Doesn't this sound delicious??
 

:lol:

http://www.recipesource.com/main-dis...0/rec0005.html

Ewww- no that sounds pretty nasty to me. But then, I am not big on bacon nor "processed meat products".

Me, either!! Gack!! lol I think "savory spam" is an oxymoron, anyway!! :lol:

Don't move to Hawaii - Spam is incredibly popular there!

Why is that, do you think? The price of fresh meat there, maybe? I could never eat it. It doesn't even look like food to me!! :lol:

AHA! This explains why they kept serving spam and eggs at the little restaurant on the islands that Adam Sandler met Drew Barrymore at in "50 First Dates". :lol:

Spam is popular in the Philippines, as well. :)

Also - we attended a traditional Chinese wedding in Chinatown (SF) a few years ago - one of the appetizers was made of Spam. And jellyfish. Ew.

I think it probably started back around WWII - our GI's ate it, cases were shipped around the world during and after the war to feed the hungry nations, etc.

(Actually, I've eaten quite a bit of it myself, back when I was a kid - one of my dad's favorite lunches was SLT - fried Spam, lettuce and tomato sandwiches!)

for those who just can't get enough SPAM trivia, here's a history link from the Hormel website:

http://media.hormel.com/templates/kn...emid=16&id=132

I like SPAM because when we went on vacations as a child, we always had SPAM sandwiches. It brings back happy memories :)

OK.... I know Spam is terrible for a person, but as a kid my mother made something called "South Sea Island Supper". It was Spam in a pineapple/peapod sauce served over rice. It really was good!
I made it for my family once....just once...they wouldn't even touch it! ;-)

I remember seeing a special on the Food network about a Spam festival in Austin, Texas - I hate the stuff, but the recipes were intriguing. Also, there are tonnes of Spam haikus on the net, which spawned a book, which I found on Amazon, called Spam-ku.

If nothing else, it is a big part of our culture - afterall, look at the musical Spamalot.

All hail Monty Python!

SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM!

:lol: What about, spam fritters. Spam covered in english pancake batter (eggs milk and flour) fried in great wedges of lard!! :T

Ah yes, that was a staple of school dinners at my primary school (and possibly secondary school too). I haven't seen one in the wild since about ... say, 1968?

Are they in captivity? When did you last see one, 2F?

:lol: They are my Dad's specialite de la maison!

I guess he learnt to cook around 1968!