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Do you buy/eat Spam?

(86 Posts)
NotAGran55 Sat 17-Sept-22 14:23:39

I don’t because I don’t eat meat, but wondered if it is a popular food item?

Kim19 Sat 17-Sept-22 14:25:06

Not regularly but it is certainly on my enjoy list.

Germanshepherdsmum Sat 17-Sept-22 14:25:15

My husband likes it. It’s not my thing though, too much fat.

JaneJudge Sat 17-Sept-22 14:28:06

no I haven't even ever tried it

Prentice Sat 17-Sept-22 14:28:53

I do confess, I love it. Battered and fried and served with fresh chopped tomatoes and peppers.

Greyduster Sat 17-Sept-22 14:32:22

Not for years, but my son knows how much I love military humour so he sent me this.

monk08 Sat 17-Sept-22 14:48:21

My husband uses it for fishing the fish are supposed to love it.
I remember it from school days yuk but each to their own wouldn't do for us all to be the same.

BlueBelle Sat 17-Sept-22 14:51:26

I don’t eat meat either but don’t think I ve eaten it since childhood even when I did eat meat

Baggs Sat 17-Sept-22 14:51:47

Not now. Used to cos the kids liked spam fritters as Prentice describes.

B9exchange Sat 17-Sept-22 14:54:42

No, can't stand the lumps of fat in it. Not keen on corned beef for the same reason, though can tolerate that about once a year.

Does anyone eat it now, I have never seen it in the shops?

Auntieflo Sat 17-Sept-22 14:56:28

We haven't eaten Spam for years, but it was a midweek staple when the children were younger, at home, and could eat the hind legs off a donkey.

Auntieflo Sat 17-Sept-22 14:57:08

Meant to say "Spam Fritters" were a midweek staple.

Hellogirl1 Sat 17-Sept-22 14:57:15

Hate it, way too fatty. I do like other types of luncheon meat and chopped ham and pork, just not Spam.

JaneJudge Sat 17-Sept-22 14:59:21

I must admit my dirty secret and that is that I like M&S tinned ham blush

Blossoming Sat 17-Sept-22 15:05:24

Yes, we both eat it though not often. Useful standby. Grilled in the Ninja usually.

Charleygirl5 Sat 17-Sept-22 15:08:08

I hate it and I would add corned beef to the hate list

Grannybags Sat 17-Sept-22 15:08:29

Yuk no!

EkwaNimitee Sat 17-Sept-22 15:11:35

DH and I used to eat it regularly when we were a young, poverty stricken family. Then for years we forgot about it until I spotted some and bought it. Yuk! Both of us found it far too salty having gone low salt for years. I spotted some this morning in Sainsburys so it’s still on the go.

25Avalon Sat 17-Sept-22 15:18:04

Yes, dh loves it although I often get Sainsburys chopped ham and pork instead.

Do you remember the Monty Python sketch in the cafe where Spam was on the menu and obligatory? You could have spam, eggs and spam, eggs spam and spam, or spam spam and spam. Seemed hilarious at the time especially when said in a screechy voice by I think it was Eric Idle.

MayBee70 Sat 17-Sept-22 15:23:39

Not exactly Spam but in my late teens I travelled round Europe with my then boyfriend and we lived on something similar to Spam called Tudor Queen. We had tins and tins of it along with packet soup and used to have it in a salad with locally bought tomatoes. Strangely enough I’ve been thinking about it recently. I assume there was even less meat in it than Spam. It was probably some sort of potato starch coloured pink ( it was VERY pink).

ginny Sat 17-Sept-22 15:30:21

Oh no, revolting . It also smells disgusting.

MrsKen33 Sat 17-Sept-22 15:44:20

Yes, not a fan myself but DH loves it fried with an egg for lunch…..Yuk

MiniMoon Sat 17-Sept-22 15:50:46

Greyduster ??

I have several tins of Spam in my kitchen cupboard, along with the same amount of corned beef and tuna.
My DH does the shopping and has been stocking up, just in case!

pandapatch Sat 17-Sept-22 16:05:05

NO!!!

Fleurpepper Sat 17-Sept-22 16:43:08

NO