Ok. There I was rooting around in the cabinet looking for something to munch. And low and behold there it was. A CAN OF SPAM. I opened it cooked some with eggs. As I ate it I wondered. Just what the HELL is spam made from?

Everything but the oink

Ok I think it's scientific.....they have made it phonetically sound like ham.....sp=special....like something u call something when there is no name for it....and they joined these things together will jello...and hey presto. spam....lol

aaaahhhhh one of lifes great mysteries.... but one that's probably best not knowing .

all i do know is that if your down to the cans of spam its time for a food shop

My cupboards are not bear I just ran into it. I'm not even sure how it got there. But there it was. And. I figured hey what the hell. Now I ask WHAT THE HELL IS IT MADE FROM?

darraxx wrote: Ok. There I was rooting around in the cabinet looking for something to munch. And low and behold there it was. A CAN OF SPAM. I opened it cooked some with eggs. As I ate it I wondered. Just what the HELL is spam made from?

"Spam" is what is in Your email box after being bombarded with junk and solicitations

Yeah but how do they get it in the can

yeah like squad of 7 says its mainly made of pork/ham and a load of badass preservative to give it sell by date of about 2235 and they wanted to give it a more marketable name and came up with spam

The Hormel website implies that it will never go bad, but that its taste will deteriorate after the "Best By" date from the fresh tasting wonder you enjoyed to...well...I'm not sure that it will deteriorate from its current taste, or that such a thing is possible. Spam plus brown sugar and canned pineapple equals Hawaii night at the bunker.

Spam shelf life

The suspense is killin me!! Did ya like it? Lol!

I always heard it was Spiced (SP) ham (AM) and as far as I also heard it made from the same as the Pennsylvanian Dutch call scrapple. From what I am told once you take all the good cuts of meat from the pig away all the left over whatever, so long as its protein of any kind is ground up and used. The difference between the 2 is spam is pressed into the can and scrapple is loose. as for it not going bad, I'm sure it does and many canned food and jarred foods can claim the distinction of super shelf life that aren't horrible at all if there is no bacteria and no way for it to get in what's going to make it go bad?

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canning

What I want to know is what the heck are grits?

Hell bro idk what grits are maybe it ground spam after it finally passed its shelf life

I first learned about Spam when I was living in Hawaii...

The residents of the state of Hawaii consume the most Spam per capita in the United States. Hawaiian Burger King restaurants began serving Spam in 2007 to compete with the local McDonald's chains. In Hawaii, Spam is so popular it is sometimes referred to as "The Hawaiian Steak" [taken from Wikipedia]

Ok we tkestral..where is he he's from Hawaii he should know.

[DD] whiplash wrote: I always heard it was Spiced (SP) ham (AM) and as far as I also heard it made from the same as the Pennsylvanian Dutch call scrapple. From what I am told once you take all the good cuts of meat from the pig away all the left over whatever, so long as its protein of any kind is ground up and used. The difference between the 2 is spam is pressed into the can and scrapple is loose. as for it not going bad, I'm sure it does and many canned food and jarred foods can claim the distinction of super shelf life that aren't horrible at all if there is no bacteria and no way for it to get in what's going to make it go bad?

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canning

What I want to know is what the heck are grits?

Grits refers to a ground-corn food of Native American origin, that is common in the Southern United States and eaten mainly at breakfast. Modern grits are commonly made of alkali-treated corn known as hominy. Wikipedia

When I was young I was afraid of the dark

Now when I see my ELECTRIC BILL I'm afraid of light

Why is that?

Davy your afraid of the light because what you can see in the mirror. Lol now stop taking my lunch money my wife is getting mad

Longrifle wrote: The Hormel website implies that it will never go bad, but that its taste will deteriorate after the "Best By" date from the fresh tasting wonder you enjoyed to...well...I'm not sure that it will deteriorate from its current taste, or that such a thing is possible. Spam plus brown sugar and canned pineapple equals Hawaii night at the bunker.

Spam shelf life

I'm a bit of an expert when it comes to spam, having been in a scout troop for 8 years...weve had spam in our trailer for years...hasn't spoiled and the scouts still think it tastes fine well after its sell by/best by date. As for whats in it...ill have to find the picture...but its a good one...

darraxx wrote: Ok. There I was rooting around in the cabinet looking for something to munch. And low and behold there it was. A CAN OF SPAM. I opened it cooked some with eggs. As I ate it I wondered. Just what the HELL is spam made from?

at the end of the day when they clean up the pig slaughter house, they scrape the floors push the spam into a pile and can it.

Ah there we go.the pork chop express has spoken lol did you ever get your truck back bro

Just saying been to the Spam museum, and yes we had a good time...
It's free, come to Minnesota and enjoy!
Birdie