SPAM and other foods - any hate? :)

[Sundowner]

[QUOTE="John Fenna, post:
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Just by way of balance - I cannot abide tripe... a healthy, tasty, fresh meat meal, they tell me.... Grim rubbery yeuch IMHO![/QUOTE]
I'm with you all the way on that one!!!! But, I wonder now, would it be ok fried????

 

[Sundowner]

100% with you on that. My grandmother used to cook it and the whole house smelt like a sewer. The only andouillette I've ever tried had tripe in it and I was nearly sick just putting it to my mouth

Years ago in a French service station I thought I try one of these andouilettes. It came looking great, I cut it, just about to put it into my mouth when the smell hit my nose!!! I nearly threw up!! Broch, why did you have to remind me? I was merely reading an interesting thread on BCUK

 

[crosslandkelly]

And of course my personal favourite....

 

[Robson Valley]

I like fried Spam with brown sugar and cinnamon. Beats the Hello out of even 30 days of fish.
I made up the strange meat source just for false news.
Incredibly popular stuff, all across the Pacific and I agree.
Monty Python was having a slow news day.

I could live on Calamari, it you let me cook it.
My best recipe uses big quid tubes. Got it from Australians who got it from a Portugeese
in Austria who claimed it was really Greek. I think so.

 

[sunndog]

*** is milk gravy!!!!

Surely that's illegal

 

[Janne]

Similar to cream gravy, but leaner.

I love Cod Cheeks. I love Cod Tongues. Roe.

Fish A$$ holes I leave to you guys.

 

[snappingturtle]

I am weird. Yes, you know that!
But now you will think I am even weirder, and have a super weird family.

We like liver ( beef, lamb, reindeer), kidneys ( beef, lamb) and tripe (beef).

I would convert your tastes if you tasted my tripe Pörkölt ( tripe goulash outside Hungary)

Tripe has to be cooked a certain way to taste nice.

I've tried something polish with tripe was a good kind of soup as soon as I binned the tripe! I have spam for the winter store put that with eggs an chips on a winters evening then lay out with the cat an woman in front of the fire you know your living is good

 

[Tengu]

No tripe for me, thank you.

And the butcher failed to sell me any chitterlings (Maybe he should not have given me a bit to taste first...)

Offal is to be made into sausages...or Haggis. (love haggis)

 

[Janne]

Actually, it's mostly pure'd and minced genitalia.

If it was it would be tastier!

It is the weird consistency I have always wondered about.
There are many ‘finely atomized pork’ foods out there ( frankfurthers, some countries’ meatloaf, some spreads, liver free pate’s) but none has the bouncy chewiness.

 

[Janne]

I lived off the primitive freeze dried mil grade food for 75% of three years. 4 versions. Chicken and rice, Liver casserole, Beef and potato puree and Sweet and sour chicken and rice.
Most of the time we consumed it either dry, or soaked in luke warm water.
Spam would have been a treat.

I have always wondered if that time has been the start of my intestinal problems.

They tasted vile even when hungry.
I have eaten freeze dried outdoor food maybe 15 times since. Much better now, but still..

 

[santaman2000]

Nobody likes spam. The liking of spam is a myth and propaganda started by Monty python

You've clearly never been to Hawaii. Nor to the deep South.

 

[santaman2000]

*** is milk gravy!!!!

Surely that's illegal

Make a roux thin bacon grease and flour then thin it to a gravy with milk. I use salt and pepper as well. Like bechamel, it's a base gravy for other dishes. It's not illegal per se, but it probably should be since it's good enough to make you "Slap Ya Mama."

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I haven't had brains & eggs since I was a little kid.

.....It is the weird consistency I have always wondered about.
There are many ‘finely atomized pork’ foods out there ( frankfurthers, some countries’ meatloaf, some spreads, liver free pate’s) but none has the bouncy chewiness.

Spam's consistency is pretty good compared to most other brands; but I'll confess it's a bit of a mystery. Too solid for simple fine mince yet obviously not the simple solid meat.[/QUOTE]

 

[santaman2000]

[QUOTE="John Fenna, post:
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Just by way of balance - I cannot abide tripe... a healthy, tasty, fresh meat meal, they tell me.... Grim rubbery yeuch IMHO!

I'm with you all the way on that one!!!! But, I wonder now, would it be ok fried????[/QUOTE]


When I was kid growing up the only way we ever had it was fried. I didn't even know there was any other way to cook it until I had meundo in a Mexican restaurant when I was in my 30s.

 

[Janne]

My son used to use Spam cut in small pieces to fish with in lakes in UK
Weird, but it worked!

Myself, I preferred worms, or a glutinous boiled flour dough

We can get lots if different Spams here, just like in the US.
As mentioned, the Filipino flavoured one is the weirdest.

Various copies of Spam, called ’Luncheon meat’ can be bought here too.
We used to buy the cheap ones ( a Chinese sounding brand) in bulk, case of 24 cans, as a treat for our dogs.
It doubled during Hurricane season as emergency food for us.

 

[sunndog]

You've clearly never been to Hawaii. Nor to the deep South.

Eastern Europeans love it too

In the UK there seems to be a sort of inverted snobbery with some folks pretending it's good food rather than just what people had when they couldn't afford real meat lol
We didn't have a lot growing up but at least we never had to eat spam!!!

As for milk gravy....pass the sick bucket.
Just the sound of it puts me off, mind you bread sauce and milk toast does the same to me and I won't eat curry or anything if I know there's cream in it

Cream? on meat? *shudder

 

[Janne]

Yes, I had my share while a child behind the Iron Border....
Called Luncheon meat in most countries there.

In countries liberated/invaded by the US Armed forces in WW2, Spam became very common bartering item.

Spam and cigs for bread, fruit and veg.

Dad told me he thought that the US armed forces were cool, as they issued the soldiers with inflatable rubber balloons!

 

[Robson Valley]

Across the Pacific Ocean, it is not an issue of who can afford what.
It's refrigeration. All meat has to be eaten fresh. That's why the chickens and pigs run all over the place.
We will kill a couple of chickens for supper and hope the rain quits and it cools off to 90F for the night.
There's no lengthy twilight in the evening. BANG! It's night/dark. The Colemans are lit.

 

[santaman2000]

Eastern Europeans love it too.....

Yes, I had my share while a child behind the Iron Border....
Called Luncheon meat in most countries there.

Yes, I had my share while a child behind the Iron Border....
Called Luncheon meat in most countries there.

In countries liberated/invaded by the US Armed forces in WW2, Spam became very common bartering item......

I suspect the eastern European countries tastes are similarly caused by WWII like Hawaii's (just as Janne says) In the old Soviet Union it was less the actual presence of US forces but more likely shipments of US foods and war supplies to support their war efforts on the Eastern Front.

 

[santaman2000]

No tripe for me, thank you.

And the butcher failed to sell me any chitterlings (Maybe he should not have given me a bit to taste first...)

Offal is to be made into sausages...or Haggis. (love haggis)

How were the samples cooked? They're best if deep fried crisp (the only way I'll actually eat them)

 

[santaman2000]

....As for milk gravy....pass the sick bucket.
Just the sound of it puts me off, mind you bread sauce and milk toast does the same to me and I won't eat curry or anything if I know there's cream in it

Cream? on meat? *shudder

I don't like it plain either and i can understand your logic. You might like tomato gravy instead (substitute crushed tomatoes for the milk ion the above recipe/video) Add chopped bacon for a meatier version.