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When I was a kid we sometimes had Spam sandwiches and it was popular when cooking in the woods. Fried in a skillet and it was pretty tasty. I learned that they loved it in Hawaii but most people seemed to be snooty about Spam.
Then I met my dearest friend ever. She was a Brit and spent the Blitz in London. We were in the grocery one day and I said jokingly, "Want some Spam?" I was shocked when she grabbed a couple of cans.
"Oh, Pat, you can't understand what it was like when Spam started to arrive in England in the war. We didn't have meat and Spam was heavenly."
Spam is hated and does have an interesting history.
"[FONT="]It may be common knowledge that Spam was popular with American servicemen during WW II, a whopping 100 million pounds of the stuff was consumed by Russian forces during the war as well. “Without Spam, we wouldn’t have been able to feed our army,” Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev later said."
[/FONT]http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/09/28/6-things-never-knew-about-spam/
There is no edible kind of spam.
You lost me with the bolded.When I was a kid we sometimes had Spam sandwiches and it was popular when cooking in the woods. Fried in a skillet and it was pretty tasty. I learned that they loved it in Hawaii but most people seemed to be snooty about Spam.
Then I met my dearest friend ever. She was a Brit and spent the Blitz in London. We were in the grocery one day and I said jokingly, "Want some Spam?" I was shocked when she grabbed a couple of cans.
"Oh, Pat, you can't understand what it was like when Spam started to arrive in England in the war. We didn't have meat and Spam was heavenly."
Spam is hated and does have an interesting history.
"[FONT="]It may be common knowledge that Spam was popular with American servicemen during WW II, a whopping 100 million pounds of the stuff was consumed by Russian forces during the war as well. “Without Spam, we wouldn’t have been able to feed our army,” Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev later said."
[/FONT]http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/09/28/6-things-never-knew-about-spam/
When I was a kid we sometimes had Spam sandwiches and it was popular when cooking in the woods. Fried in a skillet and it was pretty tasty. I learned that they loved it in Hawaii but most people seemed to be snooty about Spam.
Then I met my dearest friend ever. She was a Brit and spent the Blitz in London. We were in the grocery one day and I said jokingly, "Want some Spam?" I was shocked when she grabbed a couple of cans.
"Oh, Pat, you can't understand what it was like when Spam started to arrive in England in the war. We didn't have meat and Spam was heavenly."
Spam is hated and does have an interesting history.
"[FONT="]It may be common knowledge that Spam was popular with American servicemen during WW II, a whopping 100 million pounds of the stuff was consumed by Russian forces during the war as well. “Without Spam, we wouldn’t have been able to feed our army,” Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev later said."
[/FONT]http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/09/28/6-things-never-knew-about-spam/
You lost me with the bolded.
Are you saying Spam has now become a desirable item of the moment, like the resurgence of biscuits & gravy in hip restaurants, or maybe PBR?
There is no edible kind of spam.
Ah, K. Thanks for the reply.That is a quote from the article so it isn't me saying anything. The quote you highlighted appears to have an error with the also missing in, "..."It may be common knowledge that Spam was popular with American servicemen during WW II, a whopping 100 million pounds of the stuff wa also consumed by Russian forces during the war as well."
So, I'm saying I ate Spam when I was young and my dearest friend loved it when it arrived in London during the Blitz. My only other observation was that Spam is hated and some of the posts already bear that out.
I have no idea what PBR might be. A Google search got me Pabst Blue Ribbon.
But, now that you mentioned biscuits and gravy. I can't get that where I live in Mexico but I can get sausage and my sister cooks biscuits and gravy when she's visiting Mexico in the winter.
Pass the mustard!Spam was tasty enough, though I did prefer corned beef. But my favorite of the treated meats was always hot pastrami on rye.
And to contribute a little to this thread:
Spam is *huge* in Filipino circles! Go to any Pinoy deli, and I guarantee you it will be there! And displayed prominently, too.
I suspect it got introduced into the culture by MacArthur's G.I.s.
Well - Filipinos are huge in Hawaii, too!It's huge in Hawaii as well, spam musubi is a state dish along with the loco moco!
When I was a kid we sometimes had Spam sandwiches and it was popular when cooking in the woods. Fried in a skillet and it was pretty tasty. I learned that they loved it in Hawaii but most people seemed to be snooty about Spam.
Then I met my dearest friend ever. She was a Brit and spent the Blitz in London. We were in the grocery one day and I said jokingly, "Want some Spam?" I was shocked when she grabbed a couple of cans.
"Oh, Pat, you can't understand what it was like when Spam started to arrive in England in the war. We didn't have meat and Spam was heavenly."
Spam is hated and does have an interesting history.
"[FONT="]It may be common knowledge that Spam was popular with American servicemen during WW II, a whopping 100 million pounds of the stuff was consumed by Russian forces during the war as well. “Without Spam, we wouldn’t have been able to feed our army,” Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev later said."
[/FONT]http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/09/28/6-things-never-knew-about-spam/
That is a quote from the article so it isn't me saying anything. The quote you highlighted appears to have an error with the also missing in, "..."It may be common knowledge that Spam was popular with American servicemen during WW II, a whopping 100 million pounds of the stuff wa also consumed by Russian forces during the war as well."
So, I'm saying I ate Spam when I was young and my dearest friend loved it when it arrived in London during the Blitz. My only other observation was that Spam is hated and some of the posts already bear that out.
I have no idea what PBR might be. A Google search got me Pabst Blue Ribbon.
But, now that you mentioned biscuits and gravy. I can't get that where I live in Mexico but I can get sausage and my sister cooks biscuits and gravy when she's visiting Mexico in the winter.
It has gone up in price quite a bit.My problem with spam is that it's typically more expensive per pound than real, actual ham.
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