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Thoughts on SPAM "meat"
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While in the military many decades ago learned to eat spam and have since. It might be an acquired taste but it is funny how when you are really hungry what you will eat to stay alive. I remember a meal of plain rice and fried grasshoppers wouldn't recommend as a regular meal but it filled the need to have something to eat and kept me going YMMV
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No, no, I do not WANT to eat Spam. In fact, I question how anyone can eat it. I’ve noticed thru this thread that most who do eat it boil it or wash it down with a keg of ale or do something to kill the taste. I think it’s akin to a week old road-killed skunk- it will provide protein, but it won’t be a pleasure eating it.
Year ago I was making oatmeal for the daughter. I accidentally grabbed the lawryies seasoning salt while reaching for the cinnamon. Though I tried to dip it all out the daughter gagged and ran away hungry! LOL I too love salty foods and SPICY, I order Thai #4 and add stuff. Grandpa always told me to give up salt now so I wouldn't miss t when I was old
Finally get to the point in my life whereI can handle Princess Di’s death and now you are telling me there is LITE SPAM, I don’t know if I can get past this......
Eutycus
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Even tbe cheaper "luncheon meat" versions are okay for us cheapskates ( frugal people). But do read the sodium content first, some are pretty high.
I eat it on occasion fried. Also like fried bologna. And also eat anchovie and jalapeno pizza.
They not only have spam lite they have hickory smoked spam and jalapeno spam now
They not only have spam lite they have hickory smoked spam and jalapeno spam now
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I eat it on occasion fried. Also like fried bologna. And also eat anchovie and jalapeno pizza.
They not only have spam lite they have hickory smoked spam and jalapeno spam now
Ahh fried bologna. Now there is a strange bird. most bologna across the US is nothing but a huge thin sliced hot dog. Even tastes similar. But here in central PA, we keep fried bologna a secret, because we have something called Lebanon Bologna. a slice is round, and that is about where any resemblence ends. Lebanon Bologna is dark brownish purple, spice cured, slightly fermented and smoked. The taste is remotely like lox. Eaten straight as it comes, it has a great taste, but will stink up your breathe for hours. A slice fried is better than any bacon could ever be. https://goo.gl/images/qLrzXj Folks spread it with cream cheese to make appetizers, grind it with pickle relish and cream cheese to make a sandwich spread, We go through a pound a week.
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It is palatable when fried to a crispy brown...
There is no accounting for taste. All those weird sounding foreign foods and even some of the funny stuff folks eat regionally are loved and gobbled up by lots of folks.
I eat Limburger when I can find it, have had some good head cheese, like haggis, won’t touch kimche. Love patte but won’t eat chicken liver... go figure
I eat Limburger when I can find it, have had some good head cheese, like haggis, won’t touch kimche. Love patte but won’t eat chicken liver... go figure
Eutycus
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Miss a few meals and even the neighbors cat or dog is looking pretty good. Nope I've never been that desperate and hopefully never will. It doesnt hurt one bit to have a few cans of Spam stashed away.
The North American fascination with refrigeration is interesting. I grew up in France. Eggs, Cheese, Bread, Milk and many kinds of meat were never refrigerated there. Eggs and cheese will last for months without being refrigerated. Most meats, milk and the like will easily last a few days, as long is it is kept in a cool place out of the sun.
Spam was commonly available in Europe back in the 60s and 70s and was very common when we moved to Canada. So was tinned Herford brand Corned beef, as was Tulip canned bacon, ham and chicken.
Put me in the "Like Spam" group. Sliced and put on bread with yellow mustard, onion and lettuce makes a nice sandwich. Fried in a pan for breakfast makes a good breakfast meat. Not a big fan of salty food but never found Spam to be overly salty when eating it. Don't eat it often because my wife doesn't care for it, but still like it on occasion.
Just for interest sake, 1 Billion cans of Spam were sold worldwide between 2007 and 2012. In the U.S. alone 120 million cans are sold a year. Must be more than a couple of us that still like Spam. The history and world wide spread of Spam after its introduction in 1937, makes an interesting read.
Spam was commonly available in Europe back in the 60s and 70s and was very common when we moved to Canada. So was tinned Herford brand Corned beef, as was Tulip canned bacon, ham and chicken.
Put me in the "Like Spam" group. Sliced and put on bread with yellow mustard, onion and lettuce makes a nice sandwich. Fried in a pan for breakfast makes a good breakfast meat. Not a big fan of salty food but never found Spam to be overly salty when eating it. Don't eat it often because my wife doesn't care for it, but still like it on occasion.
Just for interest sake, 1 Billion cans of Spam were sold worldwide between 2007 and 2012. In the U.S. alone 120 million cans are sold a year. Must be more than a couple of us that still like Spam. The history and world wide spread of Spam after its introduction in 1937, makes an interesting read.
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Perhaps it is because when I was growing up SPAM was a regular staple in our diets. Dad usually cooked the stuff. He would roll out some waxed paper and grab a few Saltines Soda Crackers and run a polling pin over them to break them up. Then an egg would get whipped. The slices of Spam were then dipped in the egg and then the crackers and into the cast iron "spider" they went. Both sides fried until they looked right then onto a plate served with fresh fried potatoes with onion quartered and added. A Waldorf salad and we were glad to be at the table. Yes, I still enjoy SPAM and if you have not bought any recently you might want to check out the many varieties available these days.
It still amazes me how many people do not know how to get the SPAM can opened so as to get the SPAM out of the can easily!
If you are in need of a place to explore the World of SPAM go here,>>>>>>> https://www.spam.com/museum
It still amazes me how many people do not know how to get the SPAM can opened so as to get the SPAM out of the can easily!
If you are in need of a place to explore the World of SPAM go here,>>>>>>> https://www.spam.com/museum
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Spam was a camping staple when I was a kid. There were things, I ate as a kid because I had to. It was that or go hungry, like canned peas. As an adult, I have choices. Canned peas have not darkened my doorstep in 40 years. Nor will they anytime in the foreseeable future. I raise my own beef. I have steak, roasts, burger, available any time I desire. I have no use or hunger for spam, I rarely eat canned vegetables, (pickled beets is the exception), I do not even eat canned fish. Only 90 miles to the coast, I can get excellent fresh seafood, why eat stuff that has been processed and boiled to a slurry? Of my druthers, scrapple beats spam or bacon, no contest. I often eat fish and eggs for breakfast. There are so many other choices, if you choose spam, it is because you like it.
I never had any problem with spam. I'll get a hankering for it every few years, only ever ate straight from the tin but I've always ate most anything. I did draw the line at Balut though.
I think I saw a Hawaiian spam cook book somewhere
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Spam the other pink stuff, love it, out of the can,fried with onions only thing better is Scrapple,,,just do not read the label.
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