[kpeavey]

Being in the Depletion Economics thread I looked up the official government anagram for SPAM as it pertains to economists:
Some People Are Morons.

[Kingcoal]

[video width=400 height=350]http://www.youtube.com/v/anwy2MPT5RE&hl=en[/video]

I couldn't resist, sorry.

[allenwrench]

Spam is not healthy...too much sodium.

Go for low price cuts of meat such as chicken thighs, liver, turkey thighs or legs etc.

Watch out for added salt and chemicals in raw meats. They add it to bloat the meat with water and get more $. Meat is naturally low in sodium.

[kpeavey]

Spam may be a slow poison. My grandmother ate a can every week. It finally did her in after just 98 years.

[MrBill]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kpeavey', 'B')eing in the Depletion Economics thread I looked up the official government anagram for SPAM as it pertains to economists:
Some People Are Morons.

[WyoDutch]

Spam - According to Hormel's web site... Spam has NO expiration date, (as long as it is stored under reasonable conditions).

MRE Crackers - Emergency Essentials is running a good sale on these. Buy at least 6 30-packet (2 crackers per packet) bundles and the price is $10 per 30, plus free shipping. Long Life Food is selling MRE cracker packs at 50 packs for $35, plus shipping. That puts the per cracker price from Emeregency Essentials at 17 cents, and from Long Life Foods at 35 cents (plus shipping).

The crackers aren't bad either. Not Keebler quality, but nutritious ...
link to nutrition info - Nutrition Info

[joeltrout]

Spam and Crackers

Ha!!!! I thought you were talking about white guys sending you junk emails.

joeltrout

[WyoDutch]

Sir William Edward Parry made two arctic expeditions to the Northwest Passage in the 1820's and took canned provisions on his journeys. One four-pound tin of roasted veal, carried on both trips but never opened, was kept as an artifact of the expedition in a museum until it was opened in 1938. The contents, then over one hundred years old, were chemically analyzed and found to have kept most of their nutrients and to be in fairly perfect condition. The veal was fed to a cat, who had no complaints whatsoever.

As cans traveled over land and sea, can making spread as well. In Germany, where tinplate had been invented hundreds of years earlier, tin cans were made by hand by plumbers—artisans who, in those days, worked primarily with lead, zinc, tin and other metals.

The father of the can manufacturing industry in the United States was an Englishman who immigrated to the new country and brought his newfound canning experience with him. Thomas Kensett set up a small canning plant on the New York waterfront in 1812 and began producing America's first hermetically sealed salmon, lobsters, oysters, meats, fruits and vegetables. Kensett began his operation using glass jars but, finding glass expensive, difficult to pack and easily broken, soon switched to tin. He and his father-in-law, Ezra Daggett, were awarded the U. S. patent for preserving food in "vessels of tin" by President James Monroe in 1825.

[WyoDutch]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'T')his is why I can my own food in glass and keep it in the dark.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')USTIN, Minn. — The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods Corporation plant here, times have never been better. They are working at a furious pace and piling up all the overtime they want.

The workers make Spam, perhaps the emblematic hard-times food in the American pantry.

Through war and recession, Americans have turned to the glistening canned product from Hormel as a way to save money while still putting something that resembles meat on the table. Now, in a sign of the times, it is happening again, and Hormel is cranking out as much Spam as its workers can produce.

In a factory that abuts Interstate 90, two shifts of workers have been making Spam seven days a week since July, and they have been told that the relentless work schedule will continue indefinitely.

A 12-ounce can of Spam, marketed as “Crazy Tasty,” costs about $2.40. “People are realizing it’s not that bad a product,” said Dan Johnson, 55, who operates a 70-foot-high Spam oven.

Invented during the Great Depression by Jay Hormel, the son of the company’s founder, Spam is a combination of ham, pork, sugar, salt, water, potato starch and a “hint” of sodium nitrate “to help Spam keep its gorgeous pink color,” according to Hormel’s Web site for the product.

[smallpoxgirl]

Very interesting article.

[Quinny]

I love all sorts of cheap meat and SPAM was a regular meal when I was a kid, but I can honestly say I hated the damn stuff. What's it all about, what's wrong with ham?

[Daniel_Plainview]

SPAM is high fat, high sodium, low quality crap that's laced with nitrites. Of the 170 calories/serving, 140 derive from FAT.

Ingredients:
Chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added.
Salt (for binding, flavour, and firmness)
Water (to help in mixing)
Sugar (for flavour)
Sodium Nitrite (for colour and as a preservative)


Nutrition Information For SPAM (original style):
Calories Per Serving: 170
Calories Per Serving From Fat: 140
Serving Size: 2 oz.
Servings Per Container: 6 (large) or 3.5 (small)
Total Fat: 16g
Saturated Fat: 6g
Cholesterol: 40mg
Sodium: 750mg
Total Carbohydrates: 0g
Fiber: 0g
Sugars: 0g
Proteins: 7g
Vitamin A: 0%
Vitamin C: 0%
Calcium: 0%
Iron: 2%

[Polemic]

Daily Values for One Serving (56g)

[Fishman]

Nutritionally its just crap, a given. Not bad lightly fried with lots of mustard though. Anyone with any experience on any other canned meat other than tuna? I have some corned beef in the survival supplies but have not tried the canned variety. Yes, I know that breaks the rules of any survival stock.

[biofuel13]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DoomWarrior', ' ') Of the 170 calories/serving, 140 derive from FAT.

[Quinny]

Tinned corned beef makes he best tater ash you can get!

Sliced potatoes, onion, a carrot and a tin of corned beef. Mmmm!

[Pretorian]

Every crisis brings its opportunity. Short-sell luxury producers and go long with cheap-shit makers. Next hits--instant coffee made from barley , washable toilet paper, man-powered carts.