Monte Carlo Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Hello. This thread is about spam. Not the email trying to sell you fake viagra, but the tasty tinned meat product. Read the article and share your thoughts. Personally, I like to thinly slice it and fry it with garlic and chilli. Yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krookie Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 ew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I wouldn't buy it at a BK but your recipe sounds pretty good. Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 ....wait. People actually eat that ? Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Too much fat for me. I need to lose weight, otherwise I'd love to give it a try. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 To be fair, nearly anything thinly sliced and fried with garlic and chili is going to be pretty damn tasty. IMO, Spam is most effectively used as a bargain replacement for pricier fatty cured meats (bacon, pancetta, etc.) when building a flavor base for soups, saucy baked dishes, and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Carlo Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 To be fair, nearly anything thinly sliced and fried with garlic and chili is going to be pretty damn tasty. You can also marinade it in tabasco and serve it in a bun with a fried egg, which is an awesome hangover cure. IMO, Spam is most effectively used as a bargain replacement for pricier fatty cured meats (bacon, pancetta, etc.) when building a flavor base for soups, saucy baked dishes, and the like. Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Hold the phone, marketed at women? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Carlo Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Hold the phone, marketed at women? That's the sheer craziness of spam at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Hold the phone, marketed at women? That's the sheer craziness of spam at work. Also, the sheer craziness of Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 True story. I was driving through Montgomery Alabama about 15-16 years ago and I heard about a grand prize for being the 5th caller to a radio show. The prize was your weight in spam. And to think, cell phones were uncommon back then! My loss I guess. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 By the way, in case any of you didn't know, the global capital of Spam-based cuisine is Hawai'i. It's never really been economical to do and large-scale ranching there (more lucrative export crops like cane sugar and pineapple take up much of the farmland), so until long-haul refridgerated sea transport became commonplace, normal beef and pork were really expensive. But Spam really caught on there as, essentially, the everyday protein to eat that didn't come out of the sea. It was used with and adapted into a whole lot of culinary traditions on the Islands, and people who grew up there often have a strong affection for the stuff. Plus, it goes well with pineapple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Carlo Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 By the way, in case any of you didn't know, the global capital of Spam-based cuisine is Hawai'i. It's never really been economical to do and large-scale ranching there (more lucrative export crops like cane sugar and pineapple take up much of the farmland), so until long-haul refridgerated sea transport became commonplace, normal beef and pork were really expensive. But Spam really caught on there as, essentially, the everyday protein to eat that didn't come out of the sea. It was used with and adapted into a whole lot of culinary traditions on the Islands, and people who grew up there often have a strong affection for the stuff. Plus, it goes well with pineapple. This is exactly the type of spam-based lore that I hoped this thread would inspire so I take my hat off to you, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Hello. This thread is about spam. Not the email trying to sell you fake viagra, but the tasty tinned meat product. Eek! He said 'tinned' Use 'Canned' instead. A much more woody word Apart from that, spam, cheese, salsa, olives and lots of herbs between some sandwich bread in the toaster... Yum “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigranes Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 This is fairly well known, but Koreans, and to a lesser extent, Japanese (and I assume a few other places) have this irrational and weird love-in for Spam. In the Korean case American troops brought it over at the end of WWII and gave it out, well, pretty much like they did chocolates to kids - and then it somehow took the place as an expensive luxury snack/meal option - a view that persisted as late as the 90's, though perhaps not so much anymore. I remember having my share of thinly sliced spam when I was a little kid, it used to be a special treat to have spam & rice (because you know, anything that fatty and salty can't not taste nice to a kid). Then one day I opened a can to cook it myself and realised just how disgusting it is. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 (edited) Oil, fresh chilli, cubed spam. Fry. Add chopped onion, fresh mint, fresh coriander leaf, frozen peas. Fry. Stir in cooked white rice. Fry until bits of rice go crispy. Fresh black pepper. That there is awesome, my good man. Edited June 17, 2011 by Walsingham "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I liked the "smokey" flavor of Spam. Thinly sliced and pan fried it make a good BLT, so to speak. Never tried the regular version, have a feeling I wouldn't like that one. And yeah, the Hawaiian thing...that fast-food type place I like that has BBQ meats and stuff, they have all kinds of Spam dishes & soups too. I haven't tried any. :D “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I like it cooked until just a little burned then served on a big buttermilk biscuit. Mmmmm "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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