Thursday, December 7, 2006

Something Posing As Meat - SPAM?

My sister just challenged the idea of SPAM as a food. I checked my favorite site for information on all things in the universe, Wikipedia to see if SPAM should be thought of as Something Posing As Meat or actual meat or portions thereof?
According to Wikipedia:
Spam (food)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spam is a canned meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. It has gained a peculiar infamy, along with something of a place in pop culture, and has even entered into folklore and urban legend.

Spam is produced in (among other places) Austin, Minnesota, USA (aka Spam Town USA). The labeled ingredients in the variety of Spam are chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, salt, water, sugar, and sodium nitrite.

Other varieties of Spam differ; Spam Lite contains pork and chicken, and Spam Oven Roasted Turkey is a halaal food, meaning that it is allowed under Islamic law, and is especially popular in Muslim markets. It also comes in a low-salt variety.

Like most other luncheon meats, Spam is precooked. However, Spam is often pan-fried or otherwise heated through again to impart a pleasing texture and flavor.
As of 1997, over 5 billion tins had been sold worldwide.
So while "chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat" is actually "meat" and therefore a "food", it is not the most desireable food to me personally. But it is a food.

In response to my sister's recent comment to the previous post: "There is a good reason why that has not appeared in the recipe part of my blog, because spam is not food, and to qualify as a recipe, it should, by definition be edible." I say, SPAM = Food -> Food = Edible -> Edible = Recipe -> Recipe = Part of your blog ... therefore, simple logic dictates that a SPAM recipe should be part of your blog. All Hail SPAM French Fry Casserole! Bon Appétit!

1 comment:

Bendor family said...

I am SO not convinced. You probably wrote that wiki entrance, submitted it and then cited it. Hee hee, just kidding, but seriously, instead of making so much time for linerider, maybe you need to get in the strip mobius test kitchen and try out some of these recipes!
Sus