Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam

[Katie Meadow]

On 1/10/2024 at 3:34 AM, Senior Sea Kayaker said:

I never tried SPAM until about twenty years ago on the Big Island Hawaii. Never really noticed it in grocery stores at home. Spam musubi and fried as part of a plate lunch. Interesting to try but not a fan.

 

The packaging is iconic. I loved seeing the giant towers of Spam in Hawaii store displays. I've opened a can to taste it exactly once. See what Paul Theroux has to say about it--or don't, it's very creepy!

[weinoo]

1 hour ago, Katie Meadow said:

The packaging is iconic. I loved seeing the giant towers of Spam in Hawaii store displays. I've opened a can to taste it exactly once. See what Paul Theroux has to say about it--or don't, it's very creepy!

 

That was the reason for my post, as it was the reason for many of Ruscha's works of art.

[Katie Meadow]

6 hours ago, weinoo said:

 

That was the reason for my post, as it was the reason for many of Ruscha's works of art.

Here's a stupid piece of information about me. Ed Ruscha picked me up at the Met and took me to his apartment, which, by the way, was really nice. I was a college student at the time. However, he started to get very grabby and I escaped and ran. God only knows what I was thinking.

[gfweb]

raw spam is like cat food.

 

but sear it hard with a splash of soy...

[ybot123]

Love spam. Adding it to egg fried rice is heaven.

[weinoo]

13 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:

Here's a stupid piece of information about me. Ed Ruscha picked me up at the Met and took me to his apartment, which, by the way, was really nice. I was a college student at the time. However, he started to get very grabby and I escaped and ran. God only knows what I was thinking.

 

Oh, what were you thinking?!! (Other than your personal safety, that is).

[Smithy]

My mother, a Florida native and war bride, served us SPAM a few times when I was growing up. She'd slice it and fry it, much the way I understand scrapple is handled.

 

She, or my father, may actually have liked it. I didn't. But it was considered nutritious and inexpensive, there in the late 50's or early 60's when we didn't have much money. I've never been tempted to try it again, though -- and I noticed that at some point she stopped buying it!