Spam Spam Spam..Sales of Spam rise as consumers trim food costs

[claimsgirl66]

http://news.yahoo.com:80/s/ap/200805..._ge/spam_sales

I saw this article as well as comment on it on NBC news, not sure if anyone else posted this yet, kind of interesting. Sign o' the times.

[Missy]

Spam!!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE"]YouTube- Monty Python - Spam[/ame]

I never knew it could be used so many ways

[Michelle]

it's what's for dinner!

I honestly can't remember the last time I ate Spam. I think it may have been 30 yrs ago.

[Missy]

We had some a few weeks ago with eggs and toast. It was better than I remembered.. We fried it in butter.

[Bethany]

My husband loves it fried in butter till it's very crisp with a soft fried egg over it. I still can't quite stomach spam, but it's more appealing fried atleast. I'd imagine you can chop it up and put in all sorts of things to stretch meals. Like in scalloped potatoes.

[LynnLC]

I have never had spam... Does it taste like ham?

[YankeeMom]

I don't think food prices have reached so high that I would be substituting with spam I like it every once in a while....like once a year lol.

The price of Spam is up too, with the average 12 oz. can costing about $2.62. That's an increase of 17 cents, or nearly 7 percent, from the same time last year. But it's not stopping sales, as the pork meat in a can seems like a good alternative to consumers.

For almost $3/lb I can get MUCH better quality meat than Spam!

[Jskell911]

I went in here thinking it was someone typing some link that was forbidden - LOL! You know how we get that Spam thing in here?

[Holly]

We love fried spam sandwiches with hot mustard on toast

[claimsgirl66]

Thanks Missy for the youtube link! I had the song in my head when I was typing my email: Spamity Spam!

I think maybe once a year I buy a can as it is cheap, and dice it up with some mac & cheese. However the gelatinous goo that slides off of it when it comes out of the can, ick!

[AmyMCGS]

I went in here thinking it was someone typing some link that was forbidden - LOL! You know how we get that Spam thing in here?

Me too!

We like Spam once or twice a year, just pan-fried on a sandwich. The lite or spicy varieties are decent.

[Palooka]

Gross! I remember my family fried it when I was little. Isn't spam just all the leftover parts from the animal and grinded together.lol

[Missy]

No it's ham pork and sugar, salt.....

http://www.spam.com/whatisspam/

[Megareader]

Good grief, I haven't had Spam since I was a kid, many decades ago. DD has never had spam!

[baxjul]

My dd loves that stuff, and it isn't that cheap!