Spam (meat) alert!

[les.b]

Ambrosia!! I got back from the store, two thick slices of Spam (not turkey or low fat...just the plain old kind I loved as a kid), fried them in a skillet until brown, melted thick slices of sharp cheddar cheese on top of them, put on some hot toasted Italian hard crust bread, a little horseradish mustard on them......mmmmmmmm!!

Thanks again, Texas Star!!

Best Regards, Les

 

[MORSNO]

Spam rocks! Growing up in Minnesota, it was a local food. Have you seen the square Spam farm animals? The males are square, but usually all you see are the females from the road. I've was reassured many times as a child that the males were square.

 

[LostintheOzone]

I've been poisoned by food before. I was on the road and I hit a Mexican fast food joint. I think it hit me about 4-6 hours after I ate the contaminated food. That was most excruciating. Like Rosanna Rosanna Dana, I thought I was gonna die. The person I was traveling with got nailed about 4 hours after I did, same symptoms. All together I think it lasted about 6 hours and I was totally over it.

I don't think you had a very severe case of food poisoning. I had severe cramps, diarrhea, vomiting and a fever. Literally puts you down like a bad case of the flu.

Here's hoping you never get a bad case of food poisoning.

 

[snuffy51]

Cans of spam make real good reactive targets.

 

[Steve912]

Cans of spam make real good reactive targets.

Stick a couple of cans in the trauma plate pocket
of yer vest...

 

[DeathGrip]

I hope I never have to eat spam again. I had it as a youth. I haven't had it again.

I was in the Army until the early 80's. We had good food. I don't remember being offered Spam.

 

[Lt JL]

no toxin with any self respect would take up residence in a can of Spam.

 

[ParadiseRoad]

 

[ParadiseRoad]

 

[RobertJ.]

Chopped pig lips and tongues
Suspended in gelatin
Forced into a can


What more can be said?
The delectable pink chunk
Is truly timeless


Sliding in my bowels
Greasy, salty ham flavor
Belching Spam is fun

Gelatinous mold
Metal lid squirts juice on hand
I don't think you're meat

How was the Spam?
I lifted a buttock, and
Let my response escape.

My apologies, but no Spam thread is complete without a haiku!

And BTW, I grew up in Alaska, and I still love fried Spam and toast!

 

[ParadiseRoad]

 

[ParadiseRoad]

 

[ExcitableBoy]

Spam is just plain ol' pure EVIL!!!

Roadkill in a can!!!

 

[rond]

If you look at the ingredients you would see that they now add chicken to Spam and it is just not the same to me. The plain and bacon Spam are the only ones I've found without chicken.

 

[nachogrande]

THE HISTORY OF SPAM

In the beginning, the name was originally SPLAM which stood for someone please light a match. The early cans would come with a pack of matches, but some creative pranksters started the trend of igniting the resultant flatus which caused several burns & fires, so the L was dropped in the interest of safety. This history lesson & PSA has been brought to you by delicious SPAM.

 

[walkin jack]

Taylor Ham???

This has been bugging me for years. Perhaps some of youse Yankees can shed a little light. In 2005 I had occasion to spend a few days with some friends I met on the internet on the Jersey Shore. The culture at that time and place was that people more or less lived in bars.

My first night there I was sitting at the bar with my pals and everyone ordered an order of clams. Not bad but kind of like eating fried rubber bands.

Later someone stared taking about TAYLOR HAM. Everyone was raving about it. Well you know, when in Rome and all that..... I took bite and had to struggle not to hurl. It was SPAM!

They all swore it was NOT spam it was TAYLOR HAM. I never really found out the truth to my satisfaction. The experience is now in the distant past so I can discuss it without having to leave the room so I have conquered my fear and I would love to finally know the answer to the big question in my life: Is Taylor Ham the same thing as spam?

 

[Arik]

I live only an hour or so drive from the Jersey shore and have never heard of Taylor Ham.

Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

 

[nachogrande]

TAYLOR HAM?

PER GOOGLE: a pork BASED processed meat, AKA pork roll, "NJ's favorite meat" . The Grey Poupon rich cousin of spam?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Taylor Ham is apparently a new product.
Only made since 1856!
The online description sounds a lot like Spam.
So I'm not exactly surprised that it tastes like Spam!

Pork roll - Wikipedia

 

[ditrina]

This has been bugging me for years. Perhaps some of youse Yankees can shed a little light. In 2005 I had occasion to spend a few days with some friends I met on the internet on the Jersey Shore. The culture at that time and place was that people more or less lived in bars.

My first night there I was sitting at the bar with my pals and everyone ordered an order of clams. Not bad but kind of like eating fried rubber bands.

Later someone stared taking about TAYLOR HAM. Everyone was raving about it. Well you know, when in Rome and all that..... I took bite and had to struggle not to hurl. It was SPAM!

They all swore it was NOT spam it was TAYLOR HAM. I never really found out the truth to my satisfaction. The experience is now in the distant past so I can discuss it without having to leave the room so I have conquered my fear and I would love to finally know the answer to the big question in my life: Is Taylor Ham the same thing as spam?

Absolutely NOT!!

The perfect Jersey breakfast!!