Comments on: Can't Afford Food? There's Always SPAM!

By: Tony LaRocca

Tony LaRocca — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:25:37 +0000

stacyj - you beat me to it

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:15:21 +0000

@Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
"questionable meat products"

You are retarded, but I guess you hear that a lot. Spam is NOT questionable meat, it is in fact 100% pork shoulder. Since pork shoulder has more bone than meat, it is hard to sell. So they took the stockpiles of pork should and made a quality product out of it. Sliced and fried to a golden brown goes great with a couple of fried eggs. yum

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:51:58 +0000

MMMM Spam box lunch, with macaroni salad on the side!

One of my favorite memories of Oahu.

By: Archbob

Archbob — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:01:17 +0000

You know, spam isn't all that cheap. I've almost found it to be cheaper to buy regular meat that is on sale.

By: lux

lux — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:38:10 +0000

@thomas: I used to use Armour potted meat for crab bait. Poke holes in the top, let it sit out in the sun a couple days and then pop it in a crab pot and drop the trap. Works pretty good. Nothing like Dungeoness Crab, caught fresh. I'll take that over potted meat or spam anyday.

By: stacyj

stacyj — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:19:35 +0000

Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

By: otterly

otterly — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:55:53 +0000

I grew up in Hawaii and I love spam. I like to slice it very thin and then pan fry it. It gets somewhat crispy like bacon. Then you can eat it with soy sauce, rice and a little green onion its delicious.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:59:58 +0000

In our area, at the local (and much maligned) 99 cent store, cans of Spam can be had for, you guessed it, 99 cents. Certainly cheaper than ground beef, and mighty tasty IMNSHO.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:12:55 +0000

There is one advantage to being vegetarian. You don’t have to resort to questionable meat products as a protein source (I’m sure a can of beans is comparable in price to a can of Spam).

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:40:41 +0000

The worst is Armour Potted Meat Food Product. I'll never feed that to my dog, let alone a human being.

By: Raul

Raul — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:39:03 +0000

Spam is not a "cheap meat", it is a way of life. Spam-and-eggs, spam-and-rice (steamed white), spam-fried-rice, and spam-on-white bread. The Filipinos know this as well as the Hawaiians. "So easy, even Dad can do it!"

By: superbad

superbad — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:53:56 +0000

Spam is not food. If you're that broke-ass, maybe you should consider beans and rice.

By: earl

earl — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:50:55 +0000

Price at Walmart: $1.99 for 12 oz.
(1.99/12)x16 = 2.65 per pound. Seems pretty cheap to me when compared to other meats.

By: ala

ala — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:39:12 +0000

i totally agree this story makes no sense spam is too expensive!!!

By: heather

heather — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:31:22 +0000

I agree with ECA. SPAM is expensive!!

By: phoghat

phoghat — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:22:06 +0000

Aloha.
Welcome to Hawaii were Spam is a treat ( but Treat isn't Spam ).

By: ECA

ECA — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:09:24 +0000

uMM,
Spam costs more then Hamburger..
Can I ask you folks to do me a favor..
GO to the store and watch the price of CHEAP beer.
That is the BEST way to tell if prices SHOULD BE' going up.

And in my AREA, it hasnt.

By: rina

rina — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:03:00 +0000

spam is pretty popular in south korea, there is even a black market for it! when all i have is rice and i'm in the mood for something korean i'll just fry some spam and eggs up and eat that. delicious!