Never mind the rain, what about the Spam shortage?

[TheDoctor]

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[Ming the Merciless]

Agreed.
I do online shopping, (ASDA) on behalf of a vulnerable relative. This week:

bananas out of stock

Apologies but a member of our household has been buying them up.

 

[Profpointy]

Apparently they are having to re-start production now that their last batch from 1946 has almost run out

 

[byegad]

The local take-away does Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, egg and chips.
I ordered it last night, as there's no Spam, and the chips were off I got a fried egg.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Spam... wow, people still eat that? Is there a shortage of proper ham where they are or something?

My Dad used to fry slices of Spam for sandwiches when i was little, it was okay if it was crispy enough. And only if there wasn't *actual* ham in the house.
But it's not 1979 any more, so I don't feel the need to eat the spongy, pink mush.

 

[freiston]

If you go right to the back of the supermarket, bottom shelf in the corner, you will probably find the Spam filter shelf full of Spam - but beware, anything over 30 days old gets automatically binned.

 

[stephec]

I do, and am not ashamed to admit it!
Whilst on occasions I slice and fry it, or dice and fry it and add to baked-beans for a dirty lunch or to make a poor man's cassoulet, I like it best just cold and sliced. Salty, savoury loveliness. Nice in a sarnie with Branston.

Fried spam and egg in a toasted butty, top class, I had one yesterday. 😊

 

[I like Skol]

Fried spam and egg in a toasted butty, top class, I had one yesterday. 😊

I think that's tomorrow's dinner sorted, thanks

 

[freiston]

Every time I click on an Ebay link in a forum post!

 

[snorri]

My Dad used to fry slices of Spam for sandwiches when i was little, it was okay if it was crispy enough. And only if there wasn't *actual* ham in the house. But it's not 1979 any more,

Reminds me of a hotel in Golspie where I stayed for a couple of months when working away from home.
Thursday was Spam Fritters day, every Thursday, but that was back in 1964, it wasn't nouvelle cuisine then, but by 1979????.

 

[pawl]

Try B&M. A veritable emporium of Spam.
And a new (to me) brand of Marmite.. Extra Old.

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Wow muse try that.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Fried spam and egg in a toasted butty, top class, I had one yesterday. 😊

Wow!

 

[Paulus]

My primary school, 1962-1967 used to feed us Spam fritters every Monday. Lumpy mash and bullet hard peas.
I hated it, but it was either eat it or go hungry.

 

[classic33]

My primary school, 1962-1967 used to feed us Spam fritters every Monday. Lumpy mash and bullet hard peas.
I hated it, but it was either eat it or go hungry.

Meat pies on monday's, Salad on Wednesday, Spam fritters on Thursday's, fish on Friday's.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Reminds me of a hotel in Golspie where I stayed for a couple of months when working away from home.
Thursday was Spam Fritters day, every Thursday, but that was back in 1964, it wasn't nouvelle cuisine then, but by 1979????.

Spam fritters were slices of spam dipped in batter and fried though, right? They were awful as they preserved the spongy pink mass inside, in the original soft state.
My dad was frying the spam bare, getting it all crisp, somehow it was bearable then. Not that he was a good cook. His idea of great cuisine, his favourite dinner, was cooked potato and raw eggs fried together, egg and potato hash. He would cover it in HP sauce.

And we wonder why the UK has a reputation for bad food. My goodness it's come on in just a few decades, and thank goodness for that.