We're talking meat (sort of) not mail here. To avoid Spam taking over the Things That Rock Thread - here's one of it's own where you can post your own little processed meat delicacies. Lets start with the perennial favourite - Spam Fritters...

Spam fritters, old grey poet style:

Ingredients: For two hearty servings you'll need a 6oz tin of Spam, 2oz of plain flour, one small egg, a pinch each of salt and pepper, and 2 fl oz of non-fizzy beer. You can use milk or milk and water instead of the beer but I promise you that beer is best and a good dark London ale is best of all.

Make the batter first by mixing the flour, egg, salt, pepper and beer together in a bowl. It should be quite thick if it's to stick to the Spam successfully and here it helps if the Spam and the batter are at room temperature rather than chilled from the store.

Slice the Spam into four slices, quite thick, and dip them into the batter, drain them on a wire rack for long enough to let the batter set a little, then dip them once more, just before frying.

I always shallow fry fritters of any kind. Somehow deep frying just doesn't work, doesn't make the crust all crunchy and tasty. It's easy enough. Heat a little cooking oil in the frying pan until it's good and hot, slide the fritters in gently and cook them for about two or three minutes each side until golden brown. If you fancy recovering some of the way things tasted when we were young then use pork dripping instead of cooking oil - just don't do it too often, and don't tell your cardiac specialist.

Drain on crumpled-up kitchen paper and serve with mashed potatoes and the comfort vegetable of your choice—I reckon tinned baked beans in tomato sauce are best for this kind of dish.

See...I told you...in Hawaii, it is the food staple. If Hawaii runs out of SPAM all Hell will break loose...this I promise!!!

You are right. You were the Spam Man that educated me on the merits of Spam along with other Spam fans!!

I got detention from my home economics class for making a SPAM sandwich! Here's how:

SPAM SANDWICH:

Ingredients:
Can o' SPAM!
Bread
Butter

Method:

Open can o' SPAM!
Butter Bread
Place SPAM on bread
Slice if you can be bothered
Place second slice of bread on top

Enjoy....

Heres a real heart stopper:

Dipped Sandwiches

Ingredients:
1 can (12 oz size) Spam luncheon meat -- cut in 12 slices
6 slices Swiss cheese
12 slices white bread
3 eggs
6 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
soft-spread strawberry cream cheese
Directions:
Layer SPAM and cheese on 6 bread slices; top with remaining bread slices. In shallow bowl, beat together eggs and milk. Dip both sides of sandwich in egg mixture.

In griddle or skillet, grill sandwiches in butter over medium heat until browned and cheese is melted, turning once. Serve with strawberry cream cheese.

and wait for it....(hold your gag reflex in check here)

Spam Dip

Ingredients:
16 ounces cream cheese -- softened
12 ounces Spam -- canned meat
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon salsa
1 dash cayenne pepper
1 cup green bell peppers -- finely chopped
1/2 cup celery -- chopped
1/4 cup onion -- chopped
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro -- chopped
Directions:
Combine cream cheese, spam, worcestershire sauce, salsa and cayenne pepper in a medium bowl. Beat with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Stir in bell peppers, celery, onion and cilantro. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve with crackers, chips or vegetables.

Have you given these the taste test Phil? The Dipped Sandwiches sound decadent enough to try.

I have tried many of these although the good old-fashioned fritter remains a perennial favourite (school meals nostalgia trip) I'd have to draw the line at spam dip though...

Wise man, that dip sounds dangerous.

i'd say fatal. . .

Span cooekd in butter and honey served and a meat for breakfast.

Spam Fritters with Heinz Ketchup. End of son.

Spam Fritters - its the way forward.

Yep especially with Warbutons bread buttered.

goodness you all are makin me hungryyyyyyy I <3 spam !!! *whispers* I grew up on it too!!!!! Used to fry up some spam warm up a tortilla and put some cheeze on it...BAM instant cheese and spam quesadilla....LOL I wonder how my cholesterol is now? *hmmmm? Oh well it was good for me :)

Cheesy Country SPAM Puff

Ingredients
6 slices firm white bread torn into small pieces
1 1/4 cups milk
3 eggs
1 tablespoon spicy mustard
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 SPAM (12-ounce) can cubed
2 cups (8-ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese divided
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup (2-ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Servings: 8
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes

Directions
Heat oven to 375°F. In large mixing bowl, combine bread, milk, eggs, mustard, garlic powder, and paprika. With electric mixer, beat at medium speed 1 minute or until smooth. Stir in SPAM®, 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, and onion. Pour into greased 12x8-inch baking pan. Bake 25 minutes. Top with remaining cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

and one more for good measure:

Oven Barbecued Spam

1 cn Spam (12 oz.)
2 tb Water
1 tb Finely chopped onion
1 cn Hunt's tomato sauce
2 tb Brown sugar
1/4 ts Worcestershire sauce

Cut Spam lengthwise not quite through in 8 slices. Place in greased ?baking dish. Combine Hunt's tomato sauce, water, brown sugar, onion ?and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over meat. Bake in moderate 375 ?degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes, basting occasionally with sauce. ? 4 servings

I made SPAM a theme for the day last week. I fried some up to go with breakfast, then made SPAM and cheese sandwiches for lunch, finished up with SPAM fried rice for dinner. Damn that was such a good day!!!!

And while many of these recipies sound yummy, I can just as well eat the SPAM plain. No fancy recipies, nothing added, just crack open a can and go for it.

Im sorry. I fed this to my cat. The idea of eating it myself is repulsive. I know though alot of people like it. They would probably not like some of the things that I like either. But then again, I am not a fan of ham or any kind of pork product besides bacon.

how about if we chocolate coated it? any more attractive a proposition?

;-)

Well, they say there is more meat in dog food than some people food. Oh Phil, You really know how to get to me dont you???

** passes Kim a chocolate coated Pedigree Jumbone **

Phil, Kim is a wonderful lady, but she has just been too sheltered to have her palatte opened up to the joys of SPAM...until then, we will just keep covering it in chocolate for her!! :-)

I have eaten monkey brains though so does that count for unusual food? Jenn, you are too funny. Thanks for the back up!

You know Kim (Kimcande), you could probably substitute monkey brains for Spam for most of these recipes. Actually ... apart from the taste of the can .. hmmmm.... was that 'fresh' monkey brains?

What? No Thanksgiving Spam recipes?

Sick and wrong: this whole thread is. (and yoda knows!)

you know it makes sense :-)

TURKEY SPAM THANKSGIVING CUPS

Ingredients:

1 12oz can Turkey Spam
1 6oz box cornbread stuffing mix
1 cup hot water
3 Tbsp butter, softened
1 large egg
1 16oz cranberry sauce
1 10oz can turkey gravy

Directions: Mix together stuffing mix, water and egg. Dice Turkey Spam. Spray muffin tin with vegetable cooking spray. Fill each cup with 1 1/2 tablespoon of stuffing and press up sides, leaving an indentation. Fill with diced Spam. Bake 15-20 minutes in 350° oven or until stuffing is browned. Run knife around edge of each cup to loosen. Let sit in pan until firm. Remove to serving platter and top each cup with dollop of cranberry sauce and serve with heated gravy.

Disgusting..

and yet an award winning recipe apparently...

You eat it then.. I never eat plastic meat.

i dont mind processed meat as such - it's no worse than buying what you perceive to be regular meat from the store which has in fact been either irraditated, genetically modified, force injected with fats/colourants/water or a combination of all of them before you even get to it. At least Spam is honest - you pretty much know where its been and what its been through before you eat it :-)

Very true, but the salt content is horrible..

spam? people eat spam? I thought they used it for cement.

Passes Scion a slab of Spam and some batter. Enjoy.

Hey Phil....just logged on to this..! Uncanny.. my good wife has just made me a 'spam' sandwich with mustard for my 'supper'....Yummmmnnnn!. (with a glass of scotch?)

I did enjoy!

Spam & Scotch eh? nice one :-)

Oh ,my poor blood pressure..

hmm *gets trowel and starts to build wall*

SPAM - so good they made a musical about it.

hehehehehe

*shows phil the Wall of Spam*

* ponders whether or not to use Primula to do the pointing on the Wall of Spam, remember - it's the cheese you can squeeze.. *

*ponders* Why not Philadelphia?

ease of application and higher synthetic viscosity properties.

*ponders*
thereby allowing for more complex placement?

exactly - a Spam wall an Inca would be proud of.

*ponders*

aligned with important astronomical events with allowance for human sacrifice then?

who needs human sacrifice when you have all that Spam hardening your arteries?

I thought human sacrafice was what Spam was made for..

made for or made out of? :-)

both!!!!!

and heres me wanting to whine about all the dumb stuff on certain threads O.o...

ah well go for it anyways - eating Spam is always better than 'eating' Air...

Nah, I'd rather not break the mood. And its not as though ranting will do anything other than annoy people =P

rotflmao

*ponders if payment to the Gods in Spam is acceptable*

Spam fritters or corned beef fritters now theres a crisis of choice.

* considers a combo option - layer of spam - layer of cheese and onion - layer of corned beef *

Right now im hungry. What about Bacon grill?

ill settle for the the chip butty that has just been delivered to my desk by the apprentice.

Nice, thats it going to get my first shower of the day get respectable and wander to the shop cos im well hungry. I may even nip for a swift half.

I have missed this thread...and re-reading it...I am starving!!!! NEED to find some SPAM now!!! And to clear up everything, let me just say...SPAM is the food of the gods...not ambrosia as many mistakenly believe.
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whilst not strictly a recipe, I just read somewhere about someone who pan fried sliced Spam in maple syrup and served it with mac & cheese. even by my own strange and twisted tastes this one is pushing the boundaries.

I think the maple syrup thing is what kills it for me...its almost sacriligious to drown a beautiful slab of spam in anything but (as you stated above) a yummy batter.

Deep fried Spam?

But of course...

Brace your gag reflexes...

Hot Cheesy Spam Party Dip

Ingredients
- 1 can SPAM® Classic (12-ounce) or any variety, cut into small julienne strips
- 2 packages (8-ounce) cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
- 6 drops to 8 drops hot pepper sauce
- Sliced green onions, for garnish (optional)
- French bread, sliced

Servings: 16
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes

Directions
Preheat oven to 375º F. In large skillet, saute SPAM® Classic until lightly browned; set aside. Meanwhile, in bowl, combine cream cheese and milk until smooth. Stir in onion, horseradish, hot pepper sauce and half of the SPAM® Classic. Spoon mixture into an 11x7-inch baking dish. Sprinkle remaining SPAM® Classic over the cream cheese mixture. Bake, uncovered for 20-25 minutes or until hot and bubbly. If desired, garnish with sliced green onions. Serve with French bread for dipping. Serves 16.

Can I leave out the Horseradish? ...never much liked the stuff. And why do we need to brace our gag reflexes? It sounds yummy to me!!!

Curried Spam?

oh yes.....

SPAM IMPERIAL TORTILLA SANDWICHES

how EXACTLY do you .. "combine SPAM and cream cheese" .. in a bowl


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I still find it difficult to take SPAM seriously .. must be a character flaw

All I have to do is see an open can of Spam and I will blow chunks. That cr@p doesn't even pass for dog food. They will even gag at the sight of it.

*opens can of SPAM... shakes it so it slides out, making a wet THACK sound, as it hits the plate. Jiggling slightly*

OK, who's up for some SPAM Mac & Cheese?

Has anybody seen that they actually have flavored spam now? SPAM has gone gourmet....

Oooo... SPAM Minong?

Maybe a chance for "Good" flavored SPAM

They have SPICY HOT/Tobasco Spam...and BACON flavored...mmmmm, soaked in bacon grease......*dips a donut*

hehehehe ... bacon flavored pork byproducts ... does it cost extra

I see a snakeoil salesman swinging a can of SPAM on a short sting .. saying .. "you are tasting bacon, good, yes?"

Not that I MYSELF have ever tried SPAM....hehehehe, but uh....has anyone ever noticed ya sometimes find a toenail in it?

Uh....I have a theory......wondering what exactly kinda meat IS Spam......and I thought...it looks....like...cellulite....so maybe it's congealed liposuction in a can? :)

Ummm... ewwww

*runs from room retching*

OK .. THAT'S IT .... everybody outta the pool

*averts eyes*

Too late ...

*joins Curt in the retching*

LOLOLOLOL.

Doesn't Spam's list of ingredients include: soylent green?

hahaha / I remember that movie!

I must see that movie. I have no idea what it is. But I must see it because people talk about it and I haven't got a clue. Not one.

I also need to find semi-permanent hair dye in 'Cosmic Blue'.

toilet duck might do the trick....

Flavoured Spam! .. hmm... how about mouthwash flavoured Spam?

you could be onto something although I think Spam flavoured mouthwash would be a bigger seller.

How about "Spam flavoured as anything as long as it doesn't taste like spam" spam?

what about ... iSPAM

You mean iSpam?

(iSMACK!!) iWarned you about that in another iThread!

Well according to the SPAM Fact sheet there are not that many flavors. :o(

"There are six permanent varieties of SPAM: SPAM Classic, SPAM lite, SPAM less sodium, SPAM hot & spicy, SPAM smoke flavored and SPAM oven roasted turkey. In addition, there are two seasonal flavors--SPAM with cheese and SPAM bbq flavored. Also, SPAM garlic flavored is distributed outside the U.S."

I want the garlic flavored SPAM. :o/

you mean there's more than 1 type?1??!!

*falls over in shock*

Hmmm… I'm SURE my dad mr-spam-is-my-middle-name-get-over-it came back from Hawaii w/more flavors than that last year…

assuming that SPAM isn't made in Hawaii ... wouldn't it have been cheaper to vacation in Hoboken and bring home SPAM .. ??

it's lovely this time of year .. or so I've heard

Spam....straight out of the can. Chase with an ice cold Miller Lite. Chips optional.

*wonders if the cans can be recycled if unopened*

hmmm garlic spam...well, the bad news is that your arteries will be blocked.. the good news..when Dracula and his minions try to bite you and suck your fat-enriched blood, the garlic will keep them from coming back for seconds..

See, there is a healthy benefit to SPAM. :o)

Spam is so bad that even Monty Python made fun of it.