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Long before there were those annoying e-mails from strangers <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> that flood our pc's and laptops, there was another SPAM.

A quiet phenomenon has been taking place. Although you do not see much advertising for the product and no one will admit to eating SPAM, its consumer sales reached six-billion in July 2002 king

So what does this tell us? Somebody out there is eating SPAM <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> I always keep a can in my food cabinet because my mom did. Once in a while when I am home and alone I make myself a fried SPAM and scrambled egg on toast sandwich. Yum.

If you have a favorite recipe for SPAM please share it in our forum. Don't worry we'll keep it in the Family <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

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That's too funny, I wonder if people are trying SPAM because they hear about it in email all the time and are curious about the name. I'm really very sensitive to salt so I've stayed away from it assuming that it is probably salty ...?


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Hi Lisa,

LOL. I thought of this because yesterday a co-worker and I were talking and she mentioned that she liked SPAM but she said it in such a quiet voice that we both started to laugh. We decided that no one likes to admit that they eat SPAM <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Also, yes, SPAM is saltly like most packaged luncheon meats <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> oh! I believe I read that there is a reduced salt SPAM. Would you believe that have a 'hot and spicy' SPAM? These people have been around since 1937.

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I remeber eating Spam when I was a child, so I tried it again a couple of months ago. eeeoooo! I guess my tastes have changed. I did not care for it.
Yes, Lisa, it was salty.

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well when i was a newbie in the internet and e-mail world, i don't know what the heck SPAM means i thought they're referring to the food <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
SPAM? Hmm...a delicious food <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> i want to eat!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

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[qb] I remeber eating Spam when I was a child, so I tried it again a couple of months ago. eeeoooo! I guess my tastes have changed. I did not care for it.
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mmmm, maybe you should try the hot and spicy spam <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Lynne, I do admit I could not have SPAM more than once every couple of months. I guess that part of me has remained a child. Come to think of it. I haven't had in a very long time. eek

Taste buds are very particular and uniquely our own. I had a girl friend who would not even touch bologna (boloney - sp??)

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[qb] well when i was a newbie in the internet and e-mail world, i don't know what the heck SPAM means i thought they're referring to the food <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Hey, so did I <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I think there is some kind of funny connection, but I can't remember. Maybe someone else will know.

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The connection is the famous Monty Python skit that goes "spam spam spam spam spammedy spam!" as they sing about the glories of spam. The point was that they go on and on and on about it, just like spam does <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Funny how Monty Python affects our daily life <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

It sounds like SPAM is probably not a food for me, for some reason the more I eat low carb / i.e. fresh vegetables and not processed things, the lower my tolerance for salt. A lot of restaurant dishes now taste salty to me and I ask them to make it with little salt for it to come out a way I like it.


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I used to love SPAM as a kid. It was cool to use the little key to open the can.

I haven't tried it in years. But...I do still eat Scrapple! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

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[qb] I used to love SPAM as a kid. It was cool to use the little key to open the can.

I haven't tried it in years. But...I do still eat Scrapple! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> [/qb]
LOL. Maria, yes it was cool to use the key.

Have you ever somehow broken the little tab with the key? The grownups had to step in to help open the can. I have never had Scrapple. I don't remember my mom ever buying it. It is like SPAM? I won't ask why it is called Scrapple :devil:

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LOL Scrapple is now a CLASSIC in our house, the word that is. We got a game called "Warped!" for our XBox and it has lots of little animated commercials in it. One of them has dancing pigs and sings:

Grind up a pig - put it in a can - Scrapple!
Grind up a pig - put it in a can - Scrapple!
Yes I am the Scrapple Man,
Think I'll have another can
Grind up a pig - put it in a can - Scrapple!

We thought this song was GREAT and quite funny and never dreamed that it was a real product. Then we found it on the web and were quite amazed that people actually ate this junk!! It's called Scrapple because it is literally ground up pig scrap, the things they didn't use for other real food products <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


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Well..call it what you'd like but I like Scrapple. Some things...like Scrapple, some types of Hot Dogs and Sausages, I don' worry about what's in it during the moment I'm eating it.

Just my opinion...I don't consider it junk. My family ate it a lot when I grew up. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> That sounds kind of harsh to me.

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Hey Lisa,

There is no accounting for tastes. I don't (won't) eat a shrimp cocktail or boiled shrimp - no way, no how. When I went on a cruise a few years back, people were standing in mile long lines to get jumbo boiled shrimp in the shell. I ate macaroni. Go figure.

re: Scrapple - This is what I found It's dictionary defined as "cornmeal mush made with the meat and broth of pork, seasoned with onions, spices and herbs and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying." The word, scrapple originates from "scrap" or "scrappy" meaning made up of odds and ends for that's exactly what it is - boiled, ground leftover pig scraps with cornmeal and spices thrown in. Scrapple lovers think of it as food for the gods :love: Anti-scrapplers consider it a culinary abomination <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

This is from http/www.globalgourmet.com/food/sleuth/0998/scrapple.html Many years ago I took my mom to a Pennsylvannia Dutch Fair in Penn. It was great <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Wonderful handmade quilts! I do remember that they also had Scrapple food booths <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

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[qb] Well..call it what you'd like but I like Scrapple. Some things...like Scrapple, some types of Hot Dogs and Sausages, I don' worry about what's in it during the moment I'm eating it.
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Maria, I have to be in the mood to eat hot dogs or sausages. I definately blame my brother for this. He used to take delight in telling how certain foods were prepared eek LOL

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Vannie,

My point exactly. I don't eat those things all the time, however, many people still DO eat them even though they know how they are prepared.

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Once in a while when I am home and alone I make myself a fried SPAM and scrambled egg on toast sandwich.
Ooh yum! That makes me want to buy a can myself!
I think people like SPAM so much because it's MEAT that doesn't go bad, and doesn't need to be cooked.


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I think people like SPAM so much because it's MEAT that doesn't go bad, and doesn't need to be cooked. [/qb]
It doesn't??? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> I don't think I could eat it cold. It looks raw to me I "cook" it because that's the way we had it when I was younger. Thinly sliced and browned on both sides, sort of like bacon. I never knew it was already done. I have to ask my brothers if they know this <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> I guess I never read the can.

Does not need to be cooked means it would be good for a real no electricity/gas emergency!!! Right?
Thanks for enlightening me :beamedup:

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I was going by the Russian equivalent of SPAM, so I don't know 100%. But I'm pretty sure that if it's a preserved food there is no bacteria left, so it *should* be safe to eat without additional preparation.


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Mmm...SPAM. So good, it has to be capitalized. Hee hee...actually it's a really popular food item in hawaiian and japanese cuisine: SPAM musubi. They even have them ready made at 7-11's in Hawaii. =) It's basically SPAM (sometimes with a light teriyaki glazed, over rice...made in a nice hand-sized portion.

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[qb] Mmm...SPAM. So good, it has to be capitalized. Hee hee...actually it's a really popular food item in hawaiian and japanese cuisine: SPAM musubi. They even have them ready made at 7-11's in Hawaii. =) It's basically SPAM (sometimes with a light teriyaki glazed, over rice...made in a nice hand-sized portion. [/qb]
You're right. It is very popular in Hawaii <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I had no idea that is was that popular though at 7-11's? that's so cool.

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