Another what we are having for our tea tonight or had for our tea last night post. This time it's a Lidl version of Spam.
Apparently shoulders of pork and ham is where the word spam comes from. Rather like the laboratories of New York and London jointly invented NYLON.
On further Google research. Spam was invented by Hormel Foods and Jay Hormel in 1937.
It was created to utilize Pork shoulder which was not a popular cut of meat at the time.
"Spam" is believed to be a combination of the words: "Spiced and ham".
My email often says: nothing in spam.
But I think there is. Especially if you eat it!
We spotted this when fuelling up a few weeks ago in County Kerry. I thought it a tad bit dear.
I remember Spike Milligan writing ✍️ in his book My Part in Hitler's Downfall. He was serving in north Africa in the middle of a jungle. He walked into an Arabic tent cafe in the jungle and said to the waiter: "Spam and chips twice please!"
Do you like Spam or Shoulders Of Pork And Ham?
This sketch is over fifty years old. 1970 in fact.You learn something new everyday. 😀
Could this be my blog post magnum opus? Or even a Spam magnum opus?
We had spam as a child on days when mum's budget was running low, I always detested it, and asked not to be given it. Tins of meat were often in the food hampers which arrived every Christmas, alongside side other "exotic " to us foods.
ReplyDeleteWe used to have Spam as kids but I never really liked it. I'm not too sure it's all that healthy??
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoyed yours though 😋
Great food memories Marlene. I grew up on Spam and tins of luncheon meat. My Irish grandmother use to post us one of her turkeys wrapped up in brown parcel paper at Christmas time. Tinned pairs, fruit cocktail and Carnanation condensed milk were other tinned foods we would eat on a Sunday. I often see the drive in McDonald's in Killarney and Tralee packed on a Sunday afternoon. How times have changed.
ReplyDeleteI think it contains a lot of salt JayCee. Great to take on a hike or for your dinner when working. It's already cooked and you can eat it straight away. I think it's a British institution.
ReplyDeleteI rather like spam, or the Greek version of it, but it has got too expensive here too. I used to make a spaghetti sauce with spam and tomatoes. The kids loved it.
ReplyDeleteWe always used to have a couple of tins in the cupboard. No more. It was also good sliced with a few sliced tomatoes and cheese
Hi Linda. The Lidl version is much cheaper. I use to take it on my Coarse fishing trips when I was younger. It's always worth keeping a few tins in the cupboard especially when it's a gale season.
ReplyDeleteHerein USA I grew up eating Spam as did my husband. I still keep a can in the cupboard as a substitute for ham or bacon for a morning
ReplyDeletebreakfast or when I need a sandwich filler. Love it just as much as much as I did when I was little.
Hi Ana. Yes I have always liked it. It's great to Bear able to just open a tin of cooked meat that you can eat straight away or even on a picnic. It's great with some of our homegrown vegetables especially salad ingredients. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteChop into small cubes, drain and chop up a couple of dillpickles. Mix together and cover with mayo to make a spread. My German mother in law used to grate some apple into it as that was how she was trained to make it in delis "back home" Use as a sandwich filler or on top of lettuce as part of the salad plate. Fleischsalat if you want to sound like you know what I'm talking about. She said that they used all the ends of the slicing coldcuts for it rather than waste them. A tin of Spam/spamlike product works fine.
ReplyDeleteThanks 50 and counting. I have been to Germany, Austria and Poland and they seem to eat more pork and ham than beef. Thanks for the information. 👍
DeleteThat doco makes SPAM sound like Marmite (I'm on the hate side on both - being a Vegemite fan and an eater of beans. Actually I do eat meat but only un-industrially-processed meat.)
ReplyDeleteI think it's part ofmy working class upbringing and especially when you think about the Tommy's eating bully beef in WW1 TM. It was developed long before fridges and microwave ovens. I love it.
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