Anybody else here like Spam ?

[Megotu]

With thanks to Dr Science
SPAM is an acronym for Scientifically Produced Animal Matter. It is the only mammal with no hair, teeth or bones, whih is why people so seldomly choose to photograph it.

[TrueDave]

saw singles vacwrapped at the gas station.

A single slice of Spam.

Personally I always prefered " Potted Meat Food Product" . It has aa more appealing name.

[mrwisker]

Mom used to doctor it up so it looked like a baked Ham
Wasn't to bad either.
She also cut it up and put it into Mac n Cheese

Gotta love those cheap childhood meals

[megoapesnut]

Not a big spam fan, but MM member spamn is pretty cool.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Not a big spam fan, but MM member spamn is pretty cool.

Ha! I was just about to say that you beat me to it!

[gootie29]

Living in Hawaii, we eat a bit of Spam here. Spam Musubi is a staple on any Hawaiian's diet. Spam Fried Rice is my favorite. It is usually in Saimin and fried Saimin too. I never ate it until I moved here but I do like it.

[Doc]

Gross and somewhat unnatural .......... Oh and the meat stuff is pretty bad too.

[spamn]

Not a big spam fan, but MM member spamn is pretty cool.

Ha! I was just about to say that you beat me to it!

Thanks, y'all!

As for the canned meat product, I don't eat much of it, but it's incredibly tasty when fried and crispy.

[jessica]

I just found out what spam is! spare parts all meat!

it is one of my guilty pleasures

[Mikey]

I just found out what spam is! spare parts all meat!

it is one of my guilty pleasures

It's just rib meat, Jess

It's not as nasty as it's reputation.

[Mikey]

Just tried Teriyaki flavored Spam

Where have you been all my life ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This stuff must come from heaven !!!

[starsky]

love it!

[Relic]

Toated rye bread, some cheez whiz, BBQ sauce and a dill pickle with fried up spam is awesome.

[Bruce Banner]

Quite fond of the Bacon Spam variety.

[SentientApe]

Does anybody have a can of it handy? I'd like to hear what the fat/protein ratio is. Oh yeah, and the salt content...

Yes and no... as a WWII Soviet reenactor, canned Spam is one of the American products we are "allowed" to have on public view at events. (The stuff helped win WWII, you know -- the US sent a ridiculous amount of Spam to the Soviet Union throught the Lend Lease program to help the Red Army win the war against Nazi Germany).

However, for period authenticity at WWII events, all my regular cans of Spam have been relabled with the monochrome "wartime emergency labels" and do not have any "Nutrition Facts" on them because no one required that sort of information back in the 1940s.

But I do have one unaltered can of Spam Lite. Boasting "50% less fat, 25% less sodium and 33% fewer calories than Spam Classic," perhaps you can do the math. A 12oz. can of Spam Lite ("6 servings") contains per serving: 110 calories, 8g fat, 3g saturated fat, 40mg cholesterol, 9g protein and 580 mg sodium.

...And as I look at this label, I now see small type at the bottom gives the higher (as claimed on the label) information for Spam Classic, which contains per serving: 180 calories, 16g of fat, 790mg of sodium.

But... it's GLUTEN FREE, so there is that.