| The Tin Dictator | 07 Oct 2014 7:32 a.m. PST |
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 Saber6   | 07 Oct 2014 7:40 a.m. PST |
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| Great War Ace | 07 Oct 2014 8:04 a.m. PST |
Sliced thin and fried like bacon…. |
 etotheipi  | 07 Oct 2014 8:36 a.m. PST |
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 Mserafin | 07 Oct 2014 8:38 a.m. PST |
"Second Front" Soviet soldiers' nickname for it, as they waited for the Allies to land in France. Stuff fed the Red Army for the last part of the war. |
| epturner | 07 Oct 2014 8:41 a.m. PST |
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| Maddaz111 | 07 Oct 2014 8:48 a.m. PST |
Actually curried with rice is ok… my friend still raves about my one pot meal that cost about three fifty for four blokes portions. |
| panzerCDR | 07 Oct 2014 9:35 a.m. PST |
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| Mr Canuck | 07 Oct 2014 10:31 a.m. PST |
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| Rod I Robertson | 07 Oct 2014 10:53 a.m. PST |
With peanut-butter, capers and jalapeņo jelly. Ummm!
Cheers.
Rod Robertson |
| Rogues1 | 07 Oct 2014 11:02 a.m. PST |
I was at a military base function where SPAM was used in everything, fortunately I did not have to taste them, but my friend did. SPAMa Colada was one of the entries. Disgusting… |
| charared | 07 Oct 2014 11:22 a.m. PST |
Fried up with some eggs and a touch of sweet syrup/maple syrup, the "stuff" is gooooood yeah! |
| skippy0001 | 07 Oct 2014 11:42 a.m. PST |
Chopped up for corn chowder. Omelette filler. Chunked for antipasto. The can can be used as post-apocalyptic scenery. Known as 'Cram' in the Fallout series games. |
| ironicon | 07 Oct 2014 12:12 p.m. PST |
I've been told it is very popular in Hawaii. I'm not joking. |
| Mserafin | 07 Oct 2014 1:14 p.m. PST |
I've been told it is very popular in Hawaii. I'm not joking. It is. I've been to Hawaii (not often enough) and a couple of Hawaiian restaurants here on the mainland, and there was SPAM in everything. I other news, Hawaiian cooking is deadly dull and tasteless. Not because of the SPAM, but despite it. Even the dishes without SPAM are bland. I guess when you live in a tropical paradise, there are so many pleasures to be enjoyed that you can let the cuisine slip a bit. |
| Sergeant Paper | 07 Oct 2014 1:44 p.m. PST |
Lacking many spices, Hawaiian cuisine can be relatively bland sometimes. That's why you add chili-pepper water or other introduced spices. Think about what they had to work with:
pig, dog, birds, fish, shellfish, and molluscs for meat
taro, sweet potatoes, and breadfruit for starch No spice traders to bring foreign flavors. Darned little choices for food preservation. |
| Mserafin | 07 Oct 2014 6:31 p.m. PST |
Thanks, Sgt. Paper, that makes perfect sense. But then, if you can introduce SPAM into your cousine, you should be able to introduce spices as well. They seem to have fixated on the first for some reason. But it's certainly not going to stop me from going back… |
| dBerczerk | 08 Oct 2014 5:18 a.m. PST |
How was the SPAM sent to the Soviet Union in WWII packaged? Was it in similarly-shaped cans as it is today? If you wanted to build a diorama of Soviet soldiers taking a SPAM break, how would you model their repast? |
| Old Slow Trot | 08 Oct 2014 6:59 a.m. PST |
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| Mserafin | 08 Oct 2014 9:03 a.m. PST |
How was the SPAM sent to the Soviet Union in WWII packaged? In tins, like this:
From this seller of reproductions:
link |
| John the Greater | 08 Oct 2014 1:06 p.m. PST |
Soviet soldiers taking a SPAM break Don't forget the vodka to kill the taste. Though glazed with brown mustard and brown sugar it's not too bad. |
| etotheipi | 08 Oct 2014 1:57 p.m. PST |
Love all the labels Stewed Meat(porklike) |
| dBerczerk | 09 Oct 2014 4:38 a.m. PST |
Mserafin -- Great inspiration here for a Soviet WWII diorama! Many thanks for that link! |
