Originally Posted By RoadTrip YES!! I'm a closet Spam eater. I'm embarrassed to buy the stuff, so I have my wife buy it when I'm not with her. When we get it home I kind of tuck it away in the back of a cabinet where no one else is likely to see it. But I love the stuff. My favorite way to eat it is sliced and fried. Sometimes I slice it really thin and fry it until its crisp. It's like bacon but better. Sometimes I make it like ham... score the top and cover it with pineapple. They now sell Spam Burgers at the Minnesota State Fair and those are pretty darned good too. The only way I don't like it very much is using it straight out of the can, cut into little strips and used in a salad like ham. In its uncooked state it is a little too easy to see that it is, indeed, mystery meat!
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF YES! I can eat regular SPAM only once a year or so, but if I need a SPAM fix I opt for the turkey SPAM. It tastes almost as good and has much less fat and sodium. It doesn't brown very well, though, so a tiny bit of oil is needed to achieve it. Trippy, have you been down to Austin to the SPAM Museum? It's a fun trip!
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF (Oh, and I also like Velveeta. But I can't have it and SPAM at the same time. That's a bit much, even for me.)
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Mmmmm, SPAM. That's Shoulder Pork and Ham, for you laymen. I like to make Spam Masubi... so very Hawaiian, and yummy! If you pick up a can, read the small print on the back, underneath the recipe. An example: "So. Now you know another of the many secrets of SPAM. This knowledge carries much responsibility. It gives you the power to feed yourself and others. You wield a delicious skill that has far-reaching consequences. Please do not use it for evil."
Originally Posted By mawnck Yes! <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Spam-Musubi" target="_blank">http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a- Spam-Musubi</a> <a href="http://www.viamagazine.com/top_stories/articles/hawaiian_food05.asp" target="_blank">http://www.viamagazine.com/top _stories/articles/hawaiian_food05.asp</a> <a href="http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2005-06-30/" target="_blank">http://www.charlesphoenix.com/ 2005-06-30/</a>
Originally Posted By sherrytodd Man: You sit here, dear. Wife: All right. Man: Morning! Waitress: Morning! Man: Well, what've you got? Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam; Vikings: Spam spam spam spam... Waitress: ...spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam... Vikings: Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Waitress: ...or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam. Wife: Have you got anything without spam? Waitress: Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it. Wife: I don't want ANY spam! Man: Why can't she have egg bacon spam and sausage? Wife: THAT'S got spam in it! Man: Hasn't got as much spam in it as spam egg sausage and spam, has it? Vikings: Spam spam spam spam... (Crescendo through next few lines...) Wife: Could you do the egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam then? Waitress: Urgghh! Wife: What do you mean 'Urgghh'? I don't like spam! Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Waitress: Shut up! Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can't have egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam. Wife: I don't like spam! Man: Sshh, dear, don't cause a fuss. I'll have your spam. I love it. I'm having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam! Vikings: Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off. Man: Well could I have her spam instead of the baked beans then? Waitress: You mean spam spam spam spam spam spam... (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words) Vikings: (Singing elaborately...) Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam!
Originally Posted By jonvn Um, no. Spam is revolting. What is worse is Underwood Deviled Chicken. I can deal with spam and their deviled ham, but the deviled chicken makes me gag.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss It's funny how that "How to make SPAM Masubi" link shows a picture with a knock-off brand of SPAM.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I'm torn on the Spam subject. I really don't like it but my dad ate it while I was growing up so it reminds me of my childhood. I have to sneek and eat Vienna Sausages when my husband isn't looking. He makes faces at me if he catches me, but I can eat a whole can.
Originally Posted By fkurucz My wife showed me some WW2 vintage copies of Better Homes & Gardens. Besides the victory garden tips and recipes for cooking meals using minimal amounts of meat, sugar, etc., it was full of adds for Spam and other "luncheaon meats" from other brands, 3 or 4 IIRC. I am guessing that Spam was on the dinner menu a lot the during the war. I also recall an episode of MASH where a hospital patient with a knack for cooking made Spam Parmesan.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I can understand where your husband is coming from. The texture of Vienna Sausages is like baby food. I wouldn't feed them to my dog.
Originally Posted By mele No. My aunt used to eat Spam and mayo sandwiches. She would glop the mayo on so that it squished out when she bit into the sandwich. Then she'd wash it all down with a giant glass of whole milk. Oh, and she'd like the mayo off of the knife. Blech
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Could be worse. Several years back, one of the local newspapers ran a competition for the most disgusting food combination as devised and eaten by readers. All the entries were compiled, a few were chosen, and the whole report was printed in the newspaper's weekend supplement. Amidst amateurish kid stuff like peanut butter 'n pickle sandwiches and the like, the winner: A construction worker took a lunch almost every day that would, among other things, consist of a can of sardines and a package of Twinkies. (You can tell where this is going.) He would eat his sardines and use the Twinkies to mop up the goop inside the tin.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Yeah, SPAM was used quite a bit during the war, and as much as soldiers loved to hate it, they took that love/hate relationship back home and continued to eat it. Hormel has a SPAM museum in Austin, MN, a portion of which is devoted to the war years. It's actually a very fun and interesting sight. <a href="http://www.spam.com/museum/" target="_blank">http://www.spam.com/museum/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm all about some Spam. I realize that it's not really real food, but that doesn't make it any less good. (I also like Velveeta too, but not with Spam...ick!)
Originally Posted By Kala Spam=Hawaiian steak - YES! Spam and eggs in the morning, chopped up in my ramen. Spam musubi anytime! :9 I now eat it in moderation once a month maybe,low sodium version.
