Thoughts on SPAM "meat"

[Loyalist Dave]

only thing better is Scrapple,,,just do not read the label.

Kinda apples and oranges. (imho)
When I want a shelf stable ham "product" then SPAM works and is compact, (a dry, salt cured ham is better for flavor but comes in a bigger, single piece), dry cured bacon works great when I want bacon...,
but when I want scrapple or fried liver pudding, then those are what I want.
THEN there's braunschweiger (liver wurst)....and blood pudding...,
So you're quite right about not asking what's in the sausages nor in the scrapple...

LD

 

[appalichian hunter]

Spent 6 months in the Philippines after we came out of the evac. of Vietnam, Like you Dave I could not eat a Balut JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE BABY DUCK AND ALL THE THE OTHER HALF HATCHED PARTS A LOOKING AT YOU. Upon our arrival back at Camp Hanson Okinawa they must of run out of palatable food, for about a month it was red beans and rice 3 times a day. Probably would of paid 100.00 dollars for a cam of spam. Hell even the c-rats were better than the beans and rice. I like spam fried with potatoes and eggs for breakfast but the other half will not touch it. I guess time in the Corps will teach you eat what's available and ask no questions. We were on the northern training area in Okinawa on a escape and survival exercise and about the 5th day in one night my best friend ate one of the big slugs you see up there. I ask him what it tasted like and he stated kind of woody. We still laugh about it.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

Shelf stable ham product, why not just get a canned ham. Every home had at least one sitting in the back of a pantry for "emergencies" back in the 1950's and 1960's. My mom said in case unexpected relatives came by, you had something to feed them. I remember back when military rations had canned bread in them. Seemed like that was unnatural in several ways.

 

[sawyer04]

I purchased a can of spam last year and I thought is was nothing like I remember, real mushy. Before the days of so many food police bologna had everything in it, yes pig snouts and ears, plus the lites (lungs). The food today (store bought) is processed and spiced so much the nutrient is void, leaving the eater with hungry feelings. In the early 1950's fried bologna and eggs was a treat. Spam had more course texture and was good fried also.
If one is a trekker: it would benefit to find ways of processing the chow for oneself. A plain old oven can be used and a simple smoker can be built with charcoal as fuel.
Any processed meat product, no thanks for my part.

 

[Nyckname]

I purchased a can of spam last year and I thought is was nothing like I remember, real mushy.

If there is a Dollar Tree near you, see if they stock Classic Luncheon Loaf from Bristol Brand. Yes, a knock-off Spam. It's firm, and doesn't have the gelatin in the tin that the original does.

 

[Billy Boy]

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

Do you own stock in the company that makes Pepto-Bismal?

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Shelf stable ham product, why not just get a canned ham. Every home had at least one sitting in the back of a pantry for "emergencies" back in the 1950's and 1960's. My mom said in case unexpected relatives came by, you had something to feed them. I remember back when military rations had canned bread in them. Seemed like that was unnatural in several ways.

Portion size and packing size is all, and when SPAM is on sale and DAK ham is not.... I found it's easier to pack the square tins of SPAM compared to the oval tins of DAK.

You can still find canned "pilot bread" if you look hard...

LD

 

[Jamie from Alberta]

I always have atleast a can or two on the shelf. Fried or straight from the can. Gel is delicious too.
Watched a really good video on YouTube on homemade Spam. Someday I’ll do up a batch.
I found some flavoured Spam at an oriental grocery so i picked up a can of spicy Saracha and Teryaki
The Saracha one was delicious
Dollar store also has some half cans which are perfect when you don’t feel like sharing the delicious most wonderful canned treasure.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Dollar store also has some half cans which are perfect when you don’t feel like sharing the delicious most wonderful canned treasure.

HALF CANS ?? Even better!

Yeah I saw there are 15 flavors...I want to find SPAM w/Chorizo, Jalapeno SPAM, and SPAM with Portuguese Sausage..., but since the stuff is sold in 44 countries I fear some of the flavors may not be easily found in the USA.

LD

 

[sawyer04]

If there is a Dollar Tree near you, see if they stock Classic Luncheon Loaf from Bristol Brand. Yes, a knock-off Spam. It's firm, and doesn't have the gelatin in the tin that the original does.

I have a dollar tree locally, I am going to look around. Thanks

 

[mwsalter]

spam doesn’t have as much gelatin as it used too. If you wanted gelatin, those canned chickens had them all beat. But my favorite was headcheese, with mustard and onion - what a sandwich! The deli doesn’t carry it anymore because not many people eat headcheese. Sad

 

[Enfieldguy]

Folk who bash SPAM don't know what they're missing. Sliced up in 1/2" slabs and fried up with a little bacon grease and broken up hardtack crackers, a few drops of tabasco or barbeque sauce,....Good eatin'. Or roasted plain over a camp fire on the tip of a bayonet. Mmmm...mm!

 

[mechteacher]

I have found over 20 spam varieties. Bacon, lite, low sodium, turkey ( I don't care for), and many more.
I prefer original sliced and fried. It is a staple in many Pacific countries. You can lookup the history of spam but I prefer to eat it!

 

[mechteacher]

Try search for Spam on Amazon and I got six pages of items. Some were thing to go with Spam for diner.

 

[hawkeye2]

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.

I'd go for the stray cat or starve first. Spam makes hot dogs look like gormet food.

 

[tenngun]

Folk who bash SPAM don't know what they're missing. Sliced up in 1/2" slabs and fried up with a little bacon grease and broken up hardtack crackers, a few drops of tabasco or barbeque sauce,....Good eatin'. Or roasted plain over a camp fire on the tip of a bayonet. Mmmm...mm!

Bacon grease, hard tack, tobasco and barbarque sauce... puts me in mind of the carp cooked on pine board recipe

 

[Eutycus]

I love a couple of slices of Spam with crackers every now and then. It would be a differant story if I had to eat it on a regular basis. But I'm like that on most good foods. Now and Then!

 

[OLD CROW]

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.

BOLOGNA, 1/2'' thick......fried or in a sandwich, like a HAWKEN GUN ya can't go no better !!!

 

[OLD CROW]

price of spam at local wal-mart is on par with a aaa-alberta steak.....
the dollar store variety when cooked while out in the mountains is a fine feast,iffin the trout don't bite.
after a bit of a gafuffle with a lumber camp ''chef'', the bull came in to straighten things out.
when he heard my side of the discussion,he said Son,we're along way from town.....the tug(Boat) won't be back for a week.....so you are stuck here.....the chow, its all you can eat.....its not pretty and it don't taste all that good but it will keep you alive and that's what counts.....
lunchen meat,i'll eat it any day......

 

[OLD CROW]

looks like I'm not the only one who knows good eats,hidden in plain site at the store !!!!!!!!
beats tofu and soy milk,.