As Food Prices Soar, So Do Sales Of Spam

CBSNews ^ | May 28, 2008 | staff reporter

[IamConservative]

Seems the central precept is that by paying more for a canned meat product, they will spend less because there will be no least minute trips to the store for fresh food.

That it is not true is of little consequence because the real message here is “Republican President = SPAM for Dinner.”

[snowsislander]

And unusually lazy at that. I do have to laugh at the spam nigiri sushi they have in Hawaii. MMMMMM.

A favorite of mine.

Now that I think of it, potted meat would probably also make for an interesting sushi. ;-)

[Sacajaweau]

I cook (and freeze) in bulk, too. I make sauce, chili, soup, goulash base, potroast, chicken....

The chicken...I make sandwiches...hot and cold. Gravy in the jar is great now.

I call all these...My 5 minute dinners. In between...it's soup (Ramens @ 11 cents) and sandwich.

NO SNACK FOOD....excepting...dunking graham crackers, ginger snaps, cereal....

Grape juice and milk!! No Soda!!

[Roccus]

"People will go back to “pot” cooking..."

My crock pot is my best friend! Cut up some meat and vegies in the AM while waiting for the coffee maker to do its thing, dump 'em in and throw the switch....dinner's done!

[4yearlurker]

When I learned that Hormel opened a processing plant in China,I stopped buying Spam. I buy Armour canned meat. Taste just like Spam and states. “MADE IN THE USA” right on the can.

[doodad]

Let’s go full upscale and make pate sushi!

I always kid my daughter that SPAM is pate du spam. It’s even served in a terrine.

[Ditter]

UGH! Spam is hurricane supplies, emergency food (Y2K). It can sit on the shelf without refrigeration for years until you need it, that is about the most I can say for it.

[wildbill]

This is ridiculous. I like Spam sandwiches—but at $2.72 for 12 oz. I can’t afford it.

Instead I bought a seven pound ham this week for .99 per pound. Yes, that’s right, less than a buck a pound for the real stuff.

Last week I bought chicken breasts on sale for $1.00 per pound.

It’s too bad I can’t afford my childhood favorite any more, but there are still food bargains out there.

[Pure Country]

My grandmother made a Spam dish that was good and she certainly not lazy. Fried in butter, and then simmered in brown sugar and pineapple chunks.

That's exactly how I fixed it for the kids when they were little. It was their favorite meat. We had a freezer full of steaks--home grown--but the treat for them was SPAM fried in butter and brown sugar. They could take or leave the pineapple.

[Daffynition]

Now that you mention it, a Katz Deli pastrami sandwich would taste great right now!

[Daffynition]

Yeah? Well, I've seen how the people in Hawaii eat ...

[Pure Country]

There is no way that one chicken would last that long with 4 people eating. A meal, then hot sandwiches, then a casserole? You have GOT to be kidding—from one chicken. Must have been fed growth hormones to make it the size of a turkey!

[silent_jonny]

I have plenty of leftovers :)

Who wants a Spam biscuit with a Spam martini? Breakfast of champions :)

[BluH2o]

Yeah? Well, I've seen how the people in Hawaii eat ...

Hard to tell by the picture but I'm sure there's SPAM being served in some fashion or form.

[retrokitten]

I have plenty of leftovers :)

Really, I can't imagine why that would be? ;-)

I gotta tell ya, the Spamtini really makes me want to barf.

[GladesGuru]

The daughter of a friend wrote a paper for her high school assignment “Write about the national dish of any country you want to choose.”

She wrote about Spam being the National Dish of Guam.

Teecher in the Publik Skool flunked her.

Mom told Teecher:
1. Daughter IS a native Guamanian (born on base).
2. National dish IS Spam, thanks to WW II.

Daughter got her usual “A”.

[Sacajaweau]

Would that make you a “Pot Hugger”??

[Sybeck1]

I guess one day only the uber-rich will be able to afford the delicacies of souse, liver cheese, and rag bologna! Sardines, potted meat, and Vienna sausages for holidays of course!

[al_c]

I don't like Spam!

[Roccus]

I do miss my Houston St. runs....and Patsy’s pizza in Harlem.