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

[amateur51]

... no discussion yet on wines to accompany one's spam?

I was thinking of a lightly chilled Loire red - perhaps a chinon or a saint-nicolas-de-bourgueil - to go with the spam in its natural state.

For spam fritters, something with more body - a marcillac or cahors?

Missing the point there, vints - Spam's natural accompaniment is surely a bottle of red sparkling Lambrusco that has been stored in direct sunlight over a radiator at 68 degress F for at least 6 months

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

No, sorry saly, that's a new one on me. I don't really do sweet puddingy things.
I am custodian of Uncle Bill's journals from when he was a PoW in Stalag VIIA Moosburg (he was a Paratrooper captured Invasion of Sicily 1943, liberated 1945) I have his fantasy meals that he wrote in 1944 when the Red Cross parcels were drying up. I might post them, if they are of interest.

Oh, I'm sure, what with your new sports coats, you are quite the reconstructed metrosexual these days .... Although Blend 37 is not really terribly chi-chi is it?

well not being terribly chi chi is an accolade both S_A and i, as aged jazbos, might be delighted to receive

[vinteuil]

Missing the point there, vints - Spam's natural accompaniment is surely a bottle of red sparkling Lambrusco that has been stored in direct sunlight over a radiator at 68 degress F for at least 6 months

... tho' - to be serious - a good dry red sparkling lambrusco, chilled - as served in Modena, well-suited to some of their fattier dishes (I recall an excellent dish of donkey ravioli to which the lambrusco was a perfect accompaniment... ) - might go rather well with spam, whether au naturel or in a deep-fried battered guise

[amateur51]

well not being terribly chi chi is an accolade both S_A and i, as aged jazbos, might be delighted to receive

Oh may I join too please

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

certainly ams! style not fashion eh ......

and a bottle of Tizer or a pint of mild and bitter if not the staple cuppa is all you could possibly drink with spam .... mebbe in the phillipines there is a crude version of rice wine .... on reflection perhaps grappa!

[Anna]

I find a screwdriver or the tip of a rounded blade underneath the edge of the cap plus a sharp twist breaks the air seal on jars quite easily but I'll try a rubber band or a marigold.
I've just been to the supermarket, as to condensed milk sandwiches as mentioned by jean it now comes in squeezy bottles, presumably to facilitate sandwich making (or putting in coffee?) Apart from Angel Delight the other milk based desserts they had were Symingtons Table Creams, described as 'lightly flavoured with strawberry' and Pearce Duff Blancmange, pack of 4 flavours. Nestles Tip-Top Squirty Cream is not stocked.
I bought a packet of Angel Delight and a jar of pickled cucumbers!

[amateur51]

Here is an easy breakfast dish from the Philippines:


Spam fried rice


Ingredients:

1 tin of Spam, chopped into 1/4" cubes
4 cups of cooked, then cooled, rice (something like Thai jasmine rice, rather than basmati or long-grain)
1 chopped onion
5 minced garlic cloves
Chopped spring onions
Chopped tomatoes
¼ cup soy sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil (anything good for ‘crisp’ frying)
2 eggs

Procedure:


1. Sauté the chopped Spam in 2-3 tablespoons of oil until crisp on the outside; add the onions and garlic and cook until the onions are translucent.

2. Add the cooled rice and 1-2 tablespoons more of oil. Mix the rice thoroughly with the Spam, onions and garlic. Add 1-2 tablespoons of soy sauce and distribute it evenly over the mixture. Flatten out the rice and brown it lightly. Stir the mixture and repeat.

3. Make a hole in middle of the rice and break an egg into it. Let the egg cook as you gradually stir it into the rice. Add the rest of the soy sauce and stir fry until the egg is cooked completely. Season with salt and pepper.

4. Add chopped tomatoes over the top and decorate with a fried egg and spring onions.

Variations:

This recipe is often made substituting chopped hotdog sausages for the Spam. A chopped chilli can be added at any stage (that is, either to be fried or as a raw garnish) for a little ‘kick’ (though this is surprisingly uncommonly done for a SE Asian country).

As a canteen server said to my dad who was serving in REME in Egypt during the war "Gawd bless your belly, boy!"

[amateur51]

I find a screwdriver or the tip of a rounded blade underneath the edge of the cap plus a sharp twist breaks the air seal on jars quite easily but I'll try a rubber band or a marigold.
I've just been to the supermarket, as to condensed milk sandwiches as mentioned by jean it now comes in squeezy bottles, presumably to facilitate sandwich making (or putting in coffee?) Apart from Angel Delight the other milk based desserts they had were Symingtons Table Creams, described as 'lightly flavoured with strawberry' and Pearce Duff Blancmange, pack of 4 flavours. Nestles Tip-Top Squirty Cream is not stocked.
I bought a packet of Angel Delight and a jar of pickled cucumbers!

Is there anything else you should be telling us, Anna?!?

[mercia]

Propane

bit worried that Angel Delight contains rocket fuel

[Pabmusic]

... mebbe in the phillipines there is a crude version of rice wine .... on reflection perhaps grappa!

Forget rice wine (they don't know it). There's a large sugar industry, so rum is very common (Tanduay the best known), but there is tuba - no, really - pronounced too-ba. It's the sap from coconut palms (not the liquid from the coconuts), which is left to ferment and then consumed. You don't even need to add yeast! It amazing! And it's all free!

[amateur51]

bit worried that Angel Delight contains rocket fuel

They take their recreational drugs very seriously down in South Wales, y'know mercs

In the North we just had religion until we voted to be able to buy a drink on a Sunday in the 1960s

[Pabmusic]

...In the North we just had religion until we voted to be able to buy a drink on a Sunday in the 1960s

Ah - all those coach (charabanc?) trips to England after chapel every Sunday!

[amateur51]

Ah - all those coach (charabanc?) trips to England after chapel every Sunday!

The family story is told of Uncle Jac encountering his first roundabout on his motorcycle - the sign said Keep Right so Uncle Jac kept right ... and again ... and again ... til he fell off!

[vinteuil]

Here is an easy breakfast dish from the Philippines:


Spam fried rice


... ah, the Philippines. Land of the chicken-in-pepsi-cola, a riposte to us Europeans with our poncey coq-au-vin ?

Memories too of endless chicken-in-7-up in Iloilo

Somehow pab's spam-fried-rice breakfast comes as no surprise...

[amateur51]

... ah, the Philippines. Land of the chicken-in-pepsi-cola, a riposte to us Europeans with our poncey coq-au-vin ?

Memories too of endless chicken-in-7-up in Iloilo

Somehow pab's spam-fried-rice breakfast comes as no surprise...

Nigella Lawson has a recipe for ham cooked in coca-cola

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/ham-in-coca-cola-171