On 7/03/2010 5:11 AM, blake murphy wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:23:27 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
>> In >,
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> It's really pretty good, don't knock it until you try it... anyone
>>> who'll eat a tube steak can't complain about Spam.
>>
>> I can, too! The SPAM is incredibly salty to me -- too much so.
>
> other than salt, congealed fat and looking like dog food, there's
> absolutely nothing wrong with it.
>
> your pal,
> blake

You would feed Spam to a dog? Do you hate dogs that much??

Krypsis

On Mar 7, 10:30*pm, Krypsis > wrote:

> You would feed Spam to a dog? Do you hate dogs that much??
>
> Krypsis

****** Ahhhhhhh Spam Krypto. 55 years service as a government tea lady
would have seen you making a few Spam sangers eh???

In article >,
dsi1 > wrote:

> On 3/5/2010 3:23 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In >,
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> It's really pretty good, don't knock it until you try it... anyone
> >> who'll eat a tube steak can't complain about Spam.
> >
> > I can, too! The SPAM is incredibly salty to me -- too much so.
> >
>
> The saltiness of Spam is the reason that it works so well in a Spam
> musubi. In it's simplest form, this is a thin slice of Spam laid atop a
> block of rice. A Spam musubi makes a ham sandwich look like a
> complicated affair and is more portable, satisfying, and tastier than a
> sandwich. Remarkably, one can make a meal with these two components and
> a can of soda. One of these days, the Spam musubi could become as common
> a picnic or snack item on the mainland as it is here. Hormel will
> probably crap in their pants with joy when that day comes. :-)

Very likely. ;-) I'll have to get a Musubi mold next time I hit the
asian market...
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On 3/7/2010 12:19 AM, Omelet wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> On 3/5/2010 3:23 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In >,
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's really pretty good, don't knock it until you try it... anyone
>>>> who'll eat a tube steak can't complain about Spam.
>>>
>>> I can, too! The SPAM is incredibly salty to me -- too much so.
>>>
>>
>> The saltiness of Spam is the reason that it works so well in a Spam
>> musubi. In it's simplest form, this is a thin slice of Spam laid atop a
>> block of rice. A Spam musubi makes a ham sandwich look like a
>> complicated affair and is more portable, satisfying, and tastier than a
>> sandwich. Remarkably, one can make a meal with these two components and
>> a can of soda. One of these days, the Spam musubi could become as common
>> a picnic or snack item on the mainland as it is here. Hormel will
>> probably crap in their pants with joy when that day comes. :-)
>
> Very likely. ;-) I'll have to get a Musubi mold next time I hit the
> asian market...

Shaping a musubi is kinda interesting. The first step is to place your
hands under running cold water. Typically we'll then sprinkle salt on
the wet hands and then pile on a mound of hot rice directly onto the
hands and shape it. The traditional shape is triangular and I can spot a
person that has a lot of experience making musubi by the gracefulness
and aesthetics of the shape. The amazing part is that we're able to put
a pile of hot rice into our hands without causing injury. It's all in
the handling of the rice.

Of course, the rice should be shaped differently for Spam musubi and I'd
forget about sprinkling salt on the hands as it isn't needed. The musubi
molds work well although it's not as fun and the sharp edges on the
rectangular molds are not very pleasing to the eyes.

S p a m H a i k u s:

*
Blue can of steel
What promise do you hold?
Salt flesh so ripe
*
Silent, former pig
One communal awareness
Myriad pink bricks
*
Like some spongy rock
A granite, my piece of Spam
In sunlight on my plate
*
Twist, pull the sharp lid
Jerks and cuts me deeply but
Spam, aah, my poultice
*
In the cool morning
I fry up a slab of Spam
A dog barks next door
*
Clad in metal, proud
No mere salt-curing for you
You are not bacon
*
And who dares mock Spam?
You? you? you are not worthy
Of one rich pink fleck
*
Little slab of meat
In a wash of clear jelly
Now I heat the pan
*
Pink tender morsel
Glistening with salty gel
What the hell is it?
*
Ears, snouts and innards
A homogenous mass
Pass another slice
*
Old man seeks doctor
"I eat Spam daily", he says.
Angioplasty
*
Highly unnatural
The tortured shape of this "food"
A small pink coffin
*
Pink beefy temptress
I can no longer remain
Vegetarian


-

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:41:24 -0700, "<RJ>" > wrote:

>
> S p a m H a i k u s:
>
> *
> Blue can of steel
> What promise do you hold?
> Salt flesh so ripe

rest of haikus snipped for brevity
>
>-
Most excellent haikus.
Thank you, I enjoyed them.

koko
--

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George Bernard Shaw
www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 02/20/10

In article >,
dsi1 > wrote:

> On 3/7/2010 12:19 AM, Omelet wrote:
> > In >,
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 3/5/2010 3:23 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >>> In >,
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> It's really pretty good, don't knock it until you try it... anyone
> >>>> who'll eat a tube steak can't complain about Spam.
> >>>
> >>> I can, too! The SPAM is incredibly salty to me -- too much so.
> >>>
> >>
> >> The saltiness of Spam is the reason that it works so well in a Spam
> >> musubi. In it's simplest form, this is a thin slice of Spam laid atop a
> >> block of rice. A Spam musubi makes a ham sandwich look like a
> >> complicated affair and is more portable, satisfying, and tastier than a
> >> sandwich. Remarkably, one can make a meal with these two components and
> >> a can of soda. One of these days, the Spam musubi could become as common
> >> a picnic or snack item on the mainland as it is here. Hormel will
> >> probably crap in their pants with joy when that day comes. :-)
> >
> > Very likely. ;-) I'll have to get a Musubi mold next time I hit the
> > asian market...
>
> Shaping a musubi is kinda interesting. The first step is to place your
> hands under running cold water. Typically we'll then sprinkle salt on
> the wet hands and then pile on a mound of hot rice directly onto the
> hands and shape it. The traditional shape is triangular and I can spot a
> person that has a lot of experience making musubi by the gracefulness
> and aesthetics of the shape. The amazing part is that we're able to put
> a pile of hot rice into our hands without causing injury. It's all in
> the handling of the rice.
>
> Of course, the rice should be shaped differently for Spam musubi and I'd
> forget about sprinkling salt on the hands as it isn't needed. The musubi
> molds work well although it's not as fun and the sharp edges on the
> rectangular molds are not very pleasing to the eyes.

Do you use a covering of Nori? I think that would add to the aesthetics.
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In article >,
"<RJ>" > wrote:

> And who dares mock Spam?
> You? you? you are not worthy
> Of one rich pink fleck
> *
> Pink tender morsel
> Glistening with salty gel
> What the hell is it?
> *
> Ears, snouts and innards
> A homogenous mass
> Pass another slice


I like these three the best. <lol>
Did you write those or copy/paste them from a website?
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:39:37 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> "<RJ>" > wrote:
>
>> And who dares mock Spam?
>> You? you? you are not worthy
>> Of one rich pink fleck
>> *
>> Pink tender morsel
>> Glistening with salty gel
>> What the hell is it?
>> *
>> Ears, snouts and innards
>> A homogenous mass
>> Pass another slice
>
>
>I like these three the best. <lol>
>Did you write those or copy/paste them from a website?

They're bits of trivia that I found
while doing a GOOGLE search for SPAM recipes.
Definitely worth keeping..... ;o)

In article >,
"<RJ>" > wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:39:37 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > "<RJ>" > wrote:
> >
> >> And who dares mock Spam?
> >> You? you? you are not worthy
> >> Of one rich pink fleck
> >> *
> >> Pink tender morsel
> >> Glistening with salty gel
> >> What the hell is it?
> >> *
> >> Ears, snouts and innards
> >> A homogenous mass
> >> Pass another slice
> >
> >
> >I like these three the best. <lol>
> >Did you write those or copy/paste them from a website?
>
> They're bits of trivia that I found
> while doing a GOOGLE search for SPAM recipes.
> Definitely worth keeping..... ;o)

They were pretty funny. Thanks for sharing them!
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--Steve Rothstein

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