Whilst in a shop in Donegal last week a can of Spam caught my eye as I just could not believe the price of it! When growing up, Spam use to be a budget staple of a cupboard, for that last minute sandwich, or to bulk up a thin vegetable soup. (€6.20 = £5.24) This shop has elevated it firmly to a luxury item! Just to compare, this is the Asda price this morning LOL

I remember spam too. . Mum used to do spam fritters. Soggy batter and dripping in fat/lard. Not exactly my favourite. 

Actually I thought of spam fritters when I was on holiday in Jan at gran canaria. Had buffet dinner one evening and what looked like a thin slice of spam was fried in thick batter. 

I used to buy, Celebrity brand luncheon meat or chopped ham and pork as fishing bait, made a damn good butty aswell it was 47p a tin, now you cant find it and equivalents are £2.00+ a tin

17 minutes ago, JImpster said:

I used to buy, Celebrity brand luncheon meat or chopped ham and pork as fishing bait, made a damn good butty aswell it was 47p a tin, now you cant find it and equivalents are £2.00+ a tin

Yeah, I remember my dad having luncheon meat as fishing bait. Strange bait when you think about it. 

1 hour ago, iantt said:

Yeah, I remember my dad having luncheon meat as fishing bait. Strange bait when you think about it. 

Mainly a carp and crucian bait, depending on the time of year they like sweet or savoury, along with sweetcorn it was a toss up wether the fish or me got it haha

"Elephant's Footprints"

Thick circular slices coated in batter and deep dried !

Staple of the Royal Navy Catering Branch !

Never had spam but can remember having corned beef fritters they were yummy.

1 hour ago, Wino said:

Never had spam but can remember having corned beef fritters they were yummy.

On shopping this morning with mum, she bought 8 x cans of 'corned beef' (£1.55/can). I grew up on her making stew with it! LOL

Corned beef fritter with a thin slice of onion or potato, or corned beef hash, most things are better battered lol

wow - we are due over there in May, perhaps I can smuggle some in ..... (Yup, I know, import restrictions and all that)

According to Google spam fritters were a ww2 thing as the fish and chip shops couldn't get fish. 

Just now, iantt said:

According to Google spam fritters were a ww2 thing as the fish and chip shops couldn't get fish. 

Interestingly, Churchill ensured that fish & chips were never 'rationed', as he knew how important they were for peoples morale...

I should ask my dad when I've got over COVID, he was a child in the war, then got called up to serve in the catering core of the RAF in later years. wonder if he served them then. Could be a funny conversation with him. 🤣🤣.

He did have a chip shop at one point but it burnt down. Probably an explosive spam fritter ! 

My parents vividly remember rationing during and after the war. 

Well that went a bit off topic of how much spam is. 🤣🤣

This topic needs reporting, too much spamming going on .....😬

Battered Kebab meat is amazing, with a chopped salad for the healthy brigade LOL

54 minutes ago, JImpster said:

Battered Kebab meat is amazing, with a chopped salad for the healthy brigade LOL

What's salad? 

2 minutes ago, iantt said:

What's salad? 

🤣

So haribo and kebab meat! Are you mad?? 😂😂😂

1 minute ago, iantt said:

So haribo and kebab meat! Are you mad?? 😂😂😂

Haribo after if youve been a good boy and eaten whats on your plate LOL

1 minute ago, JImpster said:

Haribo after if youve been a good boy and eaten whats on your plate LOL

Not a chance, haribo to get that sugar rush first. Then eat the plate. 😂😂

I got a lot of Spam as a child, both my parents liked it - I believe it was available in WW2 without counting against the meat ration so they got the taste for it then. Similarly my Dad loved corned beef which he got a lot of in the army so I got a liking for that as well.

Still enjoy fried Spam in a bap occasionally these days!😀

I wonder who came up with the name spam and why? 

11 minutes ago, iantt said:

I wonder who came up with the name spam and why? 

Specially Prepared American Meat ----- allegedly

1 minute ago, JImpster said:

Specially Prepared American Meat ----- allegedly

Pretty sure it was just 'spiced ham'.