On Saturday, November 21st, my family and I had the fun experience of going to the Holiday Taste of Sam’s.

This was on the plan for our visit:
On Saturday, November 21st, you can go in and sample Frenched Rack of Lamb & Asparagus.
We ventured around the store… twice, and didn’t see these in the store. I was a bit disappointed in the tasting that was advertised, but we did have a fun time taste testing and getting ideas for our holiday.
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We were able to try some things such as
- Green Bean Casserole
- Cranberry Juice
- Little Smokies
- Honey BBQ Wings
- Crab Cakes
While we were at Sam’s, we were able to walk around and not only shop and taste, but also take a look at some amazing deals that Sam’s has going on. We made out lists for what all we wanted to come back and get for family and friends, but also for ourselves and our home.
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We love to cook a ham, and my mother makes her famous oyster stuffing!
We got to go and we tries the mini sausages, green bean casserole, coffee, crackers, rolls, and all kinds of other things!
We didn’t make it to Sam’s for the Holiday Taste of Sam’s – our car had a broken motor mount. It’s fixed now, though, and I’m hoping to pick up a Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake for Christmas Eve.
we shop sams club all the time
I didn’t make it this time. I’d have loved to have tried the crabcakes. MMM.
I didn’t go but the cheesecake looked yummy
Have a happy holly Christmas, it’s the best time of the year!
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I would love to make shrimp and oyster stuffing
I bought a Crayola Desk Set from Sam’s for my toddler for Christmas.
I didn’t make it. Would have loved to try the cheesecake.
I love Sam’s club and their samples. Its great when you want to try something new but don’t want to spend the money. I have purchased many items from Sams because of a sample I tried there.
Thank you for the great giveaway!
I can’t wait to eat the foods from Sam’s for the holidays!
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I did not go, but I would have liked to have gone! I would like to make Pomegranate, Ginger-Glazed ham for the holidays, but the family would shudder at the break from tradition, hahaa, I am so not kidding, so I will try that another time when it would receive a better reception. I’m making traditional ham and turkey for the table this year.
I never got to go.
i did not go to sam’s for the event
I always make the green bean casserole! It’s my favorite!
i did go, and do every year. i had some amazing cheesecake =)
Everyone insist that I make my sweet potato casserole
No, we didn’t get to the taste testing but it sounded like fun. We will probably be traditional and have ham for Christmas.
We liked the cheesecake.
No didn’t get to sam’s tasting–will make a ham for our christams meal and candied sweet potatoes
I tried the Nancy canapies from the freezer section! These are great for parties! Thanks! senekers@comcast.net
We did go and we loved the cheesecake!
I am tired of turkey at Christmas so I would love to make Lobster tails
I didn’t get to go but I would have loved to sample the BUtterball Deep Friend Turkey!
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no family – just gonna make a frozen tv dinner
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I did not make it to the event at Sam’s Club. Looking over the web site though I am thinking of making the Prime Rib for our holiday dinner.
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I did not get to Sam’s but I saw the Prime Rib Roast in their holiday guide. I would love to serve that to my family on Christmas.
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We’re not Sams Club members so we didn’t get to go but my family would truly love to get a Sam’s membership again
I love to cook so Holidays at our house use to be a feast now that we moved away from family by 1200 miles its just the 4 of us so I have cut back on a huge meal but still make a few things.
I use to love making a turkey with my homemade stuffing, or my honey brown sugar glazed clove ham, baked beans, real mashed potatoes, candied yams, corn, cole slaw, dinner rolls, vegetable & cheese & pickle tray, cheese ball, pistachio salad, fruit salad, no bake cookies, brownies, pumpkin pie, dutch apple pie, cherry cheesecake and chocolate peanutbutter cheesecake.
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Good night and good luck!!!
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Feeling like winning that Sams club gift card! Lol
I would love to find a recipe to make a Caramel Apple Pie!!
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I would love to make ham for my family’s holiday dinner
I didn’t get to go, but I love to make baked corn!
Didn’t make it but really want to have a crockpot full of meatballs at our Christmas Eve party!
As you can see I really want that GC, it will surely help with holiday shopping!
I really loved those lamb chops at Sam’s!
Happy Monday, I hope this week I can get to go to Sam’s for more items!!
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didn’t make it, really wanted to try them italian meatballs, maybe make some for the xmas smorgasbord
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I did not get to make it to Sam’s this year although I have in previous years. This year I want to make crab cakes for appetizers for Christmas.
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The kiddies will hopefully have a great holiday season!
I could really use this gift card, it will surely help out with the holiday shoping for gifts and food.
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We always make Broccoli Rice Casserole for Thanksgiving and Christmas. One year we made another casserole and we had some very disappointed family members.
I did not get to go to the Holiday Taste of Sams this year.
But I would love to purchase one of the cheese cakes they offer for our Christmas dinner.
Thank you so much for the chance to win.
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My family will be so happy to shop at Sams with the GC!!
It is actually snowing here in New Orleans, wow, how weird but nice.
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Ok, I lied, this is the last for the road. Thanks MommyGoggles!
One more for the road today…Thanks!
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Very Depressed today, hopefully tomorrow is much better!!
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Hey, I hope Leggo My Eggo’s made us more waffles, because I need another big box of them. LOL
I love Sam’s, I can get a lot over there.
I would love to make a big dinner with turkey, dressing and all the trimmings and a great dessert.
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Happy Holidays to everyone! stay safe!
I bought a Netbook ($197) from Sams and a Crayola table for $50.
The gas at Sam’s is the cheapest in town very competitive!
We ate pretty good at Sam’s that day. The coconut cake was yummy!
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Hi Mommgoggles, I went to Sam’s for the Tasting samples event; I tried the Rack of Lamb and it was so good, they even let us have the bone. LOL
I will go back and buy a pack of those Lamb chops.
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I didn’t get to go, but i would love to try the makers mark shrimp
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I would love to make the Castle Wood Reserve Angus Prime Rib
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
A nice boneless ham would be great for our holiday dinner!
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I wasn’t able to be there. I would love to make a pineapple/brown sugar Ham, Roasted Mash Potatoes w/ cheese, bacon and onion, Corn, Brocolli & Cheese, fresh vegetables w/ dip, Homemade bisquits and for desert Strawberry Cheesecake and Lemom Merainqe pie. If only…
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We were an hour too early to get to the holiday tasting, but we did get a sample of the pumpkin spice cheesecake on another day. For holidays, we like ham, green bean casserole, gravy, roasted potatoes, and yeast rolls. YUM! Thank you for this opportunity!!
I didn’t get to go although I wanted to. I would like to make a ham, I can do turkey but have yet to do a ham.
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I would love to make a great buffet for Christmas dinner this year. My family is very fussy & trying to make just one main course is nearly impossible. Sam’s has some great appetizers that would work out well with this plan.
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I did go and loved the ham–getting one for Christmas dinner.
I didn’t make it out to Sam’s but would love to make a honey ham and some pies.
I made sweet potato souffle for Thanksgiving dinner.
No, I didn’t go. Sam’s Club isn’t in my town
I had coconut pie.
I made sweet potato pies for thanksgiving, I would Love 2 make Ginger bread men for my kids 2 pass out @ school
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I love the Cheesecake! Thanks for the chance.
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I love going shopping at Sam’s hungry. LOL.
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The coconut pie is awesome
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We tasted the Rack of Lamb, I need to go back and buy a pack. Yum!
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I wanted to try the
Butterball Deep-fried Turkey Breast!
(but my mom was too afraid to deep fry this year)
I will definately be in charge of the Ham
for our Christmas meal~
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I didn’t get to the tasting, but I love deep frying turkey.
I would love to skip tradition and make crab cakes!
i didn’t get to their tasting..but i love to make/EAT squash haters casserole at the holidays
I would love to make green bean casserole! Yum!
I would love to make Filet Mignon for each person… not going to happen. HA HA!
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I want to make a nice ham
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We went and we tasted the Coconut cake. Yum!
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A big sugar ham with corn and fresh baked rolls.
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I didn’t get to make it this time, but I love it every time I do. I will bake a ham for Christmas, with potato salad, baked beans, yeast rolls, green beans, candied yams, fruit salad, coconut cake, pineapple, deviled eggs, cucumber and onions. I probably forgot something.
We went and I got to taste Cheesecake from the Cheesecake factory so I was a happy camper!
I’d love to make a full turkey dinner from scratch for my mom, who always does it.
i didn’t get to go, but i love making sweet potato casserole for our family gatherings because the kids love it
I look to make ham and turkey for the holidays.
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We did go and my favorite was a coconut cheese cake . It was so good!
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Our holiday dinner consisted of turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce and couple kinds of pie. It was good!!
I tasted the Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake. I was hoping to try the Giradelli Dipping Kit and the Chocolate Pie, but they didn’t have either one of them.
I didn’t make it to Sam’s…everything sounded good though! I’d like to make a brown sugar ham for my holiday meal.
We did go to the holiday tasting and like you I was a bit disappointed. I got to taste lamb chops though which I’ve never tried before.
I didn’t get to go, but I would love to make my family a roasted leg of lamb with asparagus and baby red potatoes! Delicious!
I did get to Sams and I tasted bacon wrapped shrimp and Cheesecake Factory cheesecake. Yummy!!!
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We did not go to Sam’s for the tasting, but will more than likely pick up some things from there for the next holiday dinner (Christmas). The meal will be pretty traditional, with turkey & fixings, specialty breads and a variety of pies for dessert.
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This year I’m going to do something different from the turkey and fixings. I’m going to make lasagna, salad and garlic bread.
I didn’t get to go but I would love to make the Cheesecake
For Christmas, we will have rib roast, mashed potatoes, vegetables, baked ziti, baked macaroni and cheese, and dessert.
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Yes, I tasted LOTS! But especially likes the Black Diamond Aged Cheddar!
crab cakes, i love them, but don’t know how to make them.
We went on Friday and were disappointed in the lack of selection. We tried many desserts….Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake….oreo cookie and plain with strawberries on them, we had egg rolls, and tsao chicken, fresh ham with crackers and cheese.
I didn’t get to Sam’s for the tasting, but I’d love to make a seafood strudel for the holidays.
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I like serving ham, sweet potatoes, corn, mashed potatoes and lots of pie during the holidays!
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Yes we did get to go to the Taste of Sam’s Club. We just became new members at Sam’s Club and that was actually our first time there. The Deep Fried Turkey Breast with Orange Cranberries was delicious and so was the Irish Cake. Thanks so much for such a wonderful giveaway!
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I didn’t make it however I’d love to try the crab cakes for our next holiday get together.
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no I didn’t go to sam’s but i would love to serve the crab cakes…I love em
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We didn’t get to go to the Holiday tasting at Sam’s but I would have loved to have gone and tasted the pork, I heard from so many bloggers that it was the best thing there!
I did not get to go to Sams but I would love to get lots of cheeses to make a wonderful lasagna.
We did not make it to Sam’s-I would love to try a Turducken sometime. Prepared by someone other than me! Thanks!
I would like to try the Italian Brushetta Pork Loin.
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Yes, we did go. We weren’t that hungry so we didn’t try a lot. We did try a trail mix and something else that I cannot remember. I wish I had tried the crab cakes because they looked good. We were at Sam’s Club last night and they were giving out samples of the pumpkin pie. We were already there for the purpose of getting pumpkin pies and we bought 3 of them. We are taking 2 to my sister’s today for our family’s dinner and keeping the other one for ourselves. The bakery items at Sam’s Club are really good.
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I went and I loved tasting everything. I think my favorite was the fresh cheeses. I am a sucker for cheese. I walked away with a huge block of double smoked cheddar..Yummy!
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No, I didn’t get a chance to go. For my family’s holiday dinner, I’d love to make a nice spiral sliced ham. Sam’s price is right!
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We didn’t make it to Sam’s as my son came down with the flu…but the tasting menu they advertised looked great. (Sorry to hear the story you went to didn’t have the full spread.)
We spend the holidays with our french family, so it’s full of great offerings — from traditional meat “pies” to fondues to a Yule Log cake served after midnight Mass. It’s all great fun… and the food is something we look forward to all year.
I’d LOVE to pick up a rack of Lamb that Sam’s carries for this year’s festivities. It’s one of my favorites, especially at the holidays.
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We went last Friday, it was great to be able to sample some items before purchase. I especially like hams and cheese that they were sampling.
I didn’t make it out there. I would love to try an actual goose this holiday season. I’ve never had real goose before.
we went on monday but they still had tons of samples! my favorite was the derby pie
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I would love to make the Italian Brushetta Pork Loin for my Christmas Dinner. It looks amazing.
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No, I didn’t get a chance to go. For my family’s holiday dinner, I’d love to make a nice spiral ham. Thanks so much.