Sales of Spam rise as consumers trim food costs

If you're going to substitute meat, you're better off with Tofu. A two ounce serving of SPAM has 15 grams of fat (23% US Daily Value) including 6 grams of saturated fat (28% US Daily Value), and over 170 calories. It also contains nearly a third of the recommended daily intake of sodium. Whereas a 3 ounce serving of Westernized Tofu has less than 12 mg of sodium, 7 grams of fat and is cholesterol free. The homemaker in the article would be better off substituting SPAM and Ramen (which also has well over 800 mg of sodium per package) with Tofu as it also a versatile product and a much better choice for her family.

I agree with Fitty that we need to scrutinize the nutritional content of all processed meat more carefully. The two women quoted in the article have at least taken care to include fresh produce in their meals.

WTF? Does anyone really know what is in spam?
OH, I think I'm going to be sick.

My husband and my daughter love fried spam sandwiches with mustard... ugh.

The nerve wrote:

WTF? Does anyone really know what is in spam?
OH, I think I'm going to be sick.
My husband and my daughter love fried spam sandwiches with mustard... ugh.

You wont eat hot dogs but you have no problem with fried SPAM sandwiches?

Anyone ever try Spam light? 1/3 less mystery gel.

Damn, now the supply will go down and my price will go up. Comment on Spam you either like it or don't. Regardless in Hawaii you will pay big bucks for it.

MrMillCity_com wrote:

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You wont eat hot dogs but you have no problem with fried SPAM sandwiches?

No no no...read my comment again..
I don't eat them, my husband and daughter do silly.
Hey, maybe they're made of the same crap. lol

The nerve wrote:

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No no no...read my comment again..
I don't eat them, my husband and daughter do silly.
Hey, maybe they're made of the same crap. lol

touche

Spam ... Why not?


"Do you smell that? It's SPAM, son. Nothing else on the world smells like that. I love the smell of SPAM in the morning. Y'know, once we had a hail bomb....12 hours....and when it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of them, not one stinking pig body.

The smell, y'know that sizzling pork products smell, that whole hell.

Smells like........ Victory.

Some day this SPAM xenophobia's gonna end."

(apologies to - Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore)

http://www.spam.com/

MrMillCity_com wrote:

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touche

Cute.
Spam & hot dogs are still gross to me... hehe

Oh well !

A good test of those who claim they are or were raised poor is " Have you eaten SPAM ?".

I'm sure not all poor have eaten SPAM but surely the majority has .

BTW, During WWII it was about the only meaty type food readily available.

wasnt Spam the original c-ration?

spam spam spam spam -- wonderful spam

" shut-up you bloody vikings"!!!!!

x-nutmegger wrote:

Oh well !
A good test of those who claim they are or were raised poor is " Have you eaten SPAM ?".
I'm sure not all poor have eaten SPAM but surely the majority has .
BTW, During WWII it was about the only meaty type food readily available.

or if you still have a taste for it :-) An All-American classic.

One word for it "YUK"!

NFW.

why wouldn't you just go vegetarian instead of eat that crap? Really- it's like the lardy ass of a cow mixed with leftover pieces of pigs. Add salt, and shove it into a can- SPAM.

Chopped green peppers, chopped onions, diced potatoes, diced Spam. Fry it all together and you get Spam hash. This was a staple in our house in the 1950's. Sometime we'd have it everyday for a week. Saturday was franks and beans with brown bread. The bread came in a can, it was a lot worse than Spam. Saturday sucked, besides the beans which I didn't like it was bath day for us kids. Had to heat the water on the stove because there was no running hot water. Cold water flat is what they called our apartment.

The Nerve wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was told that in WWI or WWII, the soldiers ate spam on bread and that's where the phrase "shiit on a shingle " came from.
Is this true?

I believe that creamed chipped beef is the meat ingredient to that meal.

The Nerve wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was told that in WWI or WWII, the soldiers ate spam on bread and that's where the phrase "shiit on a shingle " came from.
Is this true?

It is true that a lot of Spam went to the troops but the dish you are referring to (SOS) is something else.

Creamed chipped beef on toast is made from dried beef. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Creamed-Chipped-...

The secret to enjoying this dish is to eat it before it cools off. Great with a couple of eggs.

The Navy preferred minced beef on toast.
http://www.yumyum.com/recipe.htm...
Also good with a couple of eggs.