SPAM!

[Moonrover]

SPAM I love it, regular,bacon and the new black pepper that I haven't opened yet. My favorite fixing is fried on bread. I always carry some on the motorhome. Frank

Urrrpp ... I don't want to know what Hormel grinds up to make Spam. Hope you don't feed this junk to your dog. Way too high in fat and salt.

Just for grins, the ingredient label.

chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added
salt (for binding, flavor, and firmness)
water (to help in mixing)
sugar (for flavor)
sodium Nitrite (for color and as a preservative)

Note that the ingredients are listed in order of highest to lowest volume per can.

M

 

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[jeff of pa]

The primary ingredient in Spam is chopped pork shoulder meat mixed with ham. About 90% of Spam is pork from a pig's shoulders. The remaining 10% (or so) comes from the pig's buttock and thigh, better known as ham. This ratio varies according to ham and pork prices. The U.S. Department of Agriculture does not permit any nonmeat fillers in lunchmeat, nor does it allow pig snouts, lips, or ears. The second ingredient is salt, added for flavor and for use as a preservative. Also, a small amount of water is used to bind all ingredients together. Sugar is also included for flavor. Finally, sodium nitrate is added to prevent botulism and acts as a preservative as well. It is the sodium nitrite that gives Spam its bright pink color—without it, Spam would discolor and become brown.

 

[worldtalker]

The primary ingredient in Spam is chopped pork shoulder meat mixed with ham. About 90% of Spam is pork from a pig's shoulders. The remaining 10% (or so) comes from the pig's buttock and thigh, better known as ham. This ratio varies according to ham and pork prices. The U.S. Department of Agriculture does not permit any nonmeat fillers in lunchmeat, nor does it allow pig snouts, lips, or ears. The second ingredient is salt, added for flavor and for use as a preservative. Also, a small amount of water is used to bind all ingredients together. Sugar is also included for flavor. Finally, sodium nitrate is added to prevent botulism and acts as a preservative as well. It is the sodium nitrite that gives Spam its bright pink color—without it, Spam would discolor and become brown.

Ain't nothing like Spam from our time!

 

[Catobra]

Arrgggghhh! Well at least ya ain't talking about scrapple......shiver just remembering my dad eating that when I was little.....

 

[worldtalker]

Arrgggghhh! Well at least ya ain't talking about scrapple......shiver just remembering my dad eating that when I was little.....

Meat of the South!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Frankn]

I love scrapple too. Just don't ask what is in it. I remember my uncle making it. When I stayed on the farm for a while in my youth, it was scrapple and eggs for breakfast almost every morning. Frank

 

[jeff of pa]

never ate scrapple but love raw "liver pudding" pretty much looks the same color
but no idea on the taste of scrapple

 

[Moonrover]

Scrapple? Yuck .... skull scrapings. I'll stick to dandelions and tree roots. Helps me maintain my youthful waistline, not to mention my frighteningly good looks. <lol>





M

 

[worldtalker]

Scrapple? Yuck .... skull scrapings. I'll stick to dandelions and tree roots. Helps me maintain my youthful waistline, not to mention my frighteningly good looks


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Dandelion Blossoms make some nice wine!!!

 

[Frankn]

I thought it was the leaves of dandelions that were used to make the wine.
Liver!!! I can't eat liver it gives me kidney stones. I took the kids, years back, to Disney World. Ever restraint we stopped at had a special on liver and onions. I had it for breakfast, lunch and supper, loved the taste. I got up at about 5 the next morning with what felt like a knife stuck in my back. The kids dragged me to the car and my oldest son drove to the hospital. They gave me a shot of morphine and I felt like I was floating above the gurney. The doc ask what I had to eat the prior day. I told him and his reply was, " Never Eat Liver Again". I haven't and I have never had another kidney stone. Frank

 

[worldtalker]

I thought it was the leaves of dandelions that were used to make the wine.
Liver!!! I can't eat liver it gives me kidney stones. I took the kids, years back, to Disney World. Ever restraint we stopped at had a special on liver and onions. I had it for breakfast, lunch and supper, loved the taste. I got up at about 5 the next morning with what felt like a knife stuck in my back. The kids dragged me to the car and my oldest son drove to the hospital. They gave me a shot of morphine and I felt like I was floating above the gurney. The doc ask what I had to eat the prior day. I told him and his reply was, " Never Eat Liver Again". I haven't and I have never had another kidney stone. Frank

This man named Harley,must of been 65,had a bunch of us kids go pick sacks full of the blossoms,had a sip of the finished product and Did'nt like it!!!!!!!!!! What did I know 49 years ago! I like it now,just have to make it yourself.Good old Mr. D,he knew his wines!

 

[Moonrover]

Now that I've diverted this thread from Spam to dandelions, I might as well mention that several recipe books are available covering unique ways to prepare the "lawn greens". I'm tempted to order one of the cookbooks. After all, my dandelion garden is the pride of the neighborhood. All natural, not laced with harmful lawn chemicals. OK a few rabbits and skunks wander through the yard now and then. No big deal, the harvested greens can be washed off.

Years ago I did taste dandelion salad. Was bitter as heck. Probably not prepared well. Mom was not a great cook.

M

 

[ticm]

Now that I've diverted this thread from Spam to dandelions, I might as well mention that several recipe books are available covering unique ways to prepare the "lawn greens". I'm tempted to order one of the cookbooks. After all, my dandelion garden is the pride of the neighborhood. All natural, not laced with harmful lawn chemicals. OK a few rabbits and skunks wander through the yard now and then. No big deal, the harvested greens can be washed off.

Years ago I did taste dandelion salad. Was bitter as heck. Probably not prepared well. Mom was not a great cook.

M

Well talking about dandelions is better then talking about a pork product.

 

[Moonrover]

Well talking about dandelions is better then talking about a pork product.

I'm anxiously waiting for an "attaboy" from the Sierra Club. Maybe they have yet to get over my spotted owl recipe book.

M