Contemplations about SPAM

Thank you to my friend for bringing up the issue of SPAM... yes, S.P.A.M. That's the "potted meat" that Hormel makes that comes in the rectangular tin can that was used as a K-ration during WWII.

I don't think many people here in GA probably have tasted it, but someone other than I must be buying it b/c I can find it at both Kroger and Publix, quite easily, and in different forms: Regular, Low-Fat, Low-Sodium, Chicken...

I grew up in Hawaii, and, yes, I did know "Barry" Obama... he graduated a year after me from the same high school from which I graduated. I first wondered months ago on Facebook if he still ate it in the White House and had his personal chef prepare it (which way, I wondered?). My friend today noted that both he and Rush Limbaugh were in Hawaii (I wonder if they're friends golfing together?); my guess is that Barry is having someone make him some SPAM musubi, or perhaps, SPAM fried rice (my personal favorite). I tend to cook this dish on mornings when I have leftover white rice, an ample number of eggs, and I want to provide a nutritious beginning for my kids (well, it does have eggs and rice in it).

I do try to buy the low-fat type, and it tastes just as good as the regular.

So if you're curious about what to do with SPAM, I'm happy to share my SPAM fried rice recipe to anyone who wants it.

What does SPAM stand for anyway?

I just checked this out on the web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(food)

Please don't judge me... I really do love good food, but when you grow up eating something as a staple, and when you go to Paradise (Hawaii) and they sell the stuff in pre-made foods, even at fast-food restaurants, you can't blame me for loving it as a source of protein and a delicious ham-replacement ingredient.

Oh, and I wouldn't read the information from wikipedia too closely... you may end up never trying this wonderful food source!