I don't read 'em.

Well, someone had to do it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFrtpT1mKy8

No they didn't [the Monty Python re-play, to save everyone the trouble of looking at a descriptionless video link].

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Are those related to the lobsters which gather in North Atlantic traps?

So do Atlantic lobsters!

Large hunks of organic flotsam, which wash ashore occasionally, come to be known as 'globsters'. They are generally identified as 'globs' of whale blubber, or part of large carcass -- like a basking shark. Many people misinterpret these 'globsters' as something from an unknown species.

But each one that has been studied has been proven to be nothing but a hunk of flesh,with maybe some seaweed tangled up in it.

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and then there's whale ambergris, a different kettle of fish.

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The gelatinous material in the Spam can is called twillig.

Twillig is also used as a sort of spackle for turkey loaves in place of the natural fats that have been lost during processing.

It makes me smile to say the word Twillig out loud.

The thought of eating it makes me look like my avatar.

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I also saw Joe Newman demonstrate his car in 1987. It was impressive...I was in the 7th grade. Then he went nuts. I went back to school.

SPAM inspires!

In the can of SPAM
A severed human finger
Pleasant texture change


SPAM and Tang dinner.
Meal most feared by astronauts.
"Open the trash, HAL."


Apollo-Soyuz.
They gave vodka; we gave SPAM.
The Cold War resumed.


Bhagavad Gita:
"Now I am become SPAM, the
destroyer of meals."


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Spam reminds me of two things, Lunch with my grandfather at Heckshire State Park.
It was his daily ritual; Two slices of fried spam on a hamburger bun, with cheese and ketchup. I used to love when he invited me to come along.

The second was a guy I used to work with. His name was Dan, he was unusually tall so first I think his name was Giant Dan, then Giant man, then somehow he became Giant Spam.

I've had Spam and cheese sandwiches, it's not really that bad tasting. The trick is to not read the ingredient list and not to view that previously mentioned gelatinous stuff. So don't open the can yourself, and never ever read the ingredients.

Spam, I can handle. If I smell pork cooking, I can't eat it.

According to wikipedia, they are chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, salt, water, sugar, and sodium nitrite.
That's not so bad.

Scrapple, on the other hand is "typically made of hog offal, such as the head, heart, liver, and other scraps, which are boiled with any bones attached."
I wish I had not read its ingredients!
Yummy

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Scrapple's so horrid that there are no words that could be worse than the experience of actually having it in your mouth anyway; any description you could come up with, no matter how disgusting, would still make it sound better than it is!

I eat basically chicken and beef so it won't be me, but I hope to see a Scrapple recipe in the post your dinner thread, really soon.

Hee-hee; I've discovered (from ye olde penniless hitch-hiking days) that when I got hungry enough, just about anything edible would do!
[Fast-food outlets' outside kitchen dumpsters were a fave because unsold items were regularly tossed out, boxed in their original wrappings, after X amount of time.]

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Yes.

Worst. food. ever.

Spam or not spam? - this is the question!

Reduced-Fat Spam, sliced 1/4 inch thick, fried & sprinkled with pepper. Served as a breakfast sandwich with fried egg & slice of melted cheese is yummy.

I will, but only with a soft white dinner roll and dabs of butter (which negates the Reduced-Fat variety, lol...which is why I often don't eat it this way).

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I prefer my own definition: Spurious Ham

As a meat smoker, curer, and sausage maker, I'm a bit of a snob in this department. To me, Spam is an abomination...a desecration of the exhalted porcine. It's bad enough that Hormel presses brine-cured pork bits into a vagely ham-like shape and calls it ham. This stuff, they pump into a can and cook it there...basically a caseless sausage...and to my taste, not a good one at all.

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Hi, Special process ham (Spam) is a usefull culinary tool in that it seems to keep well for quite some time. My wife and I keep an emergency larder; a good store of the food stuffs that will carry us over in the event of a one month disaster ie major hurricane, ice storm...etc. Thankfully they are rare,
infrequent to be sure, but it is a simple matter of rotating the stock of such a
store. In that, I occasionally use spam for breakfast. Fried up with eggs and homefries, it serves me well. I "prefer" a good canned ham, and there are some better than others.
In Hawaii, where I lived for some years, they prize this canned spam confection , and serve it with fresh pineapple. Back in the day, there just wasn't a lot of meat in the islands. Fish and poi were the main stays.
When the military came to Hawaii, they brought with them the miracle of canned meat....ie Spam. Food of the gods they thought. Twist off the lid and
feast!! In England, durring the second World War, Spam became a luxury commodity as there were severe scarcities of all food items, and again, military spam found it's way onto the great list of wanted foods that kept well. Luxury.....'OH! To have some canned meat!' (For those too young to remember, spam used to come with a
"Twist Key" soldered to the bottom, which had a small 1/4 inch slit through which you put the slim metal tab of the pre-scored opening strip into, and then started to carefully wind the key, pulling the metal strip off in a neat 1/4 inch ribbon, allowing you to open the can in the field without getting any metal fillings in the meat. This method persisted for "years". )
Nothing is better than fresh meats when you can get them. But the blessings of a can....in season, serve us well. When your power has been off for four days and you can't cook on your electric stove, a slice of spam on a stick over a wood fire tastes remarkably good.
Spam,.......'cause...ya never know. Ya know? Ya never know.
Best regards, Dan

This has been known to wake up bears in winter when reheated.

In a large frying pan put two cans of diced spam and saute until browned. When nearly done with the browning process add six to eight diced russet potatoes and saute a bit longer until the potatoes start to get some color. (I have big frying pans)

Lower heat and add about two cups brown sugar, ( I always eye shoot it so you have to add to taste) two cans of whole kernal corn and enough maple syrup so you can taste it. There should be enough moisture to make a liquid, if not add a bit.

Cover and simmer until the pototoes are done all the way through. As I tend to use liberal amounts of salt and pepper while cooking it has a "kettle corn" effect of salty and sweet that you will either love or hate.

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I don't remember Spam that way (too young I guess), but for years corned beef was packaged that way; Hormel, Mary Kitchen, etc. In the past 4 years or so the twist key/strip has been replaced with a big tab (which hurts my fingers big-time) on the underside. Not an improvement...

Big Don, that recipe sounds good.

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Hi, Yes, the big "pop-lid" must be an manufacturing efficiency. That's because they are cheap; saves them money.
Ah, canned corned beef and dinty moore's beef stew, the cruising sailor's friend. When you are "Out There!" and there weather ahead, you heat up your beef stew, soup and other warm things ahead of time, because there will be no cooking when the heavy weather hits, so you do it while you still can. Poped into a pre-warmed large mouth thermos, these things will save the day, properly chewed and eaten slowly. Add a couple crackers. Yum. For those who don't cook much, the can gets them by, so to speak.
It's kind of like plastic telescopes vs a good Dobsonian, but ....better than nothing. Still, canned food will get you through in a pinch.
By the way, A kitchen towel will shield your hand and fingers from specific danger when you try to pull that lid off. The blood you save might be your own.
Best regards, Dan

I went to college out in Hawaii and spam is huge out there. the gas stations used to sell spam sushi.

Now I am much more the goose fois grau type ... but I would eat a nice spam and egg on a toasted bagel.

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This thread always makes me want a spam and cheese sandwich or something. I have a can but I don't really want to open a whole can.

yeah, okay the jelly is pretty gross but man, it's ham and pork and who knows what. It's greeeaaatt!

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My mom said a soda fountain/grill in her teen years (northern Illinois in the 1950's) served grilled Spam & cheese sandwiches. Served with it was a 1-scoop ice cream sundae. The duo was called "A Shorty."

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Hmm, my parents were in..middle-west Illinois in the 50s...and 40s...30s too I think. We're practically related!

Never heard of the Shorty. Probably a house special, rather than a regional thing. Too bad, I just got back from seeing my mom. I wish I'd asked her about spam stories. I should get some stories while there's still time.

I hope the ice cream was on the side rather than on the spam. Nevertheless...hmmm.

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Lol! If you're related to folks with the last name of Wilcoxen or Stufflebeam (spelling?) we likely are related...

Yes, the sundae was sold on the side: In a little glass bowl.

I suppose you're familiar with "Steak 'n Shake" restaurants too (Peoria area)? They served the skinniest french fries; more like shoe-string potatoes, actually. Were frying/selling those even in the 1980s.

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Ah no, my parents are from there. They moved us down to Texas when I was 3. The great metropolis of Monmouth didn't offer that much in the way of employment for a young man just starting a family. Nowdays I guess I'd have ended up in India.

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