"A Look Back at Spamarama" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Jan 2020 10:14 p.m. PST |
"Fliers for the first annual "Spamarama" flooded Austin's streets in the spring of 1978. Though the event, a Spam-themed cook-off, was set for April 1, it was anything but an April Fool's joke. Instead its creator, musician David Arnsberger, had devised it as an absurd retort to the saturation of chili cook-offs and barbecue contests around town. Held at the now-defunct Soap Creek Saloon, Spamarama had one golden rule: All dishes had to include the pre-cooked tinned meat (the flier made sure to stipulate that dog food wasn't permitted). Other than that, everything was fair game—a culinary autonomy that its 300-plus attendees happily embraced…"
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| skipper John | 03 Jan 2020 7:59 a.m. PST |
I like the stuff. Got two cans in the pantry!! You cannot beat a fried Spam sandwich loaded with chow chow!! |
| Choctaw | 03 Jan 2020 9:06 a.m. PST |
Anyone who prefers Spam over Texas chili needs to stay out of my state. lol |
Frederick  | 03 Jan 2020 11:28 a.m. PST |
I grew up on the stuff- fried, in sandwiches and served up cold – SPAM and peanut butter were all that was between us and starvation! |
| Tango01 | 03 Jan 2020 12:56 p.m. PST |
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| Perris0707 | 03 Jan 2020 3:49 p.m. PST |
The food that made Minnesota great! |
| von Schwartz | 03 Jan 2020 9:01 p.m. PST |
WooHoo!!! SPAM!!! I'm so there!! Anyone who prefers Spam over Texas chili needs to stay out of my state. lol
Hell, I use Spam IN my chili!!!! SPAM, beats the HELL outa ludefisk!!! That why Minnesotans developed it, ANYTHING to keep from being forced to eat ludefisk (retch).
I mean, white fish soaked in lye and dried, SERIOUSLY?!?!?!? lye is POISON!!!
No wonder the Vikings were so badass! |
| Tango01 | 04 Jan 2020 12:06 p.m. PST |
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| Old Wolfman | 14 Jan 2020 10:19 a.m. PST |
Picked up a tin of the bacon flavored variety the other week. |
| von Schwartz | 14 Jan 2020 7:32 p.m. PST |
NO!!!! bacon flavored SPAM is NOT SPAM, SPAM flavored SPAM is SPAM!!!!! Am I being redundant and repetitive? |
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begins to think about terrain for Team Yankee.
