"Vintage" foods that are still with us today.

[LizzieMaine]

I'm not ashamed to admit that I actually like Spam. Scoff if you must, but fried up in a skillet and served with scrambled eggs, it makes a very tasty breakfast for a cold winter morning. And if you really want to get ambitious/if you're really desperate, glaze it up with a brown-sugar/spicy mustard blend and bake it in the oven -- it makes a very nice substitute for ham. (One year we even had a Baked Spam for Thanksgiving!)

[Marc Chevalier]

Have you been looking for [Spam in Chile]?

Supermarkets in upscale Santiago neighborhoods have a section for "American foods", catering to the gringo expats who live there.
In that section of the supermarket, you find three things that Chileans never consume: maple syrup, grape juice, and Spam.

I love maple syrup ... so whenever I'd buy any, those cans of Spam would stare out at me from the section's shelves.

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[fortworthgal]

I found out today that Ranch Style Beans are a 1930s product. They're also a product of my town, Fort Worth! Today's paper ran an article about the closing of the original plant, opened in 1913, to move to another spot in the city. Supposedly they were a favorite of Elizabeth Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, and Grace Kelly, and were served at President Johnson's ranch on many occasions

[Viola]

Supermarkets in upscale Santiago neighborhoods have a section for "American foods", catering to the gringo expats who live there.
In that section of the supermarket, you find three things that Chileans never consume: maple syrup, grape juice, and Spam.

I love maple syrup ... so whenever I'd buy any, those cans of Spam would stare out at me from the section's shelves.

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Waiiit... they don't drink grape juice? The noblest of all fruit juices?

[Mojave Jack]

I'm not ashamed to admit that I actually like Spam. Scoff if you must, but fried up in a skillet and served with scrambled eggs, it makes a very tasty breakfast for a cold winter morning. And if you really want to get ambitious/if you're really desperate, glaze it up with a brown-sugar/spicy mustard blend and bake it in the oven -- it makes a very nice substitute for ham. (One year we even had a Baked Spam for Thanksgiving!)

Spam is one of my favorites for breakfast, too! I usually fry up the whole can, eat a few slices for breakfast, then make sandwiches from the rest for lunch. Mmmm, mmm!

My wife would not eat Spam when we first got married, though her father loves it, too. I changed her mind, though. Now she will actually request it on occassion. Now, though, we've switched to the SPAM Lite for the lower sodium.

[fortworthgal]

I'm not ashamed to admit that I actually like Spam. Scoff if you must, but fried up in a skillet and served with scrambled eggs, it makes a very tasty breakfast for a cold winter morning.

Hey, I'm not ashamed to admit I enjoy the occasional Spam. When we're camping, we frequently eat this for breakfast. Spam is easy to carry (especially in those new little foil packets that hold a single slice) and requires no refrigeration, and will keep forever. Plus, it is pretty versatile. The sad part is that the last time we went camping and cooked this for breakfast, I actually took a photo:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...n/DSCN1169.jpg

Served on a melamine Texas Ware plate, no less!

[Marc Chevalier]

Waiiit... they don't drink grape juice? The noblest of all fruit juices?

Weird, huh? And this from a country that's a major wine producer.

Chile is a huge exporter of cranberries ... but Chileans don't eat cranberries, and most don't even know what a cranberry looks like.



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[Maj.Nick Danger]

Waiiit... they don't drink grape juice? The noblest of all fruit juices?

I think they turn it into wine first, then they drink it.

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Hey, I'm not ashamed to admit I enjoy the occasional Spam. When we're camping, we frequently eat this for breakfast. Spam is easy to carry (especially in those new little foil packets that hold a single slice) and requires no refrigeration, and will keep forever. Plus, it is pretty versatile. The sad part is that the last time we went camping and cooked this for breakfast, I actually took a photo:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...n/DSCN1169.jpg

Served on a melamine Texas Ware plate, no less!

Is that Spam eggs and Spam???

[McPeppers]

Spam makes me cry... I mean it doesnt taste that bad but... come on theres much better foods than that... Hell why substitute Spam for Ham when you could just have Ham? Answer me that ^_-

Speaking of weird substitutes tho... Whats with Soy "Milk"? Milk is nowhere involved in that equation... thats like insisting tuna is chicken of the sea. no...Chicken of the sea is when I throw a Hen into the Intercostal ^_- (Note: please don't throw animals into the ocean unless they lived there before ^_-)