Thoughts on SPAM "meat"

[8 BORE]

GREEN EGGS AND SPAM

 

[shdwlkr]

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

 

[Wisconsin Relic]

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.

 

[azmntman]

It would go well with a few cold beers. I actually prefer salty foods and haven't really found anything too salty to eat (I fry and eat Salt-pork without blanching).

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

 

[Billy Boy]

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]

Even tbe cheaper "luncheon meat" versions are okay for us cheapskates ( frugal people). But do read the sodium content first, some are pretty high.

 

[azmntman]

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

 

[zimmerstutzen]

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.

 

[Black Hand]

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.

It is palatable when fried to a crispy brown...

 

[tenngun]

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

 

[Eutycus]

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.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Well I was buying supplies for the Ft. Frederick Market Fair, and this year I cut back on my cooler size, as well as the size of a lot of my gear. I have a new camp box that holds two "six packer" Styrofoam coolers. One is for perishables and the other for drinking ice or beverages. That way IF something of the food leaks, it doesn't contaminate all of my ice. :wink: Also if one of my Styrofoam coolers, protected by the wooden box, was damaged or crapped-up from something, I wouldn't be "out" of all my cold storage and replacing them is simple at the local 7-Eleven.

So, I found bacon was $4.00 for ½ pound, and of course I'd need to keep it in a cooler. Pre-cooked bacon was $3.50 for 2½ ounces, but no cooler needed. 6 Hormel canned ham patties ran $3.50. But SPAM was $2.50 for 12 ounes, and it too is canned.

I handn't had SPAM since the 1970's, So I bought a couple of cans to try. On Saturday morning I opened one of the SPAM.., it was SPAM with Bacon (because there ain't enough nitrates in SPAM as it is) and I sliced it thin. THEN I boiled it. It's "edible" right out of the can, but I figured it's sort of a modern version of salt-pork. I boiled it to pull out a lot of the salt. This worked well, and I then browned it up in a skillet with some olive oil. My daughter pronounced it, "Not bad as a substitute for bacon". It went well with biscuits and eggs.

A 12 ounce container is mostly "meat" as it's not packaged with as much liquid as say, the Hormel ham patties, and it takes up less space. It's supposed to be 6 servings, and you can get enough slices to fill a dozen biscuits. So if you have limited ice, limited room in a cooler, or no ice at an event, I'd say it's not a bad option at all.

I also tried the other can which I had bought. It was their "lower sodium" SPAM, which I opened whenI got home. Again I boiled the SPAM first then fried it up, although this time it was diced and added to mashed 'taters. This was good too, and SPAM I found also comes with a "turkey" version for folks wanting to stay away from red meats.

So..., one might re-think SPAM if one hasn't had so much of it in the past that they are anti-spam.

Then there is this on SPAM from Monty Python

LD

Makes good fire starter also.

SM

 

[Dean2]

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.

 

[Hairy Clipper]

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

 

[zimmerstutzen]

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.

 

[hinamanra]

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.

 

[Sjfriend]

If you want to see SPAM in bulk, go to Hawaii. It is a main ingredient in everything there.

 

[hinamanra]

If you want to see SPAM in bulk, go to Hawaii. It is a main ingredient in everything there.

I think I saw a Hawaiian spam cook book somewhere

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I did draw the line at Balut though.

YOU AND ME BOTH BROTHER!
Semper Fi

LD

 

[Vomir le Chien]

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.