"Now bring us some figgy pudding..."
BUT, PLEASE NOT FROM SPAM!
As if the pre-season intrusion of Christmas (as mentioned in another thread) wasn't enough.
Figgy pudding Spam tastes like a hot dog fruitcake. Run away.
For reference, from Wikipedia:
But, as usual, YMMV (Your Merriment May Vary)
BUT, PLEASE NOT FROM SPAM!
As if the pre-season intrusion of Christmas (as mentioned in another thread) wasn't enough.
Figgy pudding Spam tastes like a hot dog fruitcake. Run away.
For reference, from Wikipedia:
Figgy Pudding (occasionally Piggy-Pudding) is a vague term used for a class of traditional Christmas dishes usually forming sweet and savory cakes, containing a sour-sweet creamy layer of honey, fruits and nuts. In later times, rum or other distilled alcohol became often added to enrich the fruitiness of the flavor.
I'll spare you reading the whole article with these excerpts:...The tins arrived wrapped in packaging that seemed, at first, to indicate that its processed-pig contents had been molded into the fluted shape of the old-school British sweet. But it soon became clear that no, in fact, it was just a standard block of Spam, merely flavored like the dessert. Still, I had more questions. What, exactly, does a figgy pudding pork product entail? According to the company, it’s the classic Spam, accented with notes of “cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and cloves, along with … fig and orange flavors.”
...I simply sliced it into slabs and pan-fried them until browned and lightly crisped on the outside. Of course, you can get more creative than I did: Our food stylist Lisa Cherkasky approximated the pudding shape displayed on the cans, slicing the block of meat to form long, skinny strips and then holding them together using a blob of mashed potatoes and topping them with pretty cranberries.
Or you could just pitch the tin directly into the trash, which is where it belongs...
This was, I was sure, the product of an unholy, eggnog-fueled tryst between a hot dog and a fruitcake, and I don’t mean that in a good way, as if there could possibly be a good way for such a monstrosity to taste. I feel the need to warn you and your kin — these are no good tidings.
...I simply sliced it into slabs and pan-fried them until browned and lightly crisped on the outside. Of course, you can get more creative than I did: Our food stylist Lisa Cherkasky approximated the pudding shape displayed on the cans, slicing the block of meat to form long, skinny strips and then holding them together using a blob of mashed potatoes and topping them with pretty cranberries.
Or you could just pitch the tin directly into the trash, which is where it belongs...
This was, I was sure, the product of an unholy, eggnog-fueled tryst between a hot dog and a fruitcake, and I don’t mean that in a good way, as if there could possibly be a good way for such a monstrosity to taste. I feel the need to warn you and your kin — these are no good tidings.
But, as usual, YMMV (Your Merriment May Vary)
North of the border?? Hormel is based in MN, but I'm sure they have distribution in FL. We can probably get this abomination up here in "snow-laden Canuckistan", but I won't be looking for it!
