It's a mixture of cats, dogs, fish, people, ants, chickens, whale penis, horse, penguins, armadillo, And ... Ham ...

I can't stomach the stuff. I bought a 4-pack a couple years ago and tried it, and the other three cans sat on the shelf for months until I forgot how much I didn't like it. The second can ended up in the garbage, and the last two ended up in trick-or-treaters' bags.

Food prices here, like everywhere are rising sharply. I was listening to the radio today and they had a segment on feeding a family for under $10. People rang up with are whole lot of ideas for cheap meals. The one I liked the best was buying a kilo of Kangaroo mince (going price is 5 AUD a kilo) and making Kangaroo spaghetti. Beef mince is close to double that price and Kangaroo is better for you than beef, better for you than Spam and WAY WAY better tasting than Spam!!!

Was that a treat or a trick?

Spam=SPiced hAM
stuff was invented during the Carthaginian Wars
shelf life is infinite
virtually indestructible
no can opener needed
ready to eat
also useful for keeping tables from wobbling

if you get hungry enough, you'll eat anything

I find it to be palatable, have about 30 cans in stock, plus another pile of Turkey Spam. At a price of $1.50 for a 12 oz can, stock up.

What do tins of corned beef cost in the states?

I like it also, so does the family. Has an interesting history. Went from 2.00 a can here to 2.24 (16 oz.)

$7.28 at Sam's Club for 4 cans ($1.82 per can).

Real food prices are now the same as in... 1990.

As government-banker inflation destroys their standard of living, citizens switch to less-expensive spam (whose price itself is up 7%). Will the textbooks at government schools be updated with this classic example of the important economic phenomenon?

http://www.ajc.com/business/content/bus ... _0529.html

What the article doesn't mention is whether people are using the additional Spam they are purchasing to stock up their bunkers because they have foreseen an apocalyptic future....

I love Spam. More Spam is consumed in Hawaii than any other state in the U.S. Hawaiians’ favorite dish is Musubi, a ready-to-eat Spam snack that resembles a large piece of nigiri sushi.

But it's not organic. I've managed to reverse-engineer Dinty Moore beef stew and have been pressure canning my own organic version into pint jars for the End-Times. It'll be a challenge finding grass-fed whale penis

Hawaiian's demand for Spam stems from WWII where it was brought in in large volume to service the needs of the servicemen. The sailors and soldiers would trade it with the indigenous local personnell for produce, goods and services. Being that it stored well, packed tightly for shipping, and was inexpensive, it become popular and remains so to this day. Many restaurants offer Spam in a variety of dishes. With it's limited land area, livestock can be expensive to raise in Hawaii. A great deal of meat must be shipped in from the continent. Spam makes for a cheap easy readily available meat alternative.

mattduke wrote:
I shop at Walmart for groceries. The price beats every other store in the area, they have a bigger selection, and usually have the product I need in stock, although lately this has not necessarily been the case. Spam is $2 for 12 oz, while the cloned Wal-mart Luncheon Meat is $1.50. Thw store brand works out to $2/pound. While I can find meat for sale for less than $2/pound, it requires cold storage or processing for storage (canning/drying). Chicken livers is a buck a pound. Ground beef can be had for $1.50-1.75/pound. Ground Turkey for a buck a pound, but it puts me to sleep. Beef liver is $1.50/pound. Hey, I like innerds as much as the next guy but finding the time to pressure can 14 pounds of liver has been a challenge of late. Spam is ready to stock, ready to eat, ready to open. It slices, dices, handles any kitchen crisis. A key to its success is its versatility. Raw Spam has already been cooked. The flavor and texture is consistent throughout. One can is the same as the next. It can be used as a substitute for any meat out there. MASH had an episode where the "chef" prepared an entree using Spam, if you recall...the Spam Lamb

My great-grandmother had several acres of blueberries, we'd spend the end of our summer vacation picking them to earn our school clothes money. One concoction that my grandmother would make for us to take out to the field for lunch was Spamiches. Spam, hard boiled egg and onion, run through the hand cranked grinder, add mayonnaise, salt and pepper, 2 slices of bread and you have something that will stick to your ribs all day.
Monty Python Spam sketch

Spam clip