I've been wanting to try this for quite sometime but, not at the price per pound that HEBs sells it at. They have it listed here, for about $11 bucks a pound. Anyway, Walmart of all places, has it at $6.99 to about $7.49 per pound. I've seen that this stuff is the real deal and not that 'regurgitated' stuff.

Anyway, just bought some of this stuff and is excellent!! Anyone else here eat this stuff as sandwiches?

I do all the time, good stuff and good priced too. Try Wally Worlds Farmers Brand ham, best I've had since I was a kid.

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I will. Going there in about an hour.

I do like Boars Head!
First I insisted that I get a sworn statement that it was not made from a pig's head.
Does the word souse sound familiar?
How bout Hoghead cheese?
These are old school- old foods. Mostly jellied Jowl fat.
Have eat them as a kid out in the rural zone.

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I get the roast beef.

$9.99 If you buy a pound of their meat you get a half pound of their cheeze. I get the Havarti.

I'll make a couple of sandwiches and freeze the rest for later. That usually ends up with gravy over rice or mashed potatoes.

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I love BBQ spam or very thick sliced bologna. Add fries and some good peppers. Makes me happy.

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I like that.

Ate a lot of things that most folks wouldn't recognize in the "rural zone"

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Gotta see a pic, never heard of it.

Prima Della cold cuts and cheeses are the real deal. I get the ham off the bone and smoked provolone cheese. The price per pound here can't be beat anywhere.
If you are concerned about your sodium and preservative intake ask to see the nutritional info. You will be pleasantly surprised.

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It's good stuff. I like to get the corned beef and make Ruebens.

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I haven't seen BBQ spam here yet but, Bologna I can't 'do' ever since I saw how its made when my school was on a trip to a meat-packing plant back many decades ago.

The correct spelling is: Prima Della. I can't post pics on this machine or I would. If you have an HEBs or a Walmart near? those are two places I see it sold at. Walmart is a few bucks cheaper per pound and just as fresh. However, if you want fruits and veggies? DON'T get them at Walmart. They are storage items and nowhere near as fresh.

Slice the spam about 3/8" thick. I like to put the slices (Spam or Bologna) in a baggie with plenty of good BBQ sauce and let it sit for awhile. Grease a pan a little, put in the (meat??) and sauce and bake it at about 250 for a little while. The (meat??) doesn't really need to cook much and just needs to get hot. If in a hurry, just throw it in an iron skillet, pour in plenty of sauce and heat it up good, on stove or fire.

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Prima Della? I think I know her.
Did she ever live down near San Benito?

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The HEB house-brand Spam is as good as the Spam brand, at least in my opinion, and somewhat less expensive. My preference in Spam sandwiches is just to warm up the Spam slices a little in the microwave, not to the point of hot, then add a slice of American cheese, mayonnaise and mustard on whole wheat bread. The local Wal-Mart frequently has their sliced deli sandwich meats (i.e., in the deli section) marked down to half-price in the evenings, also sliced deli cheeses. I always stock up if I see them.

HEB has a lot of store brand stuff, & a lot of it is excellent. If you like pimento cheese spread, try their brand. It's very good. I also buy a lot of their chips; they are quite a bit cheaper than Lays & have more varieties of the low sodium stuff.

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My Italian is a little rusty, but doesn't prima della mean "before"? Before what? Or not literally translated, maybe "first class". That would make more sense. Hmmmm....

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Is this pre-packaged or deli sliced?

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I consider spam equal to dog food and the last spam I bought went to the dog. he loves it.
Processed meats are not healthy eating. They are loaded with salts and preservatives.

Mmm, my wife makes killer Rubens! Home made Russian dressing and the marbled Rye is made fresh and cut thick from a local deli/ bakery. Try one with Pastrami. It's excellent!!

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Sorry, but I gotta draw the line at ...BBQ Spam !

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Deli here. Sliced to order,Thick or thin, However you like it. !

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I don't eat bologna, salami, etc. Too health risky.

I do love Spam. Fry it enough to where it's heated and put it on whole wheat bread with Grey Poupon Country Style Dijon mustard. If I have salad in a bag, I add that. Or, slice it and use as the meat for a real meal.

HEB is a Texas grocery chain that owns Central Market, as their high end stores. I do get deli meat at a Central Market and like their ham and turkey, fresh sliced. They also have real imported Danish Havarti cheese and excellent Muenster.

Locally, the Kroger chain carries the Boar's Head brand of meats, and they are excellent. I eat both the turkey and the ham.

Central Market also has the freshest produce and all sorts of exotic items. It pays to smell the fish, though. But they do have good deli roasted chickens. And as good a wine selection as anyone I've seen. My son takes his wife there when in town for a coffee blend that she especially likes, although they now get that at an HEB store near San Antonio.

Central Market carries the Taylor's of Harrogate tea that I sometimes mention here. It holds a Royal Warrant of appointment as supplier of teas to the Prince of Wales. The boxes carry his crest, by Royal permission.

The really expensive deli meat is a ham from Spain that costs about $200 lb., as I recall. It's made in a region that raises a special breed of boar that is fed on acorns and is considered a delicacy. The Scots girl who lives with her man in Spain and who no longer posts here suggested it, as did the Marine warrant officer who married the daughter of a Spanish diplomat. He also no longer posts here, but had some interesting things to say when he did.

I know the name of this ham if I see it. The boars are a special black-hooved breed. Does anyone know what I mean?

I have so far not felt financially qualified to try this very expensive ham. Has anyone eaten it? Anyway, Central Mkt. is the only store here that stocks it. They have an upscale clientele.

A while back here in town - an irate Estranged husband jumped over the Walmart Deli Counter and started stabbing his wife who worked there.
A customer who just happened to be a legal CC yelled at him to stop!
He yelled I have a gun, stop or I will shoot you!
The mad guy keep on stabbing, and the CC carry guy did shoot him.
This did happen a few years ago now, but I just knew that Ringo always likes to hear CC tales.
And it's the only Walmart Deli CC story that I know!

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I called a Central Mkt. store and they still sell that expensive Spanish ham. The girl on the phone said it's called Iberica de Belota and is the Fermin brand.
It 's only $179.99 a lb.

But the brand I read earlier incorporates the Spanish words for "black-hooved", I think. It probably says Jamon de (whatever) on the packaging.

I don't read Italian well, but think the Prima Della that Ringo mentioned probably means Prime Deli. Who here has Italian? Sal?

When I'm not being cheap and buying bologna I like the Prima Della roast beef.

Any Italians here? Google Translate gives "Prima Della" as "Before the"

Honey maple ham and honey maple turkey here. $6.99/lb. Absolutely wonderful.

No but, that's the town my Salsa Verde lady lives in and makes all her goodies. Its located about 7 miles east of Harlingen. Just cross the old railroad bridge sand fer practically there.

I do that too, just use a toaster oven. Speaking of bread, I just discovered this this morning. If you have a Dollar Tree near you? they sell Nature's Own whole wheat bread for $1, HEBs its about $3 for same size bag. Now if I can only get them to start carrying loaves of Roman Meal bread...........

Try their Texas brand of corn chips. They make the best chip for nachos or just to use in dipping in Salsa Verde or queso. They sell three flavors, regular, spicy and lime. I like all but the lime. These all come in a brown/tan bag.

I couldn't say but, maybe Dtrina knows? Didn't he have an Italian restaurant?

Deli sliced. I get one pound of any type of their hams and turkey. I get them sliced at 1 and 1/2 thickness.

That's why my days of buying packaged lunch meat, are behind me. The only exception I'm making for processed...is an occasional spam. My brother on the other hand, is can and processed food kind of guy.

They sell the sliced meats to make that too, but I haven't tried it yet.

I think they ser opening a Central Market here. But I thought it was going to be more like a large fruit and veggie stand? Anyway, its in an old CVS pharmacy building. I'll know more next time I'm going down Staples near Weber.

Snubby's wife.....

Ringo-

If it's like the Central Markets in the D-FW region, you have a pleasant surprise coming. But they're not known for low prices.

I've never been in one. I wonder if they are like what Sun Harvest was? or like Sprouts is? I'm interested in going but more for fresh fruits and veggies.

Prima Della= First of..

My best guess would be Prima Della Casa

The first of the house..

Shortened to mean Prima Della or,loosely
The First/Best of
TAVERN HAM.. Etc.

Then again the folks who own Prima Foods are GREEKAnd we may have lost something in the translation Looks like a first class operation..

Prima Foods

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Awww The old Souse...Grandpaw loved that stuff. He
especially liked to get it fresh from the local Meat locker.
Pig snout, jowls, pretty much the meat from the whole
head. Chopped up and slapped together.

Chuck

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Some taxi driver told me about Sprouts, but I've never been in one. However, you WILL find excellent fresh fruit and veg. in a Central Market and a very strong deli counter where you can buy cooked veg. and meats, mostly celestial, and not just in price.

The deli section where they slice meat and cheese is separate, behind the one where you buy the take-out meals. Central Mkt. is easily the finest grocer I've ever been in. Think Whole Foods, but better, in my opinion.

Where they're weak is in normal canned foods at common prices. But they're usually near a conventional grocer. I just hate having to make two stops to get everything.

I'd go by a Cent. Mkt. just to get a better tea selection, esp. that Taylor's of Harrogate option. But they have more varieties of Twining's tea than the "regular" grocers here, too.

And the HEB orange juice, the Most Pulp sort is the best. The egg selection is outstanding, and the bakery is the best I've seen.

I won't buy bakery goods at the nearest Kroger, after observing who works there and seeing them roll dough on an open metal counter, not on paper.

Only Central Market I have been in is one in Ft. Worth.
They have great sandwiches!
They had more varieties of potatoes than I have ever seen anywhere.
We got Sprouts here, there's one just down the street.

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The bad thing about sprouts here in corpus, is their stuff isn't *** good as should be. I tried finding fresh figs over the summer, all they had were badly abused and squishy messes. Their selection of nuts, is a great selection, but priced too high.

I do better at small temporary fruit stands. Trouble is, you never know when or where they will set up shop.