Sshh, dear, don’t cause a fuss. I’ll have your spam. I love it. I’m having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam!
And a good time was had by all. Some photos:
The crowd
And some very delectable chocolate-dipped Spam. Mmmm! It really did taste good.
I dunno about YOU but my Google alerts lit up like a Christmas tree.
Spam and eggs is a breakfast staple for me. It also works well diced into beans.
Bloody Vikings!
Would you say it was better for those purposes than regular ham, bacon, or breakfast sausage and, if so, why? Be sure to show your work.
I haven’t found the chorizo Spam and I’ve made an effort having searched all my usual stores. At this point, it can’t possibly live up to the… well, hype seems too strong but maybe just expectations?
Still on the lookout, though.
It’s decent. I personally don’t think it tastes that much like chorizo, but more like maybe Hormel hot tamale filling, but my brother does think it tastes similar to chorizo. Anyhow, I like it better than regular Spam for frying up, as well as eating with eggs. If enjoying cold, though, I prefer regular Spam. If you ever end up near Midway Airport area, the Pete’s Market on 43rd and Pulaski has it.
I’ve always eaten cold Spam sandwiches. I didn’t know that it was (apparently) unusual.
It wins it’s place in the breakfast rotation for being there. If I want ham or bacon or sausage I have to make sure I pick some up at the store. If I want Spam and eggs all I have to make sure of is the eggs. I know I have Spam. Diced or fried (or both) it’s part of Your Good Breakfast. Same with being an ingredient in the bean-based Bachelor One-Pot “Don’t You Dare Make A Mess of The Kitchen While I’m Away” dinner. 
That’s how I grew up eating this kind of stuff. I didn’t discover it fried until maybe my 20s. And, minus the chorizo Spam, it’s the way I usually eat it.
ETA: or in budae jjigae.
Cold, is it any different than the “spiced ham” available sliced to order any nearly every deli?
(I’m trying to work up my courage; is it obvious?)
Just buy a can, fry up a few slices, hit them with the usual condimentia and chow down ya big pussy! It ain’t gonna kill ya (much.)
Really, the only (bad) thing about Spam is that it gives me rather persistent flatulence. Persistent as in really good hang time. But that may be due to the beans.
(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.
Also, the Armour Meat rotten meat scandal of 1898-9 was a direct influence on Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle.
The festival was still going on when I left to go stop by the Honolulu Tavern, a venerable old dive bar here in Waikiki. A group of drinkers were just about to wander over to see the the festival. I told them I’d just come from there, and this Canadian lady, a tourist, asked me, “Do they have anything vegetarian over there?” :smack:
I just looked at her and said, “Yeah, Spam.”
Similar, but maybe a little less firm? I’m not sure if that’s the right word. I mean It’s not really foldable or rollable the way deli spiced ham is. It’s more likely to break apart if you try to do that. Or at least it seems that way. Flavorwise, they’re all in the same ballpark. Spam definitely has its signature flavor, though, and Armour Treet just doesn’t cut it.
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.
Hence the Miracle Whip in the SPAM[sup]®[/sup] salad sandwiches. 
My grad school roomie was from Austin, MN, the hometown of SPAM. He described the local “SPAM Days” they had every year. He spoke about it like it was something he survived, rather than enjoyed. He said to imagine any recipe you’ve ever heard of and replace the title ingredient with SPAM. ANY. RECIPE. EVER.
I’ll be home in a few weeks, and I can’t wait to hit McDonald’s for the Spam breakfast platters. Too bad I missed the Spam Jam!