Spam anyone?

[Capmaster]

Not that spam ..the original. Do you love it, or would you rather eat roadkill?
(The original name "SPAM" is a contraction and comes from "shoulder of pork with ham"). The original maker of Spam, Hormel, was tired of throwing away the pork shoulder, so they came up with a new product.

I personally love it - straight out of the can, fried, on wheat bread, with some miracle whip, cheese, lettuce and garlic powder, broiled, I even made Spam pizza once. Didn't turn out like I had hoped, though

[DVD_Ripper]

In-laws stopped at the SPAM Museum last summer (Yup, there really is one) and I got a really cool SPAM fly swatter.... very appropriate I thought... spam and fly's..

[tekkieman]

Due to a single parent household with 6 kids, we ate it a lot! Fried is good, if you dip it in some egg first. The best was baked with brown sugar and pineapple, with a cherry in the pineapple hole.

In Austin, TX, they have spam-o-rama every year. Everyone shows up with their best spam recipes. Very popular event there.

[888888]

I always found it weird how even though in popular culture, spam is a kind of poor person's food, like low class stuff, it is pretty expensive. I remember seeing it for several dollars for that small can. Not exactly the $1 Brazilian canned corned beef they sell in terms of value.

I have never tried spam but i have tried the corned beef which looks and probably tastes exactly like dog food. My girlfriend likes fried spam, maybe she will cook some up for me!

[Capmaster]

Due to a single parent household with 6 kids, we ate it a lot! Fried is good, if you dip it in some egg first. The best was baked with brown sugar and pineapple, with a cherry in the pineapple hole.

In Austin, TX, they have spam-o-rama every year. Everyone shows up with their best spam recipes. Very popular event there.

Sounds good .....guess what I'm having for lunch

Another bit of Spam trivia: Know what the Spam capital is?

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Hawaii! I was surprised too. It's all over the place there, on restaurant menus, Spam-kebob, you name it

My girlfriend likes fried spam, maybe she will cook some up for me!

Fried is my favorite way to eat Spam. YOu ought to give it a try ....and it's politically incorrect. All the more reason why I like it

[The village idiot]

And it lasts for a million years in that radiation proof can. There are worse food products on the shelves. Didn't they also make a low fat turky SPAM?

[flaninacupboard]

cap, if you've never seen it, go and buy monty pythons "Meaning of Life"

[Capmaster]

cap, if you've never seen it, go and buy monty pythons "Meaning of Life"

I've seen it, but it's been a few years. Do they make a Spam reference in there?

[pacmania_2001]

Another bit of Spam trivia: Know what the Spam capital is?

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Hawaii! I was surprised too. It's all over the place there, on restaurant menus, Spam-kebob, you name it

Have you seen the Adam Sandler movie 50 First Dates? It features a spam/Hawaii reference.

It's set in Hawaii and the cafe he and Drew Barrymore eat in uses spam for their meals.

I've never tried the stuff myself, never really took off in Australia. Sounds like something you have when you're trying to live on a students salary and you have to make $10 stretch for the weeks food.

[888888]

cap, if you've never seen it, go and buy monty pythons "Meaning of Life"

I've seen it, but it's been a few years. Do they make a Spam reference in there?

Yes. The movie is basically John Cleese saying "spam" for two hours.

Actually, I have the thing on tape and even after watching it a million times, I don't know what flan is referring to.

[Capmaster]

I don't buy it, but my wife does, so I don't know what it costs. Another poster said it isn't so cheap anymore, but then, what is except maybe ramen noodles?

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I will and watch for that line.

[tekkieman]

Have you seen the Adam Sandler movie 50 First Dates? It features a spam/Hawaii reference.

It's set in Hawaii and the cafe he and Drew Barrymore eat in uses spam for their meals.

I've never tried the stuff myself, never really took off in Australia. Sounds like something you have when you're trying to live on a students salary and you have to make $10 stretch for the weeks food.

I think that's on this weekends list of movies. Without saying a word, the wife decided we should try out Netflix! As soon as our three free months of movie channels is up on the digital cable. I just wish I could get a cable strung from the receiver to the capture card....

[Treebeard]

Thought of this as soon as I read the title.

Classic Monty python spam skit
http://linux.gda.pl/pub/spam/Monty_Python-Spam.mpg

in mp3 here
http://www.frogstar.com/mp3/mp3/spam.mp3

[thayne]

If sliced really thin and fried like bacon it's actually really good! My step mom used to make us spam n' eggs for breakfast all the time when I was a kid.

[VCDHunter]

cap, if you've never seen it, go and buy monty pythons "Meaning of Life"

I've seen it, but it's been a few years. Do they make a Spam reference in there?

Yes. The movie is basically John Cleese saying "spam" for two hours.

Actually, I have the thing on tape and even after watching it a million times, I don't know what flan is referring to.

Nor me. I'd imagine he's getting confused with the famous Spam sketch they performed on tv. There's no mention of spam in Meaning Of Life. Now if he'd of said wafer thin mints . . . .

[offline]

Pac said: I've never tried the stuff myself, never really took off in Australia.

If that is true why is it so easy to find on supermarket shelves?
Supermarkets don't shelve stuff they can't sell in huge amounts
so someone must be eating it? There were even ads on free to
air network TV about making Spam Burgers.

I tried some years ago and it was not very nice.. on a par with
canned turkey or ham - all that nitric salt shite.. Ugh!

If you are poor and you want meat, sausage mince would be
the cheapest I believe. Spam is fairly expensive in comparison
I would think.

[Doramius]

Spam meat is the only meat I can cook and make a burger similar to the Wendy's burger.

When I was in Scouting a long while ago, we had SMEAT at campouts. Anybody else have it or hear of it. The last place I even heard of SMEAT was on the movie "Waterworld" when they were chucking cans of it with cigarettes to the people on the Valdez.

[Capmaster]

My son picked out some crap once - "potted meat". It came in a little tin, was pinkish brown, and was the consistency of toothpaste. On a dare from him, I tried some, and it tasted like feet! I suppose it's for smearing on crackers, but I've had skid marks that were more inviting to eat than that swill Peh ...peh ...peh!!

[thayne]

potted meat is the crap you put in emergency ration kits. It's good for making people ration it out and not eat everything up all at once. You have to be half starved to death to want to eat it....

[Capmaster]

potted meat is the crap you put in emergency ration kits. It's good for making people ration it out and not eat everything up all at once. You have to be half starved to death to want to eat it....

That would certainly keep me from scarfing it all up on the first day

[tekkieman]

When I was young and we were poor, my mother used to buy generic food. You know what I mean, white labels with black lettering and no pictures. Said thingd like "Green Beans", and "Corn". Nothing else. Well, several of the cans had the labels come off. One of my sisters opened one and ate it. It wasn't the "Canned Meat" she thought it was. The only other label we could find said "Dog Food". Really wasn't much of a difference in taste from what she said. It was the same sister who ate "Doggie-O's" thinking they were pretzels.

[Capmaster]

It was the same sister who ate "Doggie-O's" thinking they were pretzels.

That sounds like a Vietnamese snack

[tekkieman]

It was the same sister who ate "Doggie-O's" thinking they were pretzels.

That sounds like a Vietnamese snack

....and Spam doesn't?????

[Capmaster]

It was the same sister who ate "Doggie-O's" thinking they were pretzels.

That sounds like a Vietnamese snack

....and Spam doesn't?????

Spam isn't made from dogs, AFAIK

[tekkieman]

It was the same sister who ate "Doggie-O's" thinking they were pretzels.

That sounds like a Vietnamese snack

....and Spam doesn't?????

Spam isn't made from dogs, AFAIK

I didn't say it was, just that it sounds like it could be. Having actually tasted dog, I would probably prefer the Spam (if I had to know what I was eating). Cats are different. I really HATE cats. Well, except the dark meat.

[thayne]

When I was young and we were poor, my mother used to buy generic food. You know what I mean, white labels with black lettering and no pictures. Said thingd like "Green Beans", and "Corn". Nothing else. Well, several of the cans had the labels come off. One of my sisters opened one and ate it. It wasn't the "Canned Meat" she thought it was. The only other label we could find said "Dog Food". Really wasn't much of a difference in taste from what she said. It was the same sister who ate "Doggie-O's" thinking they were pretzels.

Most dogs are actually pretty picky. If it didn't taste halfway decent they wouldn't eat it either....

[Doramius]

You're talking about an animal that licks it's own balls and a**

[flaninacupboard]

i was getting mixed up with the spam song and the sperm song

Third world yorkshire is just the place for spam though

[thayne]

You're talking about an animal that licks it's own balls and a**

Have you ever tried it? Who knows, might not be half bad

[tekkieman]

Found these a few minutes ago. Coincidence?????