The family was gathered for an anniversary dinner. The youngest newly married daughter was preparing her first family dinner. As she was about to put the large ham in the oven to begin baking, her mother stopped her and said "You have to cut three inches off the ham before you bake it."

Puzzled, the daughter asked her mother why?

"Because that's the way my mother taught me to do it," said the mother.

Still puzzled, the daughter went to find her grandmother.

"Nana," she asked, "Mom says you have to cut 3 inches off of the ham before putting it in the oven to bake. Why?"

"Well, that's how my mother taught me to do it, and it's the way I've always done it," replied the grandmother.

Well, the daughter's husband had heard all of this and he wanted to get to the bottom of the mystery. He went into the living room where the family was gathered around great grandmother.

"Nona," he asked, "Grandma says you taught her to cut 3 inches off of the ham before putting it in the oven. I'm puzzled. Why is that necessary?"

"Well, dear, when I was a new bride, just starting out, I baked my first ham for Sunday dinner. The ham was 18 inches long. The largest roasting pan I had was 15 inches long, so I had to cut three inches off of the ham to make it fit the pan."

And so it goes, from generation to generation, until someone asks "Why?"

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