# SPAM'n'eggs
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 18, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997 "2015-04-18T16:31:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/1 "2015-04-18T16:31:01Z")
We ran out of bacon a couple of weeks ago. I buy 6-pound packages from Cash & Carry, and I have to make a ‘special trip’ or combine it with other stops when I go to town 25 miles away. We had breakfast sausages last week, which was a nice change. This morning… SPAM[sup]®[/sup]! 🙂
I can’t remember the last time I ate fried SPAM[sup]®[/sup]. The SO isn’t too keen on it in any variety; and when I do eat it, it’s SPAM[sup]®[/sup] salad sandwiches or SPAM[sup]®[/sup] musubi. But lacking breakfast meat this morning, I grated some potatoes, rinsed them, squeezed them, soaked them, rinsed them, squeezed them, and dried them, cut a tin of SPAM[sup]®[/sup] into eight pieces and fried four of them, and fried four eggs in butter, over-easy. It was a nice change. Even using the 25% less sodium variety, they were plenty salty. Must be the frying.
---
### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/2 "2015-04-18T16:37:56Z")
Must …not…click…report.
---
### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/3 "2015-04-18T17:11:58Z")
[Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spammity-spam!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE&t=2m25s)
---
### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/4 "2015-04-18T22:36:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
>
> The SO isn’t too keen on it in any variety…
You got a keeper there. 🙂
---
### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/5 "2015-04-18T23:00:45Z")
We had spam all the time when I was a kid. Being a kid, I didn’t know any better. Even though it was the late 50s/early 60s, I think my parents were still more or less stuck in the 40s of WWII. Can’t say I ever had it since or ever had a desire to have it.
How is that you even have it your pantry? 🙂
---
### Author:  [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/6 "2015-04-18T23:03:39Z")
Spam is good eating. Every once in a while my daughter and I use it to make Fallout NV caravan lunches.
---
### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/7 "2015-04-18T23:11:16Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
>
> How is that you even have it your pantry? 🙂
I like it!
You really should try SPAM salad sandwiches (ground SPAM, Miracle Whip, sweet pickle relish) on soft white bread. 🙂
---
### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/8 "2015-04-18T23:14:05Z")
I eat a lot of ham-- ham and eggs. What’s the advantage of SPAM over ham?
---
### Author:  [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/9 "2015-04-18T23:22:44Z")
I like SPAM too and always try to keep a couple cans on hand. One of my favorite SPAM n eggs thing to do is chop the spam into cubes and fry it partway, mix up some eggs with chopped onions, green peppers and a bit of milk, and then pour that over the SPAM and scramble it all together. Heaven! 🙂
---
### Author:  [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/10 "2015-04-19T01:54:36Z")
Spameled eggs with sourdough toast or biscuits is a good breakfast. Add a couple of mugs of hot Irish Breakfast tea and you’ve got a winner.
---
### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/11 "2015-04-19T02:08:07Z")
If I am walking past the SPAM in the supermarket and it happens to be hugely reduced (which seems to happen once or twice a year), I buy a couple of cans of [SPAM® Hot and Spicy](http://www.spam.com/varieties/spam-hot-and-spicy). What genius, SPAM with built in Tabasco! For the next week breakfast is sliced SPAM on white bread. The only other thing I eat on plain white bread is [Vegemite.](https://www.vegemite.com.au/)
Craving update…going shopping now. Thanks a lot\*\* Johnny L.A.\*\*
---
### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/12 "2015-04-19T02:17:08Z")
Man, now I want one of my dad’s Spam Denver omelets. It’s been 30 years…
---
### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/13 "2015-04-19T02:20:16Z")
They’re friggin’ CRAZY about Spam in Hawaii. It’s on the menu in lots of restaurants. I heard it’s a holdover from WWI. And they do make it good there too. I still have fond memories of Spamburgers.
---
### Author:  [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/14 "2015-04-19T02:25:49Z")
SPAM! BURN IT WITH FIRE!
No, really. Cook it on a temp that’s a bit too hot, so you get a little black on the edges. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
ETA: I’ve had spam sushi more than once. Tasty.
---
### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/15 "2015-04-19T02:27:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
>
> They’re friggin’ CRAZY about Spam in Hawaii. It’s on the menu in lots of restaurants. I heard it’s a holdover from **WWI**. And they do make it good there too. I still have fond memories of Spamburgers.
And of course, I meant WWII. :o
---
### Author:  [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/16 "2015-04-19T03:20:42Z")
The last time I was in Hawaii, which was years ago, McDonald’s had spam with their breakfasts.
---
### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/17 "2015-04-19T03:53:56Z")
I have never eaten Spam.
---
### Author:  [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/18 "2015-04-19T04:55:22Z")
> [@Scumpup](#):
>
> Spam is good eating. Every once in a while my daughter and I use it to make Fallout NV caravan lunches.
I bet that goes down good with some Sunset Sarsaparilla. 😃 Do you eat it with mashed potatoes and baked beans?
I’ve used Spam to make fair-to-middlin’ breakfast hash before. I won’t say I love Spam, but my favorite use is to make it into an ersatz patty melt or Reuben sandwich (after frying the slice into a crisp.)
---
### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/19 "2015-04-19T05:02:04Z")
Count me as a Spam fan. Fried with eggs, chopped up in beans, it’s all good. I always keep a few cans in the pantry for when the craving strikes.
---
### Author:  [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997/20 "2015-04-19T06:26:02Z")
Just put Spam on the shopping list.
Spam burritos. Mmmmmmmm
[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spamneggs/717997.md?page=2)