Posted on 02/22/2013 10:31:50 AM PST by Kartographer
If we keep talking about it, one day we might actually jinx Hormel's (HRL) stock -- but we're not there yet.
Shares of the Austin, Minn., food company were up 1.6% Thursday to $36.74, a level that, if it holds, would be an all-time closing high. This came after the maker of Spam, bacon and canned chili raised its full-year profit forecast following a first quarter in which it met estimates of 48 cents a share. Sales of $2.12 billion were slightly under the $2.14 billion consensus.
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Just recently tried some Hormel tamales. Those were actually fit to eat!
There are 6 in a can, and one serving is 2 tamales.One serving is 140 calories. Hotted up some beans and flavored them with chili powder, cumin, garlic, oregano, and had some veggies on the side with one tortilla, and it was a good meal.
Here is a wonderful tasting dish I use with cut up bites of ham and the Spam would substitute:
Hawaiian Ham Supper
One box of Uncle Bens white and wild rice with seasoning packet (or use regular white rice or instant rice if that's what you have in emergency situation.)
Two cups or more of bite size ham (Spam) pieces.
One can pineapple chunks
Brown the ham (Spam) pieces with 2 tbsp. butter or other fat in an emergency.
Add the box of Uncle Ben's with seasoning packet or enough white regular rice or instant rice to equal a box which is about a cup of regular rice and two cups instant rice. If you use regular or instant, put in some seasoning like an Italian or French blend - not a hot pepper blend as this is a tasty sweetish dish.
Drain the liquid from the pineapple chunks and set chunks aside. Add enough water to the liquid to make 2 1/2 cups liquid (if using instant rice, just use 2 cups liquid).
Boil it until all liquid is gone. Add pineapple chunks and stir to make chunks warm/hot. EAT.
This is such a tasty meal with the Uncle Bens regular recipe wild rice box, I make it for people who visit and they eat it up. It makes a large skillet full although it doesn't look that way before it boils and takes up the pineapple juice/water.
I made it for my son when he was here this past Christmas (boy, did we have left over ham to use), and he just kept eating - I thought he was going to explode. It's so simple to do and yet so wonderful when it's ready. It looks like you have spent the day in the kitchen.
Your “SPAM or a DAK Ham” recipe sounds really good. I’m going to try it!
No it’s the taste, and the price. It’s a really expensive meat given it’s size and lack of flavor. My mom had a lot of recipes that revolved around spam, I use most of them now, only I replaced the spam with kielbasa, now they taste good, and they’re cheaper.
Wow. Looks like it would either be REALLY good or REALLY bad.
Have you tried any?
Can’t find it locally, that’s what I was saying...
Can order from Amazon or other places, but I ain’t paying an arm and a leg for shipping.
I think it would be quite good. At least it would be more bacony than regular Spam, which is edible, but not great.
SPAM is simply a shortened form of "Spiced ham."
You must’ve eaten it straight out of the can.
It’s not all that different from some of the pressed hams like DAK, it’s pork shoulder. Not an inferior cut but it’s pressed.
Slice it, not too thick and not too thin, a little trial and error there. Then throw it in the skillet and fry it until crispy around the edges. Seasonings that work with a baked ham sit well with spam. Pineapple, or mustard, Or spice it up with a little heat.
Depending on how you season and prepare it, it works with eggs, it works as a hash with diced potatoes and onion, and it’s very popular as a variation on sushi, Hawaiians love it, consider it a delicacy. Plain old fried with hot mustard between two slices of bread is best to me.
It’s a very decent emergency staple with a shelf life measured in decades with proper storage. That’s reason enough to try to learn to like it.
Last year I sold all of my tech holdings and moved them into stocks I thought would survive the coming collapse. Hormel is one of my top stocks.....glad it is!
Russian Premier Nikita Kruschev actually credited SPAM with helping his armies survive during WWII.
http://blog.aurorahistoryboutique.com/tag/nikita-kruschev/
Campers/Hunters Spam & Kraut
1 can Spam sliced about 1/4’ - 3/8” thick.
Stack slices back on top of each other on a sheet of heavy duty foil.
top with a can of saurkraut (drained) and a can of apple pie filling.
Fold foil packet up tight and cook on grill, camp fire, oven, even on top of a stove.
Surprisingly good (except to Spam snobs).
Substitute a can of corned beef if you don’t have Spam.
No need to pre-slice the corned beef as it will break up easily after cooking.
I think not. Comparing Spam and ham slices is really no choice. The ham slices were mostly gristle, sinew, veins, fat, and bone.
Yum! We have a bunch of Bacon Spam in our stash! I’m not a big fan of Spam, but the Bacon Spam is really good!
Did. Nasty stuff.
Just never did develop a liking for Spam. I have canned my own meats. Pork, Chicken, and Beef. I bought cans of ham to use as seasoning for beans and bean soup. Bought canned Tuna, Pink Salmon, and clams. I will be canning some white fish too.
Once a month, whatever the best sale is, I buy extra to can. I have about 8 different recipes for each kind of canned meat.
I am stocking up on some Cheese Whiz type stuff, and cheese dips too to use in casseroles and meat pies/casseroles.
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