When did you last eat spam? [... if ever]

[Serial_Apologist]

Could never stand spam, either in its original, pink homogeneous appearance and taste, or in the school frittered version with fat oozing out all over the place - yuk. Pork luncheon meat was a preferred alternative - ah, no one's mentioned that!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

in my case for personal reasons!!!!

[salymap]

And after your spam fritters a nice bowl of Instant Whip [no jokes now !] This was a staple food years ago and tasted of nothing much, whatever flavour was on the packet.

[Nick Armstrong]

in my case for personal reasons!!!!

Moi aussi It wasn't only the spammy b*st*rds!

[Nick Armstrong]

And after your spam fritters a nice bowl of Instant Whip [no jokes now !] This was a staple food years ago and tasted of nothing much, whatever flavour was on the packet.

I always thought 'Instant Whip' looked and sounded dodgy!! We never had it. We were an 'Angel Delight' family... Butterscotch flavour my favourite, Strawberry not far behind.

I saw a packet of Butterscotch AD in a supermarket a year or two ago: bought it, made it, wolfed it! Delicious!

(The only other foodstuff of yore I've done that with was a Vesta Beef Curry - a highlight at home in the late 60s - which I'd never seen in a supermarket in the last 30 years till I popped into one on the trudge away from West Ham's ground after a match: lo and behold, Vesta beef curry!! Bought it, made it, tried it... :yuk emoticon: Salty and - pretty vile generally. )

[mercia]

http://www.spam-uk.com/recipes/detail.php?recipe_id=88&category_id=10

[salymap]

Completely off topic [or not?] I've just had a nice lunch of a tin of Macaroni Cheese with frozen runner beans. MC 75p or £1.25 for two tins. I would have scorned it a few years ago but it was quick and tasty -and cheap. Not that I'm on the bread line but there are plenty of other better things to buy.

One day I shall even try ams' pork pies that he's always having. Never had a shoppork pie, haven't lived

[Nick Armstrong]

http://www.spam-uk.com/recipes/detai...category_id=10

http://www.spam-uk.com/recipes/detai...&category_id=7

One day I shall even try ams' pork pies that he's always having. Never had a shoppork pie, haven't lived

http://images.mysupermarket.co.uk/Pr...0/7/028107.jpg

[gurnemanz]

Could never stand spam, either in its original, pink homogeneous appearance and taste, or in the school frittered version with fat oozing out all over the place - yuk. Pork luncheon meat was a preferred alternative - ah, no one's mentioned that!

I assumed that spam and luncheon meat were much the same thing, but I've never done a blind tasting. Some German Wurst is a superior sort of spam also Italian Mortadella - spam with pretensions

[Anna]

I quite like that pink german sliced sausage, very garlicky, not sure what it's called, it's quite small rounds and I have been known to eat mortadella occasionally. Waitrose do nice mixed packs of German, Spanish and Italian thin sliced salamis and hams. For proper ham I buy sliced off the bone from the butcher. I rarely buy pork pies although my butcher makes his own.
We had as children, cannot remember whether Angel Delight or Instant Whip, I too thought the butterscotch was absolutely scrummy. Might even try and buy some to see if younger tastebuds were lying!

[Nick Armstrong]

Might even try and buy some to see if younger tastebuds were lying!

Mine were telling me the truth!

[Serial_Apologist]

I quite like that pink german sliced sausage, very garlicky, not sure what it's called, it's quite small rounds and I have been known to eat mortadella occasionally. Waitrose do nice mixed packs of German, Spanish and Italian thin sliced salamis and hams. For proper ham I buy sliced off the bone from the butcher. I rarely buy pork pies although my butcher makes his own.
We had as children, cannot remember whether Angel Delight or Instant Whip, I too thought the butterscotch was absolutely scrummy. Might even try and buy some to see if younger tastebuds were lying!

It's also been some time, but I think Angel Delight is still purchaseable - either that or the packets in my cupboard must be rather old! The chocolate one is almost a good as the butterscotch. A dollop of pressurised whipped cream on top is an essential addendum, imv. Truth be told I use Nestles' Tip Top.

[Anna]

Mine were telling me the truth!

I would expect nothing less that a member of the legal profession wouldn't have a lying bone, let alone a lying tastebud, in his body!
I will definitely hunt an Angel Delight tomorrow but I don't think I'll bother looking for Spam!
Edit: Pressurised cream? Never bought that either, what's it made of?

[Dave2002]

I tend to lump spam, corned beef and Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies together - as things I once liked, up to a point. I can't remember when I last had spam - probably a few years ago in a test to see if I still liked it much. I wasn't very fond of corned beef, but in corned beef hash I recall it being good. However recent experiments have suggested otherwise. Re the spam - maybe it depends how it's cooked.

I see the discussion has moved on to Angel Delight and or Instant Whip. Perhaps it's time to see if I still like those, after many years.

[mercia]

Pressurised cream?

British cream that reaches the Wimbledon final for the first time in seventy years