At a New Years Day event in 1937 at the Hormel Mansion,a guest won $100 for coming up with a clever name for the new canned meat product we now all either love or hate and know as Spam!That decadent jelly coated block of processed pork shoulder meat that you open with a litle key and has a shelf life of about a decade.I am not crazy over it at all,but when I was pregnant and craved salty meats all the time,it did the trick.My husband and daughter,as well as my oldest sister,all like to eat it fried with eggs for breakfast or brunch!Not me,I prefer scrapple,RAPA,thank you!But it occured to me that Spam is more than just an overprocessed canned meat treat,it is an American icon.Think about it-spam has become a verb as well as a proper noun,in that we call unsolicited email messages selling erectile dysfunction tablets "spam".People who send us that junk are known as "spammers"LOL.Therefore I cannot "hate" on Spam!True enthusiasts insist the can say "Spam" and not "Treet" too.
So how many ways can you think of serving Spam?????Anyone??
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SPAM is not allowed in my kitchen..lol. Nasty, nasty, about like Tofu. Some foods should never be made. So, no I do not have a recipe for that. I got the heebie jeebies!!!
Yeah its slimy and molded into one big hunk-but my hubby and baby love it!My Dad has been known to fry it with cut-up Vienna sausages and bologna-talk about sodium and grease,but you would be surprised at how many people just love it!
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