As Food Prices Soar, So Do Sales Of Spam

CBSNews ^ | May 28, 2008 | staff reporter

[Roccus]

Not gonna touch that!

};^)

[Lijahsbubbe]

Some people are just ahead of the times.

[Eepsy]

According to the article, Spam costs an average of $3.50 a pound. I don’t know about the people they interviewed, but I can certainly find a lot more variety of tastier meats for less money than that.

My grocery store had sausage chubs, a dollar a pound last week- fry it up with some taco seasoning, add a tin of refried beans and diced tomatos, top it with forty cents worth of cornbread batter, you’ve got a meal for four almost as cheap as a pound of spam, and a heckuva lot tastier.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Who needs spam when we get all the fresh meat we need here. Raccoon, possum, armadillo, gator, snake, they’re all there, ya just gotta go pick’em up off the road and save a bundle of cash.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

Spam is also a good item for disaster food stocks; it's one of the few remaining canned meats.

I've heard more and more people are stocking up for economic/muslim attack/natural disasters. I wonder how much of the increased sales are due to this reason?

[retrokitten]

I’m tellin’ ya, SJ is a trend setter!

[Fractal Trader]

Quan serves her husband and three children - ranging in age from 4 to 11 - organic vegetables like salads, broccoli and carrots.

Somehow, Spam and organic produce just don't seem to go together for me.

[Fractal Trader]

Quan serves her husband and three children - ranging in age from 4 to 11 - organic vegetables like salads, broccoli and carrots.

Somehow, Spam and organic produce just don't seem to go together for me.

[alarm rider]

I always keep a can of Spam for emergencies.

Occasionally, we don’t get to the store in time for a weekend breakfast.

Simple to cut it up in small chunks, saute in garlic and pepper oil and add to scrambled eggs.

Throw in a little onion, green pepper and bingo, a fairly good breakfast.

[Daffynition]

LOL ... now that you mention it, I haven’t seen it featured in my Whole Foods Market. ;)

[mom3boys]

I was born in the Philippines and they LOVE Spam over there.

I think it does have something to do with WWII. Things that the military ate became treats to the citizens because they would be given them as gifts or rewards, or as rations. Anything American was very highly esteemed. Up to this day Filipinos love processed cheese and canned corned beef too. My grandfather worked underground for the Americans in some kind of radio operator capacity (we never knew exactly what he did - he died about 5 years after the end of WWII and he never talked about the details with his family). My mom remembers him bringing home Spam and cheese every once in a while.

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

Dollar Store Gourmets:

http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1087334.html

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

The BEST crockpot recipe books are by Lynn Alley.

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

We also shop via the sale flyer each week. Last week I was able to buy Black Angus NY Strip Steaks - Buy One, Get One Free. I got four steaks for $10.43! We don't eat like that every day, but I bought a few extra for my freezer. I often prepare two meals, one for dinner and one for the freezer based on whatever meat is on sale that week. Just takes a little forethought and planning.

CC&E

[Sacajaweau]

Beans and spam...Camp food...

[Coldwater Creek]

You can get those containers at the thrift stores for pennies on the dollar. A trip through the dishwasher, and they are like new.

[RightWhale]

Spam is part of the Y2K stash, but is not part of the diet as yet.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

SPAM is eatable but this Scrapple stuff, yuck!

[mowowie]

(...Hormel opened a processing plant in China.)

You just ruined Hormel Chili for me forever.
Thanks
:(

[mowowie]

I was forced to swig down a Dirty Martini without puking out of repect for the person who bought it for me once.
Holding down a Spamtini? Forget about it!!!