▲ 571 ▼ TIL there's such a thing as vegetarian Spam (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 176 comments fedilink hide all child comments I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam, but...
[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (4 children) Probably Hawaiian/Filipino diaspora. Those guys love spam, to the extent of innovating fusion dishes centered around it. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago There are also a few Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese dishes that use spam. Basically any place that has or has had a US military presence at some point has developed spam based dishes because they leave tons (literally) of the stuff behind when they pull the troops out. permalink fedilink source parent [–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago My Hawaiian friend tried the Unmeat brand and said it tasted like the real thing. I enjoyed it a lot, although I've never had "real" Spam. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) I have a Chamorro coworker who had a whole rant on how Hawaiian pizza should have spam instead of ham and how awesome spam is. I think it's safe to add the people of Guam to your list. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago They are correct. I'd do it myself but there's alot of spam in 1 can for a pizza or even 2. I'll have to set some aside next time I make Spam Masubi. Of course that means a few less servings of masubi.... life is full of hard choices... permalink fedilink source parent [–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I mean now that I'm thinking of it, that'd be absolutely right, only way to make it more Hawaiian would be to find a way to get some tarro on it too. My guess is the only reason ham was used is because it was made up before spam caught on. Also the guy who did it was Canadian, so non zero chance he was just pulling the recipe out of his own ass. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) From Hawaii. This isn't Spam, this is luncheon meat. Or veggie luncheon meat. Sorry to be so snobby about canned meat products, but you can take my Spam from my cold, dead hands. I'll give you all my luncheon meat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Have you tried it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago There are also a few Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese dishes that use spam. Basically any place that has or has had a US military presence at some point has developed spam based dishes because they leave tons (literally) of the stuff behind when they pull the troops out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago My Hawaiian friend tried the Unmeat brand and said it tasted like the real thing. I enjoyed it a lot, although I've never had "real" Spam. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) I have a Chamorro coworker who had a whole rant on how Hawaiian pizza should have spam instead of ham and how awesome spam is. I think it's safe to add the people of Guam to your list. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago They are correct. I'd do it myself but there's alot of spam in 1 can for a pizza or even 2. I'll have to set some aside next time I make Spam Masubi. Of course that means a few less servings of masubi.... life is full of hard choices... permalink fedilink source parent [–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I mean now that I'm thinking of it, that'd be absolutely right, only way to make it more Hawaiian would be to find a way to get some tarro on it too. My guess is the only reason ham was used is because it was made up before spam caught on. Also the guy who did it was Canadian, so non zero chance he was just pulling the recipe out of his own ass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago They are correct. I'd do it myself but there's alot of spam in 1 can for a pizza or even 2. I'll have to set some aside next time I make Spam Masubi. Of course that means a few less servings of masubi.... life is full of hard choices... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I mean now that I'm thinking of it, that'd be absolutely right, only way to make it more Hawaiian would be to find a way to get some tarro on it too. My guess is the only reason ham was used is because it was made up before spam caught on. Also the guy who did it was Canadian, so non zero chance he was just pulling the recipe out of his own ass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) From Hawaii. This isn't Spam, this is luncheon meat. Or veggie luncheon meat. Sorry to be so snobby about canned meat products, but you can take my Spam from my cold, dead hands. I'll give you all my luncheon meat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Have you tried it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Have you tried it? permalink fedilink source parent