowl play is encouraged.