My Spam Dish

Wed, Nov 17, 2004

If you don’t know already, I LIKE SPAM. It’s true - just check out my entry from March 3, 2004. Part of that entry included a haiku I wrote about Spam. I’v also added a second one I wrote 2 minutes ago.

Pink, tender canned ham
Glistening with salty gel
I procaim, "Spam rocks!"

A quarter less salt
Luckily the gel hasn’t changed
Don’t forget the kim

Rory’s entry about his sausage sandwich inspired me to include my own Spam dish. I’d be one of the first to admit that eating Spam without cooking it would be disgusting, but once you cook it’s, it’s quite tasty. Here’s how I eat Spam.

I’ve already eaten half of this can. A full sized can will make 4 serving. It’s actually better if the can has been refigerated, because it’s easier to cut and work with.	Don’t forget a freshly cooked pot of rice. Since being in Korea, I’ve met some foreigners who have never used a rice cooker. I’m the opposite - I’ve never cooked rice on a stove. I have no idea what Uncle Ben’s rice tastes like. AND, I was once shocked to see a non-Asian putting BUTTER on their rice! I’m a traditonalist. It’s better in its fluffy, white form.
This is what it looks like in the pan.	Flip the pieces over when it’s this brown. As this is cooking, also fry 1-2 eggs, so that both the spam and eggs will be done at the same time.
Don’t forget the gim. Some people spell it "kim", but it’s not a hard "k" sound. Instead, it’s a soft "g", so I wrote it "gim". Oh yes… gim is dried and salted seaweed.	This bite inclludes a piece of seaweek, rice, fried eggs, and spam. This is really good, but you have to at least like seaweed.