Do any of you guys like Spam (the canned food)?!
Personally I grew up with Spam so therefore I love it! I have my own family now and we all still love it!. Do any of you like it!? What are some ways you prepare it or what do you eat it with!? We are Tex-Mex, so therefore, I love to dice it up, fry it, add some chopped onion and tomato (sometimes jalapenos too) and eggs!. Or I make refried beans and make tacos with the beans, some cheese and sliced spam!.!.!.!.Spam sandwiches, spam and macaroni!.!.!.LOL!! you guys get it!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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I also had Spam growing up and in our large family, it was a treat!. Mom would slice it up with fried potatoes or mix it with eggs!. Sometimes we even had sandwiches from it!. Once in a while, I still buy it to have on hand!. I tend to use it with escalloped potatoes!. Many of the meals you mentioned I also have had!. It is good tasting and very handy! Go Spam! And thanks for asking this question!Www@FoodAQ@Com
"Army wife" - that explains the Spam!.
My Dad was a ex-army cook (stationed at Pearl Harbor during WW2)!. So like you I grew up around Spam!. My Dad did much of the cooking in the family!. He always said my mother was only allowed in the kitchen if she had Betty Crocker to help her!. LOL!.
Still use it regularly in Spam-burgers and Mac&Cheese!. also good fried with a couple eggs!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
My Dad was a ex-army cook (stationed at Pearl Harbor during WW2)!. So like you I grew up around Spam!. My Dad did much of the cooking in the family!. He always said my mother was only allowed in the kitchen if she had Betty Crocker to help her!. LOL!.
Still use it regularly in Spam-burgers and Mac&Cheese!. also good fried with a couple eggs!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
When I grew up we had spam all the time!. I'm not sure why so many people frown on it, it's not like it's goat balls! lol
My mom use to make hash browns with it and serve it with an over easy egg!. SOO GOOD!. Or make it into sandwiches, like hot ham and cheese, except no ham!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
My mom use to make hash browns with it and serve it with an over easy egg!. SOO GOOD!. Or make it into sandwiches, like hot ham and cheese, except no ham!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
yeah but Ive not had it in years!.
the way we ate it when we used to be poor was to lice it long ways like a square patty and fry it then have it on a bun like a ham burger or Spam burger HAHAHAHAHAH man Im gald my dad finally got a job!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
the way we ate it when we used to be poor was to lice it long ways like a square patty and fry it then have it on a bun like a ham burger or Spam burger HAHAHAHAHAH man Im gald my dad finally got a job!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
My husband eats it, but I don't!. I don't buy the large tins of it!. I get the individual packages!. I know it's cheap meat, but I still don't like it!. I will make it for him with eggs or on a sandwich, but that's about it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I seriously LOVE Spam, and I always make my Traditional Chinese Fried Rice with it!. I love Spam because its really salty and juicy,and it's always the perfect ingredient for my Chinese Fried Rice!. I hope you like it as much as I do!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I love it but it's been a constant fight with my wife about buying it!. She hates it and does not want me to give it to our kids because she thinks its unhealthy (go figure!.!.!.lol)
But, I grew up on fried spam sandwiches with mustard!. Good stuffWww@FoodAQ@Com
But, I grew up on fried spam sandwiches with mustard!. Good stuffWww@FoodAQ@Com
I haven't had it in a while, but we had it growing up and I really liked it!. We would just make basic Spam and Eggs!. Chop up the Spam in little squares and mix it in when making scrabbled eggs!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Urgh no its nasty!! Remember havin it at school once and it tasted foul!. Sounds strange but I once had a bad ear infection and the smell of the infection smelt like spam fritters, ha ha!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
its ok!.!. i think its good if i am in the mood for it!. !.otherwise it can be kinda gross!. lol
But i too had it growing up!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
But i too had it growing up!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I love spam as well! I grew up with it!. I am asian, so growing up we just always fried it and ate it with rice and soy sauce!. Delicious!Www@FoodAQ@Com
No!. Only smelly Hawaiians like Spam!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I do but I only eat fryed spam!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I HAVE NEVER TRYED ITWww@FoodAQ@Com
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nah i dont like it that muchWww@FoodAQ@Com
They have a web site at Spam!.com and it has lots of recipes!. Hey maybe you should enter their recipe contest!. Who knows!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Slammin' Beanwiches --
INGREDIENTS
8 slices bread
1 (15 ounce) can baked beans with pork
1 (12 ounce) container fully cooked luncheon meat (e!.g!. Spam?)
8 slices American cheese
3 tablespoons ketchup
3 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack at about 6 inches from the heat source!.
Place the bread onto a baking sheet!. Spread the baked beans with pork onto each slice of bread, then cut the luncheon meat into 8 slices, and place a slice on each piece of bread!. Cover with a slice of cheese, then add a dollop of ketchup and mustard to each!. Broil in preheated oven until the edges of the bread have toasted and the cheese is melted and golden!.
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Spam Musubi --
INGREDIENTS
2 cups uncooked short-grain white rice
2 cups water
6 tablespoons rice vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup oyster sauce
1/2 cup white sugar
1 (12 ounce) container fully cooked luncheon meat (e!.g!. Spam)
5 sheets sushi nori (dry seaweed)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
DIRECTIONS
Soak uncooked rice for 4 hours; drain and rinse!.
In a saucepan bring 2 cups water to a boil!. Add rice and stir!. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes!. Stir in rice vinegar, and set aside to cool!.
In a separate bowl, stir together soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar until sugar is completely dissolved!. Slice luncheon meat lengthwise into 10 slices, or to desired thickness, and marinate in sauce for 5 minutes!.
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat!. Cook slices for 2 minutes per side, or until lightly browned!. Cut nori sheets in half and lay on a flat work surface!. Place a rice press in the center of the sheet, and press rice tightly inside!. Top with a slice of luncheon meat, and remove press!. Wrap nori around rice mold, sealing edges with a small amount of water!. (Rice may also be formed by hand in the shape of the meat slices, 1 inch thick!.) Musubi may be served warm or chilled!.
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Hawaiian Fried Won Tons --
INGREDIENTS
1 (12 ounce) container fully cooked luncheon meat (e!.g!. Spam), chopped
1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
3 tablespoons green onions, chopped
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
3 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and chopped
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 (14 ounce) package square wonton wrappers
1 quart vegetable oil for frying
DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, mix together the lunchmeat, water chestnuts, green onions, parsley, hard-cooked eggs, pepper, and oyster sauce!. Set aside!.
On a clean flat surface, such as a cutting board, lay out 4 to 6 wonton skins at a time!. Place a tablespoon of the meat mixture into the center of each one!. Keep a small bowl of water next to the work area to dip fingers in!. Use wet fingers to moisten the corners of each wrapper!. Quickly pinch all 4 corners together to seal in the filling!. If it doesn't hold, use more water!. Keep filled wontons covered with plastic wrap to prevent drying while the others are made!.
Heat one inch of oil in a deep heavy skillet over medium-high heat, or heat recommended amount of oil in a deep-fryer to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C)!. Fry wontons for a few minutes on each side, or until golden!. Remove to paper towels to absorb excess grease!. Enjoy the grinds!Www@FoodAQ@Com
INGREDIENTS
8 slices bread
1 (15 ounce) can baked beans with pork
1 (12 ounce) container fully cooked luncheon meat (e!.g!. Spam?)
8 slices American cheese
3 tablespoons ketchup
3 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack at about 6 inches from the heat source!.
Place the bread onto a baking sheet!. Spread the baked beans with pork onto each slice of bread, then cut the luncheon meat into 8 slices, and place a slice on each piece of bread!. Cover with a slice of cheese, then add a dollop of ketchup and mustard to each!. Broil in preheated oven until the edges of the bread have toasted and the cheese is melted and golden!.
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Spam Musubi --
INGREDIENTS
2 cups uncooked short-grain white rice
2 cups water
6 tablespoons rice vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup oyster sauce
1/2 cup white sugar
1 (12 ounce) container fully cooked luncheon meat (e!.g!. Spam)
5 sheets sushi nori (dry seaweed)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
DIRECTIONS
Soak uncooked rice for 4 hours; drain and rinse!.
In a saucepan bring 2 cups water to a boil!. Add rice and stir!. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes!. Stir in rice vinegar, and set aside to cool!.
In a separate bowl, stir together soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar until sugar is completely dissolved!. Slice luncheon meat lengthwise into 10 slices, or to desired thickness, and marinate in sauce for 5 minutes!.
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat!. Cook slices for 2 minutes per side, or until lightly browned!. Cut nori sheets in half and lay on a flat work surface!. Place a rice press in the center of the sheet, and press rice tightly inside!. Top with a slice of luncheon meat, and remove press!. Wrap nori around rice mold, sealing edges with a small amount of water!. (Rice may also be formed by hand in the shape of the meat slices, 1 inch thick!.) Musubi may be served warm or chilled!.
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Hawaiian Fried Won Tons --
INGREDIENTS
1 (12 ounce) container fully cooked luncheon meat (e!.g!. Spam), chopped
1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
3 tablespoons green onions, chopped
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
3 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and chopped
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 (14 ounce) package square wonton wrappers
1 quart vegetable oil for frying
DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, mix together the lunchmeat, water chestnuts, green onions, parsley, hard-cooked eggs, pepper, and oyster sauce!. Set aside!.
On a clean flat surface, such as a cutting board, lay out 4 to 6 wonton skins at a time!. Place a tablespoon of the meat mixture into the center of each one!. Keep a small bowl of water next to the work area to dip fingers in!. Use wet fingers to moisten the corners of each wrapper!. Quickly pinch all 4 corners together to seal in the filling!. If it doesn't hold, use more water!. Keep filled wontons covered with plastic wrap to prevent drying while the others are made!.
Heat one inch of oil in a deep heavy skillet over medium-high heat, or heat recommended amount of oil in a deep-fryer to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C)!. Fry wontons for a few minutes on each side, or until golden!. Remove to paper towels to absorb excess grease!. Enjoy the grinds!Www@FoodAQ@Com