Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam... (Trees And Things)

skeeter1: Re: Is it food or is it food product?

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:07:53 EST

Indeed. I've had Armour-Star brand potted-meat food product and Underwood deviled ham each only once. Never again. Though I've never tried it, I've seen cat food that would probably be more appetizing.

MC Nally: Re: Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam...

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 02:13:27 EST

A Spam-related trivia tip for Gmail users. Go to the "Spam" folder in your Gmail account and you'll find the web clips line (between the search box and the top of the frame with the folder contents) has changed to all Spam recipes. It see

T Slothrop: Re: Is it food or is it food product?

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:14:42 EST

While I will eat Spam, deviled ham/potted meat is someplace I simply will not go. My mother used to occasionally surprise (and I mean that in the worst way) me with Underwood deviled ham on toast in my lunchbox when I was in elementary school. Had I been a

skeeter1: Re: Is it food or is it food product?

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 22:01:08 EST

"I always thought that the term "food stuff" was created to deal with products like Spam."

I've always rather liked Spam, but Hormel, Armour, and others have made "potted meat food produc

T Slothrop: Re: Skeeter1 lives in Cleveland.

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:09:32 EST

But of course.

Why it never occurred to me that entire range of quality Spam food product varieties would be available on the interwebs I cannot say. I can only hang my head in shame.

JimmyHavok: Hawaii and spam

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 03:35:44 EST

You've got that right, Bob. We do have good food, halfways-decent sports teams, and shitty roads wherever you go. <

postillion: Spam: history of America

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:13:42 EST

I was hoping this was a thread about Spam, the food product!

Spam is not just popular with Hawaiians, but with many nations that America occupied after one war or another, which means its very popular in many Asian countries.

I grew up with Spam as d

T Slothrop: Re: Is it food or is it food product?

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:37:46 EST

Actually I think you are right. The term food product was originally associated with the first fake cheese from Kraft - the individually wrapped Wonder Bread-sized squares of so-called "American cheese". I also remember seeing that label on the even

MayorBob: Skeeter1 lives in Cleveland.

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:33:28 EST

I don't believe I've ever heard Cleveland referred to as a utopia of any sort (and I lived there seven years myself).

Lou: Spam and Thunder

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:26:31 EST

somehow "thunder" doesn't seem the right word...

It only fits when you serve fried spam and raw onions over rice.

MayorBob: Is it food or is it food product?

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:13:35 EST

I always thought that the term "food stuff" was created to deal with products like Spam.

T Slothrop: Re: Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam...

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:03:46 EST

Some years ago I read that North Carolina was supposedly the per capita Spam consumption capitol. I dunno when freakin' Hawaii stole our... somehow "thunder" doesn't seem the right word...

Anyway, even in the (former) Spam capitol I have only seen the c

Lou: Re: Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam...

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:24:20 EST

Spam can lurk in the back of your cupboard

Until one day when you least expect it, it leaps out of the cupboard and kills you in your sleep! Oh sure, the coroner will say it was a fatal heart attack, but we all know better.

I do agree th

T Slothrop: Re: Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam...

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:12:38 EST

The cheapness is the appeal. The whole point with a spam recipe is to make it taste less like... spam.

And then there is the whole canned thing. We think of meats as frig/freezer/perishable stuff. Spam can lurk in the back of your cupboard for months w

port1080: Re: Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam...

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 07:51:36 EST

Spam sliced relatively thin and fried (or cubed and fried with eggs) is OK by me, but there's something about the overly salted juiciness of it that turns me off after more than a slice or so. It's like potato chips - something that's tasty in modera