Jalapeño spam isn't too bad

 

Well, ta tell the truth neither are beans- any beans, like em better than steak.
Forgot Peanut butter. Love the stuff-- spreadable steak at 7 bucks a pound.


Have ya seen the SPAM with Tabasco sauce in it? Lit me up, but I like the way they
think. When I'm camping I love the saltiness! Love it, LOOOVVE it. At home, we
barely talk. And I am an American. Many cultures revere the stuff ever since
the American GI's shared the Good Life with them in WW2. ( BTW, Insulting a Hershey bar
is fightin' words wit me, Snobby Continentals, and fer the same reason-- the Good Life. )

 

Spam and beans in a pressure cooker. SHTF five star meal.

 

Ultimate version: Pressure canned Spam and beans you just need to pop open, heat and eat. It's even good cold, but don't let the foodies know...

 

Spam, fried, with 2 eggs and rice with a slightly spicy brown gravy. Hawaiian s call it a "loco Moco"
Some really good stuff!!!

 

What I learned is protein is not hard to find in the wild. But fats are. You need fats just like any other nutrient. Most animals don't have a lot of fat. Meaning squirrels, rats and mice, birds, cats. Opossums have a lot. Too much in fact. Even my Grandfather, who never put a boiled pork rib on a plate before cleaning it smooth, could not stomach possum. Tree nuts have a good supply of fats.

 

I've got canned meats including spam but i no longer stock tuna until someone can prove its not coming to us irradiated.
Bacon flavor spam is a big favorite here.

 

Willing to eat SPAM, not willing to eat canned tuna because of potential health concerns.

Irony much? :upsidedown:

 

I love SPAM, fried up crisp with three eggs for breakfast. The rest of the crisp fried slices between bread for nutrition all-day/night long.

I always have 50+ cans of spam. Salty but lots of calories.

 

The low salt variety is great, doesn't make you as thirsty...use it like ham, put different sauces on it...best of all, already cooked and can be eaten cold.

 

Will Spam constipate you?

 

Maybe the "lite" would, but with The fat the high test varity contains, I sure wouldn't think so

 

I can tolerate bacon Spam. Best with eggs and toast.

 

Teriyaki Spam - still smells like dogfood, but has come to be second only to cold meatload in terms of a great lunch sandwich. I've introduced Spam to my daughter via the Teriyaki vector.

 

Go with Spam "lite". Has more protein and less salt than traditional spam.

 

I actually like spam. But then I also like vienna sausage and potted meat, as well. There's protein in there among the lips, snouts, ears and God-knows-what they can in that stuff.

Only drawback is the high salt content.

 

Not just Guam, go to any of the pacific islands... Okinawa and Hawaii just about consider Spam and other potted meats a delicacy!

 

Local supermarket has sticks of pepperoni (8 oz) or hard salami (12 oz)
vaccuumed packed in plastic

Keep some in car - just cut open plastic and slice piece off

Someone salty, but good...

 

went to hawaii earlier in the year and brought some home to the mainland, it was on sale for 3/$5 and there were herds of people huddling around the display.

they had jalapeno, bacon flavor, terriyaki, and a half dozen other varieties i cant think of

 

My wife makes spring wraps with spam. I'm not a huge fan.
I like using the canned salmon that lasts for like 6 years to make salmon patties.
I keep tuna and corned beef hash around as well.

 

Spam and eggs, fried Spam sandwiches and my absolute fave, grilled Spam and cheese. These are what I loved as a kid. I definitely have Spam in my preps and plan on dipping into it soon, due to rotation needs of course.

 

Another long-term "survival" food to consider: peanut butter. Has both protein, carbs and fat, plus some vitamins and fiber. Nutrition dense, requires no preparation, keeps fairly well. Spam is also nutrition dense, but no fiber. Low residue (low fiber) foods digest pretty completely so there is not a lot left in the digestive tract, and they do not stimulate peristalsis (the wavelike, organized constriction of the intestines that propels food through the digestive tract) so can contribute to constipation.

 

Peanut butter doesn't "keep" well, will turn rancid in a year or two...there is a PB powder, never tried it, sounds iffy.

 

I'm dehydrating meats...with the intention of shredding and rehydrating the meat in a tin can with a handful of rice and a few cups of purified river water...over a low flame..or a MRE heater.

Damn...the apocalypse is gonna suck.

 

Spam is the fruit of the Survival Bunker

"Spam is the fruit of the Survival Bunker. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. There's, um, spam kabobs, spam creole, spam gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple spam and lemon spam, coconut spam, pepper spam, spam soup, spam stew, spam salad, spam in potatoes, spam burger, spam sandwich. That's, that's about it." :

 

Teriyaki?? Haven't seen that one yet.

Used to be a staple when I was growing up, Spam and eggs was dinner about once a month. Fried spam sandwiches (with mayo)... Yum-o.
Tried some a few years back and I couldn't get it to fry to a crunchy state. It's in the preps just the same, worst case I'll use it for barter....

 

SPAM ! My kids think I'd addicted. Fifty or sixty cans a year, at least. Chopped up in baked beans, sliced thin and nuked until it's crisp, (better'n bacon), Spam and onion omelettes, Sliced with green olives on the side.....

There may well have been snouts and ears in WW2 Spam, and they are still pureed for use in cheap hot dogs, but Spam today is what its' name says, Spiced Pork (shoulder) And Ham. With a lot of salt. (Try the Walmart look-alike if you want really salty!)

 

Love Spam. Great sliced thin, fried crispy and served with eggs or pancakes. Good in baked beans or added to Pea Soup.

 

Years ago my Mom thought she found a great value at the Dollar Store with a Spam knockoff. We were all chowing down when she turned the can around and read "may contain snouts." For years afterward she didn't buy anything but name brands, and all you had to do if she served up something new was say "May contain snouts!" and you had a free pass for a peanut butter and jelly dinner

Spam is awesome. T-Rex is right, though, regular Spam doesn't fry up the way it used to. Wonder if they changed something in the fat content? It's still the best thing to have on hand if you suddenly need to make eggs or noodles feed a crowd.

 

MikeK, I suspect, given your description, that everything has the opposite effect on you.