# If you want your pig-meat, here's SPAM with Bacon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762 "2007-03-06T01:38:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tofergregg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tofergregg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofergregg)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/1 "2007-03-06T01:38:41Z")
After gliding around the amusing SPAM website from the latest Weird Earl’s, I happened upon the [SPAM varieties](http://spam.com/eatspam/varieties.aspx) page. Hickory Smoked SPAM and Hot and Spicy SPAM sound pretty good (well, as far as it goes), SPAM with Cheese and Garlic SPAM not so much, and SPAM with Turkey just isn’t right. But SPAM with Bacon! The pig union can’t be too happy with _that_ concoction. Ham, pork, and bacon in one tempting, gelatinous slab. What’s next, SPAM with Bacon Hot Dogs (now with _extra_ lips and assholes!)? You’d almost think they could market SPAM with Bacon in little, pig-shaped tins and it would make a nice tribute to the poor ungulate that gave all he had. That’ll do, pig. That’ll do. -Tofer ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/2 "2007-03-06T02:05:07Z")
I think I’m in love! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/3 "2007-03-06T02:12:36Z")
Do NOT disrespect the Spam! It represents all that is good and right and pure in tinned meats (except for Underwood Roast Beef spread which can be rather hard to find but you can order it by the case online). ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/4 "2007-03-06T02:17:13Z")
Waitaminute! Roast Beef _spread?_ That’s crazy talk. Clearly the SPAM Co is trying to use every part of the pig in its pork products. It’s very eco-friendly. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/5 "2007-03-06T02:18:46Z")
I think they should market it with a star-shaped callout on the tin that proudly proclaims, “Now with MEAT!” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/6 "2007-03-06T02:21:59Z")
I tried it the other day, only because I couldn’t find a tin of [Bacon Grill](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/d/d6/Bacongril.jpg). It’s OK, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/7 "2007-03-06T02:47:05Z")
Chicken fried Bacon Spam, fried in Bacon fat. Mmmmmmm. I’ll leave funeral instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/8 "2007-03-06T02:54:01Z")
The gratuitous use of the word ‘bacon’ is impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Montgomery0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Montgomery0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery0)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/9 "2007-03-06T03:15:10Z")
[QUOTE=Annie] Chicken fried Bacon Spam, fried in Bacon fat. Mmmmmmm. I’ll leave funeral instructions. [/QUOTE] The density of bacony goodness of this WRAPPED inside of bacon has been scientifically proven to be the cause of tiny tasty black holes. Wrapping again in bacon will cause the universe to implode. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/10 "2007-03-06T03:36:43Z")
_I don’t like **SPAM**!_ [/Monty Python] ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/11 "2007-03-06T04:45:24Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/12 "2007-03-06T07:17:32Z")
When I was a kid I thought Spam was actually meat flavored Jell-o. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/13 "2007-03-06T07:44:13Z")
[QUOTE=Elysium] Waitaminute! Roast Beef _spread?_ That’s crazy talk. Clearly the SPAM Co is trying to use every part of the pig in its pork products. It’s very eco-friendly. [/QUOTE] Is SPAM produced by Native Americans? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/14 "2007-03-06T07:44:20Z")
**Moderator’s Note:** _Really_ moving to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/15 "2007-03-06T09:05:20Z")
Finally, Americans can make a traditional English breakfast like spam, spam, spam, bacon, spam, bacon, spam, and spam with ease. Although personally, I’m a Hormel corned beef hash man. I like it best with jerk sauce and a couple of eggs scrambled in as it’s frying. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/16 "2007-03-06T09:42:49Z")
[QUOTE=pkbites] When I was a kid I thought Spam was actually meat flavored Jell-o. Blech. [/QUOTE] That’s not a million miles from the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/17 "2007-03-06T09:45:49Z")
BTW, I’ve reported the spam in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/18 "2007-03-06T15:48:50Z")
If SPAM is “pork shoulder and ham”, then why would you make it with Turkey and name it SPAM? Shouldn’t it be named SPURKEY? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/19 "2007-03-06T16:24:17Z")
If they made it with skunk or termites, it would have to be named _Spunk_ or _Spermite_, who would buy it then? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762/20 "2007-03-06T16:32:16Z")
[QUOTE=Terminus Est] _I don’t like **SPAM**!_ [/Monty Python] [/QUOTE] Try the “SPAM with Cheese and Garlic SPAM”. It doesn’t have too much SPAM in it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-your-pig-meat-heres-spam-with-bacon/394762.md?page=2)