# Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504 "2017-04-29T15:52:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/41 "2017-05-01T20:02:35Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I haven’t found the chorizo Spam Why not [order](http://store.spam.com/all-products/varieties) it direct from the factory? It’s amazing the number of products they have in the shop section of the website, including a [SPAM can costume](http://store.spam.com/all-products/spam-can-costume). I went to the original SPAM museum when it was at the factory, it has since moved. There was a restaurant across the street that specialized in SPAM, but it was for sale. I wonder if they got it sold? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/42 "2017-05-01T20:14:02Z")
My old college bud in Hawaii sent me this link to today’s article on Spam Musabi in _Civil Beat._ > **[Spam Musubi: A Tasty History Lesson](https://www.civilbeat.org/2017/05/spam-musubi-a-tasty-history-lesson/)** > > Here's how the two came together to create an iconic island offering. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/43 "2017-05-01T20:59:39Z")
[Here’s a CBS Sunday Morning feature on SPAM.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuLsGm3X54M) 14 different flavors of SPAM on the shelves of a Hawaiian grocery store, and they have an interview with Todd Rundgren and his wife Michele about their Tiki bar on Kauai that features SPAM on the menu. Todd explains that despite it’s reputation that it’s much better than hot dogs “It doesn’t have any snouts or anuses in it.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/44 "2017-05-01T21:47:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The only thing wrong with spam is that it’s too salty. But if you’re mixing it in with other things to cut the salt, or if you’re working out a lot and sweating, it’s fine. It’s got a pretty high fat content, too. And not the “good” kind of fat. But, can it be any worse than a hot dog? If you eat hot dogs, but turn your nose up a spam, you might want to think about that dog a little bit more carefully. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/45 "2017-05-01T21:54:49Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Why not [order](http://store.spam.com/all-products/varieties) it direct from the factory? Oh, wow. Linguiça-flavored Spam! We truly live in Modern Times. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/46 "2017-05-01T22:36:38Z")
Best SPAMwich recipe ever. It tastes like childhood and nostalgia, before I understood that we were poor. My kids, now 17 and 15, knew about e-mail spam before they knew about the food SPAM and they still ask for them for Saturday lunch on occassion. Original Spam Cheap-ass white bread. American Cheese slices (the cheaper, the better.) Velveeta works too, but now you’re getting fancy ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/47 "2017-05-01T22:38:15Z")
> [@D.E.S.K.Top668](#): > > Best SPAMwich recipe ever. It tastes like childhood and nostalgia, before I understood that we were poor. My kids, now 17 and 15, knew about e-mail spam before they knew about the food SPAM and they still ask for them for Saturday lunch on occassion. > Original Spam > Cheap-ass white bread. > American Cheese slices (the cheaper, the better.) Velveeta works too, but now you’re getting fancy You’ve really got to try SPAM[sup]®[/sup] salad sandwiches. Skip the cheese. . ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/48 "2017-05-01T22:57:11Z")
My spam musubi technique: –fry the spam: chuck it in teriyaki or in shoyu/mirin while still hot –a bit of umeboshi/ ume paste on the rice, and furikake in it. –et cetera as usual. Da bomb. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/49 "2017-05-01T23:15:42Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It’s decent. I personally don’t think it tastes that much like chorizo, but more like maybe Hormel hot tamale filling… Oh? Color me intrigued. I’ve seen it at Caputo’s and Dollar General. > [@silenus](#): > > Just buy a can, fry up a few slices, hit them with the usual condimentia … Maple syrup, right? > [@Kimballkid](#): > > Why not [order](http://store.spam.com/all-products/varieties) it direct from the factory? Because he lives in civilization, where he can purchase his heart’s desire without waiting? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/50 "2017-05-01T23:18:03Z")
> [@D.E.S.K.Top668](#): > > Best SPAMwich recipe ever. It tastes like childhood and nostalgia, before I understood that we were poor. My kids, now 17 and 15, knew about e-mail spam before they knew about the food SPAM and they still ask for them for Saturday lunch on occassion. > Original Spam > Cheap-ass white bread. > American Cheese slices (the cheaper, the better.) Velveeta works too, but now you’re getting fancy (Accidentally hit SUBMIT:smack: Now to finish) Margarine, butter (it was on sale that week,) or Mayo (grabbed a bunch of packets at the last fast food place we ate at.) Potato chips (store brand) OPTIONAL: No-name canned chili-dog sauce Remove SPAM from can and slice thin; fry with a little margarine, butter, or mayo. Assemble SPAMwich: bread, cheese(ish substance), SPAM, cheese(ish substance), and bread. If you want to show off to the _Hoi Polloi_, you add another layer of SPAM and cheese(ish substance). Fry that mutha in SPAM grease and the fat of choice until golden brown. Serve on plastic or paper plate. Add chips, and if you want to gourmet that, heat a can of chili sauce and dump it over the SPAMwich and chips ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/51 "2017-05-02T01:08:17Z")
Monty Python shall enter here soon. The magic word was spoken ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/52 "2017-05-02T01:12:57Z")
> [@Weisshund](#): > > Monty Python shall enter here soon. > > The magic word was spoken See post #20. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/53 "2017-05-02T02:28:17Z")
Hey, what about post #11? I give and I give… . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/54 "2017-05-02T03:23:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The only thing wrong with spam is that it’s too salty. But if you’re mixing it in with other things to cut the salt, or if you’re working out a lot and sweating, it’s fine. Our supermarket only carries two variaties: SPAM, and Low Salt SPAM. The Malaysian inlaws eat SPAM, or rice with SPAM, or fried rice with SPAM , as the mood hits them. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/55 "2017-05-02T03:34:16Z")
That store page didn’t have every flavor. The video clip I posted showed macadamia flavored SPAM on the shelves. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/56 "2017-05-02T15:57:28Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Because he lives in civilization, where he can purchase his heart’s desire without waiting? 😉 Must not be too civilized because he said he couldn’t find the Chorizo SPAM where he is. When I ordered the variety case, it didn’t take too long to get here. But then I’m only one state over from the home state of SPAM. > [@gaffa](#): > > That store page didn’t have every flavor. The video clip I posted showed macadamia flavored SPAM on the shelves. Watch it again, it’s actually SPAM-flavored macadamia nuts, not the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/57 "2017-05-02T17:19:49Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Watch it again, it’s actually SPAM-flavored macadamia nuts, not the other way around. Oh wait, that’s a lot worse. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/58 "2017-05-02T17:44:12Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > (Whines) I can’t help thinking about Herman Ossian Armour, the founder of Armour Meats, the first company to put meat into cans! > > His lavish mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City, is the exact color of fresh liverwurst. And the dome is the exact color of rotten liverwurst. He really should have brought that up with the architect. > > [Herman Ossian Armour (1837-1901) - Find a Grave Memorial](https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1419) > > Also, the Armour Meat rotten meat scandal of 1898-9 was a direct influence on Upton Sinclair’s novel _The Jungle._ I think you mean [Treet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treet). It’s still around. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/59 "2017-05-03T06:09:18Z")
> [@Weisshund](#): > > Monty Python shall enter here soon. > > The magic word was spoken > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > See post #20. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Hey, what about post #11? I give and I give… . 😉 Hell, how about the title? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504/60 "2017-05-05T10:55:44Z")
I think I only ate Spam one time growing up, most likely while camping, but I tried it (again) a few years ago, and I realized that a fried Spam, egg and cheese on toasted rye with mustard wasn’t half bad. So I’ll make it once or twice a year for brunch at home on a weekend. Never with baked beans. Y’all be trifling. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam/785504.md?page=4)