Originally Posted By Mr X ..not the junk email) Anyone care to check for me next time you're at the grocery store? A Japanese friend of mine asked about it. It costs about $4-$5 per can over here, where it is considered something of a delicacy (go figure).
Originally Posted By Mr X Thanks, Russ. Could you give me a general idea of your location? (big city/countryside/general region etc...) Anyway, sounds like around half of what it costs in Japan...interesting...
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF $2.50 sounds about right. I live about an hour away from the SPAM Museum here in MN. It's a must-see. And you can get varieties of SPAM that are hard to find or unavailable in the U.S.
Originally Posted By Dave yummm, I had some Spam Masubi for dinner and have leftovers in the frige. X, they even sell single slices now at 7-11
Originally Posted By trekkeruss X, I'm in the D.C. area. But it's about the same price everywhere. The Spam museum is great! I really enjoyed being able to satisfy the urge to eat Spam at the diner across the street.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I just visited www.spam.com i have never heard of packaged Spam Hotdogs. Actually spam is not as cheap as one would expect but I figure we all will need to learn to be loving spam if the economy keeps "improving".
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I usually buy "fake" Spam...the Wal-Mart branded pork shoulder and ham in a can. It's under $2.00.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<you can get varieties of SPAM that are hard to find or unavailable in the U.S.>> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/rcjwzw" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/rcjwzw</a>
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I always kept it in the cupboard when the girls were growing up. None of us really liked it, so it would be there when things got tight (things were tight often back in those days) . I invented several recipes, like spam stroganoff, cowpoke hash and sloppy spams.
Originally Posted By iamsally Spam is a staple in Hawaii. I never developed a taste for it though. In the 90's it would go on sale 10 for $10. People bought it by the case.
Originally Posted By beamerdog >>Spam Masubi<< Ah, Phillies' Shane Victorino's favorite dish! I looked up how to make it on youtube. It's so simple and since I never ate Spam before, something neat to try
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Oh, wow! I didn't know about the hot dogs. Will have to look for them at the store. SPAM is something I can eat maybe once a year because of the amount of fat and sodium in it. I tried a can of SPAM Lite a few weeks ago, and it wasn't much better in that regard. Healthier, I guess, but not really. Turkey SPAM, however...I can eat that more often. It's quite good. Only thing is, if you're frying it you have to put a little bit of oil in the pan to get the SPAM to brown. SPAM with Bacon...egads. I love bacon, but this would be overload. They don't sell it anymore, but I tried a can of the limited edition Golden Grail SPAM that was created to promote "Spamalot." It was honey-roasted and pretty good.
Originally Posted By Mr X Thanks everyone. ***Its about 1.50 a can here in uk*** Wow. Is that in USD?
Originally Posted By Darkbeer >>Why is spam so popular in Hawaii?<< <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam</a>_(food) >>United States and territories In the United States, Spam is quite popular, but is sometimes associated with economic hardship, due to its relatively low cost. The residents of the state of Hawaii and the territories of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) consume the most Spam per capita in the United States. On average, each person on Guam consumes 16 tins of Spam each year and the numbers at least equal this in the CNMI. Guam, Hawaii, and Saipan, the CNMI's principal island, have the only McDonald's restaurants that feature Spam on the menu. Burger King, in Hawaii, began serving Spam in 2007 on its menu to compete with the local McDonald's chains. In Hawaii, Spam is so popular it is sometimes dubbed "The Hawaiian Steak". It is traditionally reheated (cooked), resulting in a different taste from Spam eaten by many Americans on the mainland, who may eat Spam cold. One popular Spam dish in Hawaii is Spam musubi, in which cooked Spam is combined with rice and nori seaweed and classified as onigiri. Spam was introduced into the aforementioned areas, in addition to other islands in the Pacific such as Okinawa and the Philippine Islands, during the U.S. military occupation in World War II. Since fresh meat was difficult to get to the soldiers on the front, World War II saw the largest use of Spam. GIs started eating Spam for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. (Some soldiers referred to Spam as "ham that didn't pass its physical" and "meatloaf without basic training".) Surpluses of Spam from the soldiers' supplies made their way into native diets. Consequently, Spam is a unique part of the history and effects of U.S. influence in the Pacific. The perception of Spam in Hawaii is very different from that on the mainland. Despite the large number of mainlanders who eat Spam, and the various recipes that have been made from it, Spam, along with most canned food, is often stigmatized on the mainland as "poor people food". In Hawaii, similar canned meat products such as Treet are referred to as "poor people Spam".<<
