I'm still not sure why there is vegetarian Spam, but...
I'm all for vegan and vegetarian alternatives, but ... I don't even know what to say. How bad must your meat cravings be to eat UNmeat ugh.
SPAM is underappreciated.
I remember a long time ago as a fat kid on keto, eating spam right out of the can with a spoon. This is not the recommended way to serve.
But, grilled, either on a sandwich or as part of a breakfast plate? Chef's kiss.
It's just a brand's name isn't it. It's not a very good brand name I'd admit but it doesn't actually mean anything.
TIL there’s such a thing as luncheon meat. I thought that was just what they did in junior league.
That’s good to know if I ever start craving Hawaiian food
TIL there’s actual meat in regular spam.
Tbh I've tried it and its not great. It's made of Glutens and has a sort of nutty texture.
What it a "wanted mail"?
I've seen one that comes in a bag, pre-sliced and frozen. Feels like over fancifying something that's supposed to mimic something cheap
I feel this way about packaged sliced cheese
Thanks I hate it
I prefer it to real spam. Way less greasy with more flavors
I bought one of those vegan Spam-a-likes and I have to say I really didn't like it.
I my thought process was "Spam's so heavily processed, how much worse could it be if no meat were involved?" the answer turned out to be "A lot." I don't know how to describe it. It's like... you know how there are all beef hot dogs, but they don't taste anything like beef? It was kinda that but with Spam... but Spam isn't very meat like to begin with.
All that being said, after the plant based Spam sat in my fridge until it started to get fuzzy, I threw it out for the stray cats in my neighborhood. Despite the fact I found it to be quite unappealing, starving alley cats found it to be meat like enough to eat it... which I guess is a mark in it's favor?
Why do you give moldy, spoiled food to animals? It can make them sick too.
I went on a date like that.
Tofu be better
I had my mum try some fried tofu recently and she said, it tastes like spam. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
why not just eat fucking vegetables? asking as a vegetarian
Got me. I prefer decent meals made with vegetables like Indian food.
Vegetables don't exist as a block I can cut slices of, fry, and put in a sandwich.
Well eggplant does but if I'm buying canned spam substitute I'm not in the mood for breading something.
Because that don't taste like that?
They taste better
Spam is one of the grossest food i ever tried
Because it's really tasty!
Same goes for anything artificial. Sour cream and chives chips, burger rings, cordial etc. We eat it because it tastes good.
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