Do You Eat (Hormel) Spam?

[joeintexas]

Haven't had it in ages since the wife doesn't care for it, but I always liked a fried spam, tomato and mayo sandwich. I like the bacon spam best.

 

[LostintheOzone]

I might have me some spam a couple of times a year. And only when the wife is gone for the weekend. I'll pay cash for it so I doesn't show up on any debit card receipt. I'll bury the empty can deep in the garbage in case she should be able to glimpse even the slighted evidence of it being in her house.

My wife doesn't have to see it... she can smell it.

 

[soFlaNative]

Can't you guys cook Spam by yourselves? Must your wives oversee/approve and cook everything?

Sure hope you were smiling when you wrote that.

 

[41]

Take some and put it in a hollowed out bell pepper. Bake it for about 45 mins to an hour, and that's a great meal.

I remember my mother making stuffed peppers with diced Spam, corn,onions and potatoes.

In the old days we took Spam on camping trips for breakfast with fried eggs.

Otherwise, I probably haven't eaten Spam in 40 years or more. The fat and salt long term would require a new liver and I am too old to go through a transplant. And how would you know that the transplant liver had not come from a Spam eater?

 

[Goldstar225]

I ate spam occasionally as a kid. After a few decades I decided to give it a try earlier this year. Tasted worse than I remembered.

 

[DeathGrip]

Jay, you and some others posting here fail to see the merit in this. If you buy Spam or sardines, relatively few women will get into your personal food stash. It'll be there when you want it.

I see the reasoning in this if your married but suggest to the single guys to not let them see this stash of goodness.

 

[ParadiseRoad]

Chilled Night Train.

 

[Fishslayer]

Spam is kind of like Scrapple or Slim Jims...People always have to say "Do you know what that's made of?" Frankly,I don't care if it tastes good.

You tell those people "Shut yo' mouf!"

Spam is wonderful. AFAIK it's mostly good ol' pork. Last time I looked Hawaii was the number one consumer by state.

Spam is wonderful! I'm having the Spam, Spam, Spam, eggs, Spam, Spam, sausage & Spam!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE[/ame]

 

[ParadiseRoad]

 

[finesse_r]

Chocolate as well as honey never goes bad. The honey just needs to be reheated and will be the same as new. Scientists found some that was supposedly 2,000 years old and supposedly tried it. Chocolate just turns white.

I did not know about the chocolate but several jars of honey should be part of any prepper’s storehouse of food. I have about 4 jars that are well over a decade old in my emergency food stock. I don't have any Spam, however. LOL

 

[Texas Star]

My favorite way is at room temperature in a sandwich with wheat bread, mayonnaise, mustard, and a slice of American cheese. 4 sandwiches per can.

I usually buy the house brand sold at the Texas H-E-B supermarket chain. Tastes exactly the same as SPAM and about 30% cheaper. I wouldn't be surprised it is made by Hormel.

I think the H-E-B orange juice with lots of pulp is also the best orange juice in a carton.

They also operate the fancier Central Market stores in certain large TX cities.

 

[Frank46]

Fry up some slices about 1/4" thick, nice raw onion and some sweet pickle relish on Italian bread.Mashed up and mixed in with the eggs and you have a spamomlet. Can of Bush baked beans honey flavor with some spam mixed in. don't forget the mayo and leave off the rabbit food. Frank

 

[CajunBass]

If I had a choice between fried Spam and country ham, with my eggs in the morning....it would be a tough call.

Spam...white bread, fresh 'maters, lettuce, a little pepper, and DUKE'S mayonnaise....Ummmmm Ummmmmm Good!

Slice, dice it, fry it...mix it with mac and cheese...and I have to smack my wife's hands to keep her from taking the last of it.

 

[Iggy]

I grew up on a ranch before electricity, refrigeration, etc., Everything we ate was canned. Spam, Sardines, Vienna Sausages, Pork and beans,Chili Con Carne. I got enough of that stuff as a kid and I ain't goin' back for nostalgia. Not only no, but hell no!!

 

[GatorFarmer]

Chilled Night Train.

Whoo-eee. That there is some fancy livin, taking the time to chill it and all.

Us less fancified folk just chug it straight out of a paper bag.

 

[DWalt]

I remember something I saw several years ago on one of those food programs they used to have have every so often on The History Channel. It said that during WWII, almost all meat consumed by the British population was Spam, and they had developed hundreds of recipes for Spam dishes. Anyone remember the "Spam Lamb" M*A*S*H episode? A Greek Colonel thanks the 4077th by giving them food and drink for an Easter celebration. But the feast is foiled when softhearted Radar saves the main course from the spit - a lamb, which Radar tricks Henry into giving a medical discharge and sends home to Ottumwa, Iowa. Thus, Hawkeye and Trapper invent the famed Spam Lamb!

 

[the ringo kid]

I remember my mother making stuffed peppers with diced Spam, corn,onions and potatoes.

In the old days we took Spam on camping trips for breakfast with fried eggs.

Otherwise, I probably haven't eaten Spam in 40 years or more. The fat and salt long term would require a new liver and I am too old to go through a transplant. And how would you know that the transplant liver had not come from a Spam eater?

Ever had spam spaghetti? Don't, its nasty. I made it once, tried a few bites and then threw it to the stray dogs hanging around at that time. I noticed no strays hanging around after, and always wondered if the dog pound picked them up by chance? Or if that concoction chased them away. I'll never know......

 

[the ringo kid]

I did not know about the chocolate but several jars of honey should be part of any prepper’s storehouse of food. I have about 4 jars that are well over a decade old in my emergency food stock. I don't have any Spam, however. LOL

Sarge Bill told me about the chocolate. He was in during Nam, and said they regularly are c-rations dating back to WW1. HE said the chocolate did too, and was always white when they opened it, but still tasted good.

I have a few cans of spam I can always spare if you need it, but it ain't vintage.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Ever had spam spaghetti? Don't, its nasty. I made it once, tried a few bites and then threw it to the stray dogs hanging around at that time. I noticed no strays hanging around after, and always wondered if the dog pound picked them up by chance? Or if that concoction chased them away. I'll never know......

How does it compare to canned tamales?
When we were kids, we would have local camp outs like in cow pastures.
And we would often have Spam, usually fried.
This is how you can tell the camp food is getting bad. Really bad.
The dogs all go home.

 

[the ringo kid]

I remember something I saw several years ago on one of those food programs they used to have have every so often on The History Channel. It said that during WWII, almost all meat consumed by the British population was Spam, and they had developed hundreds of recipes for Spam dishes. Anyone remember the "Spam Lamb" M*A*S*H episode? A Greek Colonel thanks the 4077th by giving them food and drink for an Easter celebration. But the feast is foiled when softhearted Radar saves the main course from the spit - a lamb, which Radar tricks Henry into giving a medical discharge and sends home to Ottumwa, Iowa. Thus, Hawkeye and Trapper invent the famed Spam Lamb!

One of my favorite episodes. The other is when they steal Henrys desk.