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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Jun 15, 2021 9:14:18 GMT
I see spam has pride of place on my local supermarket shelves. Why?
Shouldn't it be in the cat food aisle?
I have heard of people who eat the stuff and even have recipes to make it marginally edible, so I bought a can.
Pretty expensive, double the price of corned beef (i tried that a while ago and it and I couldn't understand why anybody would eat it in favour of real corned beef) and slightly dearer than canned ham.
Wha? It tastes like poor quality ham mixed with flour, quite bland and with a disgusting pasty texture.
Am I missing something? Is spam the food of the gods and I just don't know how to prepare it, or don't appreciate it?
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jun 15, 2021 11:36:49 GMT
I never liked SPAM. When WKD and I were in Hawaii (getting married) I noticed that SPAM was very popular and on the menu of many local restaurants. I guess it became popular during WW2 due to the shortage of meat.
I do keep a can of corned beef on hand for my hurricane supplies. When I use it up every few months, I make a hash with potatoes, sweet onions, butter and corned beef (Betty Crocker recipe) and it tastes pretty good, not something I would eat all the time but once in a while is ok.
I noticed that SPAM is getting popular again , i.e. Spam tacos so that's probably why its getting expensive for what it is. It's looks like it just gelatin and fat. Some people love it. Its too fat and greasy for me.
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Jun 15, 2021 12:27:51 GMT
I never liked SPAM. When WKD and I were in Hawaii (getting married) I noticed that SPAM was very popular and on the menu of many local restaurants. I guess it became popular during WW2 due to the shortage of meat. I do keep a can of corned beef on hand for my hurricane supplies. When I use it up every few months, I make a hash with potatoes, sweet onions, butter and corned beef (Betty Crocker recipe) and it tastes pretty good, not something I would eat all the time but once in a while is ok. I noticed that SPAM is getting popular again , i.e. Spam tacos so that's probably why its getting expensive for what it is. It's looks like it just gelatin and fat. Some people love it. Its too fat and greasy for me. I'm having corned beef for dinner tomorrow. Real corned beef. My mother taught me a pretty good white sauce to go with the cabbage, a proper Irish dish.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jun 15, 2021 14:40:24 GMT
I never liked SPAM. When WKD and I were in Hawaii (getting married) I noticed that SPAM was very popular and on the menu of many local restaurants. I guess it became popular during WW2 due to the shortage of meat. I do keep a can of corned beef on hand for my hurricane supplies. When I use it up every few months, I make a hash with potatoes, sweet onions, butter and corned beef (Betty Crocker recipe) and it tastes pretty good, not something I would eat all the time but once in a while is ok. I noticed that SPAM is getting popular again , i.e. Spam tacos so that's probably why its getting expensive for what it is. It's looks like it just gelatin and fat. Some people love it. Its too fat and greasy for me. I'm having corned beef for dinner tomorrow. Real corned beef. My mother taught me a pretty good white sauce to go with the cabbage, a proper Irish dish. I cook "real" corned beef in the crock pot with cabbage, onions and beer. I haven't made it in a long time - on St. Pat's day we now have Colcannon. I've read several places that the typical corned beef & cabbage dish is an Irish-American dish.
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Post by onethreetwo on Jun 15, 2021 14:42:57 GMT
I like Spam. 🤷
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 15, 2021 15:08:01 GMT
It's very popular in Hawaii. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
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Post by Catman on Jun 15, 2021 16:35:10 GMT
Curiously, there is a company which makes vegan spam.
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Post by novastar6 on Jun 15, 2021 17:07:42 GMT
We buy Treet.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jun 15, 2021 17:33:31 GMT
I don't eat as much of it now because it's very salty, but I just cut into slices and fry on a pan. On the side along with eggs or in a sandwich.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jun 15, 2021 18:24:17 GMT
Curiously, there is a company which makes vegan spam. What's vegan spam made of Catman?
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jun 15, 2021 18:28:23 GMT
I've never tried Treet novastar, is it like SPAM ? I see it the stores sometimes.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jun 15, 2021 18:32:15 GMT
I just Googled SPAM - Micky D's offer Spam sandwiches!!! I wonder if they call it McSpam.
edit: I meant to say that in Hawaii Micky D's have Spam sandwiches/
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Post by novastar6 on Jun 15, 2021 22:03:12 GMT
I've never tried Treet novastar, is it like SPAM ? I see it the stores sometimes.
As far as I can tell it's the same thing, just cheaper.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 15, 2021 23:19:55 GMT
Spam is delicious.
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Post by goz on Jun 16, 2021 6:24:17 GMT
Spam I Am Green Eggs and Ham
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Jun 16, 2021 8:34:01 GMT
I'm having corned beef for dinner tomorrow. Real corned beef. My mother taught me a pretty good white sauce to go with the cabbage, a proper Irish dish. I cook "real" corned beef in the crock pot with cabbage, onions and beer. I haven't made it in a long time - on St. Pat's day we now have Colcannon. I've read several places that the typical corned beef & cabbage dish is an Irish-American dish. My family has an Irish background. Maybe that's why corned beef and cabbage or cauliflower is a staple here. Corn beef sandwiches for a week.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 19, 2021 9:25:16 GMT
I like SPAM.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jun 19, 2021 16:54:59 GMT
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Post by divtal on Jun 19, 2021 18:49:42 GMT
I liked Spam sandwiches, when I was a kid. I had very sophisticated taste ... white bread, and yellow mustard.  A few years ago, I made one for "old times' sake." It was revoltingly salty! I tried the low sodium Spam, and it didn't have much flavor. Now, when I think of Spam, I think of Monty Python. |
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Post by petrolino on Jun 20, 2021 1:07:10 GMT
I try to keep tins of corned beef and spam on tap. Delicioso.
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