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Well, Gmail is getting interesting. There are now links to Spam recipes across the top of my Spam box. This was one of them. Boggles the mind. It is basically funeral potatoes for any of you who are familiar with that yummy guilty-pleasure potluck standby, but it's made w/ french fries instead of hashbrowns, and in case there wasn't enough artery clogging fat in that recipe, lets throw in some Spam for good measure!
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Hey, Spam is great. It's not filet mignon, obviously, but I'd put it on the level of McDonald's. I don't understand why it's become such a joke.
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OK, so I will sheepishly admit that I actually like the taste of fried Spam. (and the crispy chicken skin, and the crispy fat on the pork roast . . .) But I don't buy Spam; there is already enough crap in my diet. And you have to admit that it's scary-looking stuff right out of the can. Plus those potato casseroles are already a baking dish full of salt swimming in fat without adding Spam to them!
But I think it's the name of the recipe more than anything: "Shall I bring my French Fry and Spam casserole to your party?" Ewww . . .!
And speaking of Spam being a joke, I know this is old news but I just can't help myself. they make me giggle every time. A bit of Spam Haiku :
SPAM glistens pinkly; Cat taps it with wary paw To see if it's dead.
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It's true. I love the spam. And I was a strict vegetarian for years. While we're discussing Zippy's, I could go for an Icee with ice cream. Mmmmm!
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Oh, my midnight Zippy's Chile runs. How I miss thee.
I mean, not "runs" like what happens if you eat the chile and it's not completely cooked or something. "Runs" like the ganging up with a bunch of drunken friends and taking over a couple booths in the wee hours of the morn.
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Fie on your "good meats", Tom. The musubi is one of the pinnacles of human culinary ingenuity. Like bat soup or fried pigskins. Awyeah.
Edit: I should also note that the musubi pictured in that linky is not my preferred style; I like 'em when the green stuff wraps almost all the way around, with the spam sandwiched in the middle of two layers of rice. Oh, and if you can, add a layer of egg somewhere in there. *dies*
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So one time me and some buddies were eating the school's lame attempt at musubis, and we discovered large red veins running through the spam. Not just one vein, not just in one musubi.
Of course, this was the same school that served us chicken with the feathers still in it, and later uncooked fish. I suppose we shouldn't have been surprised.
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EW! I never ever ever ate lunch at school in Hawaii... But I have invaded Zippy's at ungodly hours with 30 friends in 6 cars.
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quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: (You guys know that we sent spam to the islands because we couldn't send the good meat, right?)
If I could get my hands on some Alberta beef, I would. But my understanding is that YOU can't either, Tom!! I love spam wherever I am!!!!!! And I will defend it like kq defends ketchup! (Not that ketchup needs defending, I salute thee, Heinz is the one true, etc.)
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quote: So one time me and some buddies were eating the school's lame attempt at musubis, and we discovered large red veins running through the spam. Not just one vein, not just in one musubi.
*blink* How is that possible? Is there even such a thing as discount, cut-rate spam?
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quote:*blink* How is that possible? Is there even such a thing as discount, cut-rate spam?
Most grocery chains carry their own Brand X version of it. Safeway has a "canned luncheon meat" which looks an awful lot like Spam, but tastes like salty styrofoam.
Not that I don't love eating styrofoam, it's just that when I'm in a Spam mood, styrofoam just won't cut it.
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It took me a while to get to get over my mainland squeamishness, but there's something in the air here and no one can hold out for long. Spam musubi is so ono. My children eat it all the time. And the kids here don't believe me when I tell them that people on the mainland don't eat Spam.
Just a little while ago I investigated an outbreak of Bacillus intoxication related to Spam musubi. EVERYONE eats Spam here... I think it's a state law or something.
I still don't think I would make this recipe, but I'd eat it if someone brought it to a potluck or something.
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There's been a sign in Kahului announcing a future Zippy's for over two years now. I'm not sure what the big deal is. I've eaten there a couple of times when I was in Honolulu... I'm unimpressed.
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Zippy's is no longer the restaurant it once was:
1) The prices went way up. 2) The portions went way down. 3) The quality has decreased.
The reason Zippy's is so damn popular is the same reason 24 hour fast food places are popular: you can get reasonably good, hot food 24 hours a day, and it's exactly the same no matter which one you go to. Zip Min at the Hawaii Kai Zippy's is the same as Zip Min at the one in Kapolei.
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Oh, there are most assuredly meat products of lesser quality than Spam. My old middle and high schools used to serve us a euphemistic "luncheon meat" which they tried to pass off as SpamLite, which was this thinly-sliced, watery, nausea-producing slab o' mystery. The teachers got their lunches free, but I seem to recall most of them brown-bagging it on those days.
I'm not particularly impressed with Zippy's either. It's just that there was this one Zippy's that was a few blocks away from my apartment when I was living on O'ahu that me and my friends would go to after clubbing. Twas fun.
And I was shocked when I was on the mainland and discovered that there were only a few dusty cans of Spam in the meat sections of stores. How do these savages live, I wondered?
eros: the incidents in question happened while I was at Kapa'a Middle School on Kauai, but there were many comparable lunches at Kapa'a High. If it turns out you went to either one of those places, I'ma freak out.
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I just like the aunties at Zippy's who will patiently smile and take your order and feed you no matter how long you take to decide/eat!! Even when you are CLEARLY intoxicated. They have a bathroom and water and food. The late night essentials.
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quote:I just like the aunties at Zippy's who will patiently smile and take your order and feed you no matter how long you take to decide/eat!! Even when you are CLEARLY intoxicated.
See, they never smile at me. They always look at me like they want me dead, even if I'm sober. Maybe it's because you're hapa (I very nearly typed "hapai" - egad), and they want you to marry their sons so they can have beautiful grandkids.
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Also, I never was able to make friends with any of the aunties at Zippys. I was usually the only white guy in a crowd of Koreans and Filipinos and Chinese, and I always got weird looks. Hurmph.
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My friends are all c/o 2002 - so there's a distinct possibility you know them. Happen to know three Japanese girls: Kelsi, Shari & Rena? Last names aren't really necessary, since they sort of operated as a unit.
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quote: My old middle and high schools used to serve us a euphemistic "luncheon meat" which they tried to pass off as SpamLite, which was this thinly-sliced, watery, nausea-producing slab o' mystery.
See, this points out the differences in our cultures. In my middle school, when we'd get thinly-sliced, watery, nausea-producing slabs of mystery meat, we'd say "What is this? Spam?" The idea that middle school cafeterias might serve items which aspire to being spam inspires pure horror.
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Zotto!, had I got you for the gift exchange I would have made a special trip down to Austin to the Spam Museum and Gift shop to pick out your present. Well, except for I think there's actually a gift shop in the Mall, too, so maybe I just would have gone there.
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quote:See, this points out the differences in our cultures. In my middle school, when we'd get thinly-sliced, watery, nausea-producing slabs of mystery meat, we'd say "What is this? Spam?" The idea that middle school cafeterias might serve items which aspire to being spam inspires pure horror.
Tom, this may be the first time I've ever laughed out loud at one of your posts, but good lord did I laugh hard.
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ElJay: I can think of no greater delight on a wint'ry Christmas morn than the childish glee to be had upon ripping open some wrapping to discover a fresh can o' Spam. Your gift would have been an honour gladly received.
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I am still reeling in horror at the spam musubi.
*ack*
Sushi rice - check. Nori - check. Spam - what the? What happened to a nice bit of raw fish? When did we start putting fried meat product there instead?
Although, I find the idea of a specialised musubi maker fascinating.
I think I am glad spam never made it big in Australia.
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Each time I read the title of this thread, I think "Abomination." Can't help it -- it's a reflex.
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OH NO! imogen I was so excited that you liked King's Quest and Myst that I started writing a letter to you. But if you don't like spam I don't think we can be penpals anymore........ Posts: 308 | Registered: Sep 2005
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Curiously enough, even though I was born and raised on one of the most isolated landmasses on the face of the Earth, growing up surrounded by bazillions of miles of water in every direction for nearly twenty years...I hate seafood.
But I loooooove Spam. Go figure.
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Oh well. There goes a beautiful pen pal relationship.
Tell you what - if/when I come to Hawaii, I will eat a spam musubi. And you never know, I might change my mind!
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For a long time I didn't understand why mainlanders all think spam is God's punishment to man. After talking to different people about it, I realized that a BIG problem is that the spam they've eaten hadn't been cooked. Yes, spam is already fully cooked out of the can, but a little frying goes a long way. I love spam, but I shudder at the thought of eating it straight out of the can with that viscous slime that my friends and I dubbed "vaginal jelly" back when we were in middle school. If you don't like spam, does this have anything to do with it? I'd like to know how widespread this is.
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well, the spam musubi is the best argument i've ever tasted for a spam-inclusive diet.
I remember seeing some kind of mystery meat product called "Scrapple" on Food Network. And it looked far worse then spam. They wouldn't let the cameras inside the factory to show how it was made. Which was honestly pretty smart. Then again, maybe I'm spamist too, imogen, albeit the opposite kind that you are.
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quote: Scrapple is a cornmeal pudding in which the cornmeal, perhaps with the addition of buckwheat, is simmered with pork scraps and trimmings, then cooled and hardened into a loaf.
. . . Scrapple was invented to make use of the parts of slaughtered food animals which were not suitable to be served on their own, in the same manner as sausages, or Jewish kishkes. Scrapple typically contains the meaty parts of hog heads, hearts, some liver, and other scraps. The proportion and spicing is very much a matter of the region, family, and the cook's taste. . . . Scrapple is affectionately known to be composed of "everything but the squeal".
Preparation Scrapple is typically cut into thin slices, fried until the outsides form a crust, and eaten at breakfast in a similar manner to bacon or sausage. It may be eaten as is, or served with maple syrup, corn syrup, apple butter, ketchup, mustard, and/or butter.
I've never tasted it. Don't really want to. But I have a friend from PA/NJ who loves it.
Now, haggis is always a good conversation starter!
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Oh, a trip to Hawaii will fix that prejudice real quick imogen. I think shoyu helps, eh juxtapose?
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